Friday, July 10, 2026
An expert in business law and lecturer at the University of Professional Studies-Accra, Lawyer Godwin Adagewine, has urged government to support local businesses build their capacity to produce so Ghana can benefit from the Continental Free Trade Agreement. Last Wednesday, 44 African leaders - including President Akufo-Addo - agreed to...
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) expects to receive a total amount of GH₵2.3bn in 2018 to be able to execute its mandate for the year, a Parliamentary report on the Proposed Formula for the Disbursement of the NHIF for Year 2018 has revealed. According to the ‘Committee report of...
Minister for Energy, Boakye Agyarko, has indicated that government managed to scale-down the cost for construction of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) head office from an initial US$76m to US$20m. By negotiating the cost from US$76m to US$20m, government has now been able to make a US$56million saving on...
McOttley Capital, an investment management arm of McOttley Holdings, has assured Ghanaians and its cherished clients of bright future. A statement from the company said the operations of McOttley Capital remains stable, adding that, it shall continue to offer exciting tailored-made products and services to its clients, guided by its...
Africa, a market of more than 1 billion people banks a collective Gross Domestic Product of $3.4 trillion a year.  By doing business with anyone other than itself. In 2016, the World Bank listed the top 5 products exported from Africa as gold  in semi manufactured form ($9 billion); non...
Facebook ended the week $58bn lower in value after its handling of a historic data breach. Its founder Mark Zuckerberg apologised for data breaches that affected 50 million users. The apology did not stop investors from selling shares in Facebook, with many wondering just how bad the damage would be for...
The investing landscape can be extremely volatile - and changes year after year, but there is a lot to be said for investing in what you really know and understand. Considering the enormous number of products on offer and the nature of the industry, it is not that simple;...
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, in collaboration with the Forestry Commission and other stakeholders, has celebrated the International Day of Forests on March 21. It is a day set aside by the United Nations (UN) to raise awareness on the importance of all types of forests and trees...
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has said, Ghana’s US$2.5billion annual earnings from cocoa commodity is abysmally low, even though the global market worth over US$100billion. This, he said, calls for the need to increase domestic value-addition to enable the country, which is the second-largest global...
Parliament has approved the 2018 Sovereign bond and Global Depository Note (GDN) , to use US$1billion to finance the 2018 Budget, up to US$1.5billion to refinance maturing external bonds. Others include, about 500m from the GDN issue to refinance expensive domestic cedi denominated debt, the report of the finance...