Universal global outrage. Condemnation, anger, a call to action was the response to America’s 45th President’s verbal assault on African nations. Are we more moved to respond when powerful, white men insult African nations than we are by our African leaders’ daily insults and offensives within those same nations?...
The Annual Percentage Rates (APR) and Average Interest (AI) report for December 2017 released by the Bank of Ghana have shown that the lending rate to the agriculture sector remain high, as it hit 31.1 percent at the close of 2017.
The report shows that out of the 31 commercial...
Government has, as part of its industrialisation drive, outlined measures aimed at reviving all collapsed cashew processing factories in the country.
Key among the steps is a joint effort by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) and the Exim Bank to offer financial support for the retooling of troubled factories...
The Ministry of Education is set to hold a crunch meeting with the Vice Chancellors of Ghana (VCG) to take a final decision on an earlier directive for all public universities to cede 34 percent of their Internally Generated Funds (IGF) to central government.
The meeting, which is scheduled for...
President Akufo-Addo has said that his government, over the past twelve months, has brought relative stability to the power sector in place of the erratic power situation popularly known as "dumsor" that it inherited.
Highlighting his government’s achievements in its first year in office, the president underlined the importance of...
FBNBank Ghana, a leading universal bank, has rewarded customers in its Save and Win Promotion with over 20 customers winning prizes in the third mini and grand draws held in Accra.
Organised under the supervision of the National Lottery Authority, the first 10 lucky customers in the third mini draw...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on the general public to support the “He-for-She” campaign which is aimed at eliminating gender discrimination as part of the United Nation’s (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda.
In a meeting with the press today to assess his first year in office, the...
The Fiagya Rural Bank Limited at Busunya in the Nkoranza North district of the Brong Ahafo Region has projected making significant growth in 2018, subject to a strong macroeconomic environment.
The bank has in recent years struggled to make meaningful growth, due to a plethora of challenges.
It was one of...
One lesson Ghanaians ought to have learnt from the extended power crisis suffered recently, is that the pace of our country’s development will be slow and uncompetitive, if it is not supported by a strong and efficient power sector. Ghana is today set on an industrial development path; propelling...
The 69th edition of the Annual New Year School at the University of Ghana opened on Monday, with Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia delivering the keynote address, with strong indications that Ghanaians will feel the economy’s transformation that government is labouring to effect.
Understandably, the Vice President explained that the...