Cedi records mix fortunes

June 19, 2018 The cedi rode on ill sentiments to advance against the British pound and the euro but softened against the US dollar in the holiday-shortened week. While the local currency gained 0.83 per...

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It’s too late for banks!- GSE gives up, shuts door to bank IPOs

June 19, 2018 With virtually six months to the Bank of Ghana’s minimum capital deadline for banks, the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) says banks hoping to use Initial Public Offers (IPOs) to recapitalise...

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Rate of business failure unacceptable – Dr. Awal Mohammed

June 18, 2018 The rate at which businesses fail in the country is unacceptable – and can be solved only if industry and academia can collaborate more effectively to churn out graduates with the right...

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President launches 2018 Census of Agriculture …last Census was conducted about 33 years ago

June 12, 2018 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the weekend launched the 2018 Ghana Census of Agriculture at Sefwi Wiawso in the Western Region. The census of agriculture, which started in April...

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More partnerships will deepen intra-African trade – Yofi Grant

June 12, 2018 Ghana must attract investments from other African countries and vice versa, if the continent wants to see the true realisation of the Continental Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), Yofi Grant,...

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Ghana Stock Exchange falls to five-month low

June 12, 2018 Equity indices on the local bourse softened to its lowest in five months as recent downward pressure from the financial, energy and consumable sector stocks dimmed the hard-earned...

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Government mark time to implement MDF requirements

June 12, 2018 Years after the passage of the Minerals Development Fund (MDF) Act by Parliament, the government is yet to fully implement the law that provides the legal basis for the disbursement and...

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Cocoa prices tumble

June 12, 2018 Prices of cocoa on the international market have begun to tumble due to investors expectations of an imminent increase in production from top growing countries, Côte d’Ivoire and...

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World Bank predicts 6.7% growth in 2019

June 7, 2018 The World Bank has projected a 6.7 percent economic growth for the country in 2019, as it projects oil production to dissipate. “Growth in Ghana is forecast to moderate from 6.9 percent...

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Rise in public debt stifling growth

June 5, 2018 Sub-Saharan Africa is confronting a pronounced rise in public debt. At the end of 2017, average public debt in the region was 57% of its GDP – an increase of 20 percentage points in just...

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