...part of efforts to expand non-gold royalties. The Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) has joined efforts to improve royalty payments and collections due the state from the mining sector in Ghana.  EOCO is the newest member of a group of related agencies in the extractive and minerals sub-sector led...
Individuals and businesses in the country will soon have increased access to credit facilities, as a framework for the issuance of individual credit scores is expected to be rolled out in the first quarter of 2023, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed. This, he says, will prove a crucial...
The Mastercard Foundation has hinted an ‘Access to Finance Program’ which will seek to cushion agribusinesses in their quest for financial support towards making their work sustainable. Traditionally, the agriculture sector is a major employer in the country’s economy, however, the youth especially, are shunning away from it, citing various...
The Chief Executive Officer of McDan Group of Companies, Daniel Mckorley, has urged entrepreneurs in the country to be resilient and take advantage of the current macro-economic conditions to build a solid foundation that can propel their businesses to transcend the country’s borders, by leveraging on the Africa Continental...
Experts at this year’s Youth Economic Forum have made a strong case for the establishment of a competitive entrepreneurial environment - a move they say is critical to the country’s economic recovery, sustainability, as well as stabilisation of the cedi. They also called for deliberate and holistic policies aimed at...
If there is any best time to transform the economy into a robust and resilient one it is now, experts at the 11th Ghana Economic Forum have said. The experts - including Managing Director of GCB Bank, Kofi Adomakoh, and Andy Akoto, KPMG Partner - believe that current economic challenges...
Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has reignited conversations on Bank of Ghana’s continuous financing of government, saying, it will weaken the bank’s financing position which will be detrimental to the recovery efforts. His concerns come on the back of the central bank’s financing of government budget to the tune of...
An economist and professor of finance, Prof. Godfred Bokpin, has said the state must put aside politics and be intentional on lending support to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to enable them leapfrog into viable global and continental giants. Prof. Bokpin was speaking on the first panel at the 11th...
Members of Parliament (MPs) have registered their displeasure at the economy and the performance of Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, as both sides of the divide are pushing for his impeachment MPs from both the Majority and Minority on Tuesday called for removal of the finance minister to save the economy...
pays GH¢ 0.080p as dividend per share Atwima Kwanwoma Rural Bank Limited at Pakyi No2 in the Amansie Central district of Ashanti Region has recorded yet another remarkable operational performance in the 2021 year under review. Profit & Dividend The bank’s Board of Directors has proposed a dividend payment of GH¢0.080...