BUSINESS

The 2017 world Bank/IMF spring meetings are currently ongoing in the United States capital of Washington DC. The event scheduled from April 18 to April 23 is expected to host thousands of people from governments, civil society, academia, media, financial institutions and the private sector to discuss trade, business, financial policies and global economic and development issues. World Economic Outlook ...

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Attta has ordered the removal of 26 589 names of public workers from the government’s payroll. “Those affected have not been registered on the new SSNIT biometric system, despite several directives to do so,” the Ministry clarified in a statement. Mr. Ofori Atta during the presentation of the 2017 budget vowed to protect the public purse ...

Telecom giant, MTN Ghana says it is happy about the high patronage its Apps Challenge projects have received. MTN has partnered with industry experts to commercialize all viable Apps Challenge projects through a strategic initiative called Katapult. Some of these apps recording impressive downloads include Oware 3D, Buzz Trick and Wheelo. The network on Tuesday presented 20 laptops and other ...

The Chairman of the Economic Management Team, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta are leading a government delegation to the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings. The delegation is also made up of officials from the Bank of Ghana led by the Governor, Dr. Ernest Kwamina Yedu Addison; the Chairman of the Finance Committee in Parliament, Dr. Mark Assibey ...

A micro-lending pioneer, Esther Afua Ocloo, is being celebrated by Google on her 98th birthday. She launched her entrepreneurial career as a teenager in the 1930s on less than a dollar. She quickly became one of Ghana’s leading entrepreneurs and was an inspiration around the world. Known as “Auntie Ocloo”, Esther dedicated her life to helping others like her succeed. ...

Airtel Ghana, the Smartphone Network has reaffirmed its commitment to promoting quality education in Ghana through a ‘Back to School’ donation of educational supplies to pupils of Tanoso SDA Cluster of Schools and the Sokoban Methodist School in the Brong Ahafo and Ashanti Regions respectively. The donations are in line with the company’s bold ambition to empower young people to ...

The head of security at Barclays faces an internal disciplinary probe over his part in a whistleblowing inquiry, the BBC understands. UK financial regulators have opened an investigation into Barclays boss, Jes Staley, over the whistleblowing case. Mr Staley asked the bank’s security chief, Troels Oerting, to find the author of an anonymous letter. The letter questioned the past conduct ...

Another microfinance scandal has hit the country as thousands of angry customers of ASN Financial Services protest delay in the refund of their investments from the company. The customers who have been investing with the company for some time now are angry over the delays by management of the savings and loans company to pay their hard earned investments. Management ...

Ghana is the fourth best place to invest in Africa, according to a report by RMB Global Markets Research. According to the report, Ghana beat countries such as Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Cote d’ Ivoire and Algeria as it placed among the top 10 countries on the continent. The West African oil producing nation also ranked fourth as the country to ...

Tigo Ghana’s flagship Corporate Social Responsibility programme, Shelter for Education, has partnered with Raising Readers Foundation, a non-governmental organisation that is committed to encouraging children to read. At an official ceremony in Accra to launch the initiative, the CEO for Tigo, Roshi Motman, was optimistic that together with Raising Readers Foundation, the Tigo’s Shelter for Education team would be able ...