2017

The banking industry average base rate as at the end of March stood at 26.7 per cent, data from the Bank of Ghana has shown. The data indicates a drop of 0.9 per cent in the base rate from the month- end January rate of 27.6 per cent.…

A Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Carlos Ahenkorah, says Ghana a signatory to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Trade Facilitation Agreement is too small a country to have two Single Window operators. He, has,…

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded one Zakaria Debe, a Social worker, into police custody for allegedly causing unlawful damage and robbery. The accused person pleaded not guilty and would reappear on May 3. Chief Superintendent of…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated his government’s commitment to make agriculture the pivot of Ghana's economic and social development. He noted that if Ghana was to make any meaningful change in the lives of the…

The Abeka District Court has invited an Ophthalmologist of the Achimota Government Hospital to explain a report on Evelyn Boakye, the victim in the Marwako assault case. At Wednesday’s sitting, the court presided over by Mrs…

A Fisherman, Robert Martey, was on Wednesday put before an Accra Circuit Court with the charge of supplying narcotic drugs without lawful authority. Robert was said to have in his possession 56 wrappers of narcotic drugs, which he was…

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr John Peter Amewu, on Wednesday said 500 excavators have, so far, been retrieved from mining sites with 1,148 dredges taken from major rivers in the country. He said the Ministry would…

The economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to recover to 2.6 per cent in 2017 following a sharp down turn in 2016, according to the latest World Bank report - Africa’s Pulse. The latest growth rate is an improvement on the…

The Money Lenders Association of Ghana has changed its name to Micro-Credit Association, Ghana (MCAG) with approval from the Bank of Ghana (BoG), to enable it reposition the industry and serve its customers in an efficient and effective…

Government has been advised to maintain the factors that contributed positively towards the stability of the cedi. Mr Chris Addy Andoh, owner of Kash Forex Bureau in Tema, commending the government, said “the managers of the economy have…