Economists at the research desk of Standard Bank, the parent company of Stanbic Bank Ghana, have said that Ghana’s central bank - the Bank of Ghana - may have appetite for moderate depreciation of the country’s currency this year. The information was contained in the March 2018 edition of...
The World Bank is projecting Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth to reach 3.1% in 2018 compared to 2017 decline.
Projected growth forecasts according to the World Bank, are premised on expectations that oil and metals prices will remain stable, and that governments in the region will implement reforms to address macroeconomic...
Many Ghanaian students who have successfully completed their studies at various universities in China prefer to stay and work in the East Asian country rather than return home and contribute their quota to economic development of their home country.
These students - whose education in the world’s second-largest economy were...
Due to a slowdown in the oil and cocoa sectors, lower government spending and tight credit conditions, Ghana’s economy is expected to grow by 5.7percent, Renaissance Capital, an investment bank, has said.
According to the Russian-based investment bank with offices around the globe, growth from services, construction and manufacturing will...
…as China remains the largest investor in projects in Africa
Jean-Pierre Labuschagne, Director of Corporate Finance, Africa Lead in Infrastructure & Capital Projects at Deloitte & Touche, has called on government to employ competent advisors for infrastructure projects, and pay contractors on time to avoid cost overruns.
Presenting the 2017 Africa...
Vodafone Ghana has just decided to create a revolution in the mobile money space in the country. This follows the launch of arguably the most innovative product by its Vodafone Cash team to offer convenience and ease for all customers.
Starting today, all customers of its Vodafone Cash mobile money...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday called for investors and business leaders from the United Kingdom to participate in the extraordinary and unlimited investment opportunities available in Ghana.
He told them that Ghana is the ideal place in the West Africa region and on the continent in which to...
…as it inaugurates nine-member GITC Private Sector Committee
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has indicated its strong backing to the Ghana International Trade Commission (GITC) as a trade institution that will help to sanitise and protect the interest of businesses in the country.
“Our biggest challenge has been has been...
Ghana’s strength lies in agriculture, and therefore structures must be developed to support and fund the sector to grow the economy and create employment for the millions of unemployed youth, Celeste Fauconnier, Senior Global Markets Researcher at the Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), South Africa has said.
Ms. Fauconnier, who was...
Sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest economies will benefit from a global upswing this year - as long as the U.S.-China tariff dispute does not disturb improving global trade flows, a Reuters poll found on Wednesday.
The poll taken in the past week showed economic growth forecasts for South Africa, the continent’s most...