The cedi has enjoyed a strong week, gaining ground against major currencies and fuelling optimism among analysts who predict continued appreciation.
This positive outlook is largely attributed to two key factors: anticipated inflows from the World Bank and easing foreign exchange (FX) demand pressures.
The World Bank's approval of a US$300million...
Renewed increases in new business, employment and purchasing
Activity continues to fall, but at softer pace
Business confidence shows signs of improvement
The health of Ghana's private sector stabilised in February following a deterioration at the start of 2024. New orders returned to growth over the month, prompting renewed...
Gov’t, ECG should focus on minimising systemic losses
Pay suppliers, power generators, transmitter on time
The growth of renewable energy in the country should be seen as an opportunity, not a threat to the viability and future growth of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the largest distributor of...
The Acting Deputy Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ghana, Jelena Raketic, has called on the private sector to leverage the Green Climate Fund to increase investment in climate change adaptation and mitigation initiatives.
She made this call at a Private Sector Climate Change Investment Forum...
Never say never. This piece isn’t to persuade you to flat out put aside your efforts for external funding. The world is still spinning, albeit amidst a full-blown pandemic. But if ever there was a time to look internally for value first, this would be it.
COVID-19 did not spare...
While the COVID-19 pandemic rages, more than 100 low- and middle-income countries will still have to pay a combined US$130 billion in debt service this year – around half of which is owed to private creditors. With much economic activity suspended and fiscal revenues in free fall, many countries...
Mr. Serebour is a wealthy spare parts merchant in Kumasi Suame Magazine, a hub of the automotive industry in Ghana. He started as a heavy -duty truck mechanic. By dint of business acumen he now has investments in real estate and transport businesses. These companies employ several young graduates,...
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited, has been adjudged the Best Wealth Management Bank in Ghana by the UK-based Global Business Outlook Awards 2020, adding to the growing list of local and international awards won by the Bank this year.
Commenting on the awards, Setor Quashigah, Head, Wealth Management, Standard Chartered...
A large number of small and medium-sized businesses remain informal not by choice but because their efforts to transition into the formal sector are frustrated by delays on the part of permits, licences and certificates issuing agencies.
These delays, in turn, to lead to corruption and high cost of formalisation,...
The essence of this article is to draw the attention of key stakeholders in the political economy of Ghana, more importantly, to have an intellectual discourse on the recent trend of monetisation in our body politics.
The politics of monetisation, for the purposes of this article is the practice whereby...
