Editorials/Opinion

Last Thursday January 28, 2010 when Ghana beat Nigeria to reach the finals of the African Nations Cup tournament in Angola, the streets of Ghana’s major cities and towns were filled by jubilant Ghanaians including children celebrating the…

Although there are semblances of global economic recovery and talks of green shoots gaining momentum, the recent IMF working paper - “Lost Decade” in transition: What Japan’s Crisis could Portend about recovery from great Recession- draws…

The Great Lakes region of Africa reveals the continent’s challenges.  I went there recently to seethe effects of the economic crisis, countries coming out of conflict, and integration.  In the Democratic Republic of Congo, I crossed paths…

This is the Information Communication Technology (ICT) age. But it appears most Ghanaian businesses are ICT shy. The ICT age has come with it a boom in Internet technology which has revolutionized how business is done and brought dynamism,…

Due to some technical problems, ghanabusinessnews.com went down for over 24 hours. We sincerely apologise to our cherished visitors who have not been able to access the site during this period. We are working around the clock to stabilize…

T he global economy is starting to bottom out from the worst recession and financial crisis since the Great Depression. In the fourth quarter of 2008 and first quarter of 2009 the rate at which most advanced economies were contracting was…

Oil is a curse. Natural gas, copper and diamonds are also bad for a country’s health. Hence, an insight that is as powerful as it is counterintuitive: poor but resource-rich countries tend to be underdeveloped not despite their hydrocarbon…

Dr. Paul Acquah, the governor of Ghana’s central bank will bow out of office as governor, and he would be doing so satisfied, knowing that he would be remembered as one of the remarkable bankers of the century. When he walks out of his…

Chinese banks are like enthusiastic runners on an accelerating treadmill. The weakening economy means poor lending decisions are threatening to catch up with them, but the banks are sprinting ahead by expanding their loan books ever faster.…

Ghana’s Minister of Health, Dr. George Sipa-Adjah Yankey has said the government of Ghana spends over $760 million every year treating malaria. He said these when he addressed the 74th Annual Conference of the Pharmaceutical Society…