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Mrs Sarah Tsien Zetterli, Managing Director of Procredit, has called on the Bank of Ghana, its regulator, to tighten the entry requirements for microfinance institutions to avoid the proliferation of irresponsible lending. Speaking on the…

Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur on Wednesday expressed Ghana’s condolence to the people of Ethiopia on the death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, describing the former leader as a dynamic and progressive leader. “The people of…

The Reverend Samuel Nana Ghartey, Senior Pastor of Mount Zion Assemblies of God Church at Nsuta in the Sekyere Central District, has said lack of finance is a major obstacle that affects publishers and appealed to the government and other…

UK’s Secretary of State for International Development, Mr. Andrew Mitchell is optimistic that Ghana might not need aid to develop if the country maintains its current rapid growth acceleration. According to Mitchell, Britain will help…

Mr Henry Kweku Hayfron, Municipal Chief Executive for Mfantseman, has said it would not be possible for any government to make senior high school education free because of the huge cost involved. He told the GNA in an interview that the…

There is no clarity over the China Development Bank (CBD) $3 billion loan to Ghana. It is not clear what is happening, as there are different parts of the story being told about the loan that do not seem to piece together into one simple…

Newmont Ghana, a subsidiary of US miner, Newmont Mining Corporation, which is the largest mining company in the world  says it has since 2006 paid a total of $93.8 million dollars as royalties and $91.1 million dollars as corporate tax to…

Newmont Ghana is adopting various strategies to deal with environmental pollution and cyanide spillage through the shrouding of a feed pipe to contain the flow of cyanide, among others. According to Mr Agbeko Azumah, Communications Manager…

President John Dramani Mahama said on Tuesday that the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) programme is not a “father Christmas” to supply free goods and services. “All the people in the SADA ecological zone need to get…

Consultants and surgeons at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), have withdrawn their services over unpaid allowances. The striking doctors claimed allowances due them had been outstanding for the past eight months. Their Spokesman,…