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...
The Foreign Minister for the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov has rubbished claims that, its government was connected to the poisoning of a former spy in London. According to the Mr. Lavrov, the accusation coming from London is nothing but “nonsense.” He said the Russian Federation had nothing to do with the...
Successful acquisition concluded by Letshego Group in January 2017 Profit after tax increased by 166% year-on-year Loan book increased by 75% Qwikloans launched in second half of 2017, in partnership with MTN Ghana Afb Ghana bonds - investment grade rating of Company Medium Term Notes affirmed at BBB+(GH) afb...
The Ranking Member of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Cassiel Ato Forson, has advised the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and government to ensure that it does not cede the financial sector to foreigners. “Government should make sure that going forward they don’t end up ceding the financial sector to foreigners because the...
For the over 100,000 graduates that are churned out from our universities and other institutions of higher learning annually, it is a given that a sizable chunk do not know where they are heading to. When they do land themselves in corporate environments, most either follow the crowd or...
Executive Members of the Ghana-Nigeria Business Council (GNBC) have paid a courtesy call on the Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Ambassador Femi Michael Abikoye, to show him the Council’s plan for the year 2018. Founded in September 2013, the GNBC is a non-profit, non-governmental and non-political organisation with a wide...
Transport Minister, Kweku Ofori Asiamah, has announced government’s strong will to strictly enforce local content policy in the maritime transports sector as it seeks to create jobs for the youth. Inaugurating the maritime sector policy think-tank, Ghana Chamber of Shipping (GCS) in Accra, he said: “Within the framework of globalization...