Regional economic integration is predicated on the important principles of competition and the reallocation of resources. Efficiency results from less inefficient producers being push out of an area of economic activity into other areas where their resources might be better invested. Many however, see regional integration as complementary economic...
Participants at a webinar to present the African Development Bank’s African Economic Outlook Supplement to Asian audiences on Monday have endorsed the report as critical for post-COVID-19 Africa.
The supplement revises the growth projections and outlook for Africa for 2020 and 2021 and highlights the impact of COVID–19 on Africa’s...
In Golden Fetters, his celebrated study of the collapse of the gold standard in the interwar period, the American economic historian Barry Eichengreen emphasized that important political and social changes, in particular the extension of the franchise, had made it impossible to maintain the system. Electorates were no longer...
In recent weeks, tens of thousands of people paraded the streets of Bamako in Mali to demand the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
The protesters were believed to have been mobilised by Mr. Mahmoud Dicko, an influential Muslim leader, under the auspices of the June 5 Movement – Rally...
…says it will destroy its salt production
A private developer has forcibly taken part of Panbros Salt Industries Ltd legally acquired concession in an effort to construct a cement factory.
Authorities are aware that the siting of a cement factory near a saltwork is the most undesirable thing to do as...
International cocoa and chocolate scholar Professor Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa has been appointed chair of the 3-member Advisory and Awarding Board of Ghana Cocoa Awards, an industry awards scheme.
Professor Afoakwa, who is also Interim Vice-Chancellor of Ghana Communication Technology University, shares the board with another scholar of the global cocoa...
InfoSec Advisory with Del Aden
Organisations worldwide have moved to remote work scenarios in response to the COVID-19 pandemic…. However, moving to a remote workforce has presented I.T. and InfoSec teams with key challenges surrounding the traditional perimeter security model.
Further, the move to the Cloud presents an additional threat...
Strategic Sourcing and Industrialisation insights with Prof Douglas Boateng
Over the next 30 years, Sub-Saharan Africa is predicted to account for the majority share of the world’s population growth with the United Nations World Population Prospects forecasting that around two thirds of growth in the world’s population between 2020 and...
For sustainable wealth creation, investment is your surest bet. An investor would get the best of their investments when they establish their investment objectives, choose investments options based on their risk tolerance, investment time horizon and most importantly, choosing to invest with the right investment service provider.
A right investment...
The Vice President, Alhaji Mahamadu Bawumia, has inaugurated the state of art New Liquid Bulk Terminal at Takoradi Port.
The Vice President also cut the sod for the construction of a new multi-purpose Dry Bulk Jetty Phase Two, also at the Takoradi Port.
The newly inaugurated Liquid Bulk Terminal, the biggest...