Latvian ghost town sold for $3.1m

Latvia sold a deserted town built around a Soviet-era radar station to a Russian investor who bid $3.1 million at an unusual auction Friday, officials said. The town formerly known as Skrunda-1 housed about 5,000 people during the Cold War…

Ghana hosts 7th Africa Investment Forum

Accra will host investors and government leaders from over 30 countries at the Africa Investment Forum on February 8–10, an official statement said on Friday. It said the Forum would provide a platform for countries to profile investment…

More support taxes on packaged water in Ghana

Stakeholders in the water and sanitation sectors on Friday expressed support for the proposed 20 per cent tax on packaged water. At a workshop to discuss government’s budgetary allocation for the sector, participants agreed that there was…

Barclays Bank re-launches online banking

Barclays Bank of Ghana Limited (BBGL) has re-launched its internet transactional banking solution dubbed the Barclays Integrator, a statement in Accra said on Friday. The statement, signed by Mrs. Shola Safo-Duodu, Head of Corporate…

Prudential Bank opens 25th branch in Tamale

Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in the Northern Region have been advised to cultivate the habit of saving with banks to benefit from loan facilities to improve their businesses. Mr. Joseph Okine-Afranie, deputy managing director…

Danwell Credit Union opens another branch

Danwell Co-operative Credit Union has opened a branch office at Kasaam in the Kwabre District with a reminder to the people to cherish the culture of saving part of their earnings. Mr Emmanuel Afrifa, Ashanti Regional Manager of the Credit…