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Ghana’s banking sector highly exposed to fraud – BoG
Ghana’s banking sector is said to be highly exposed to different fraud types such as cyber fraud, suppression of cash and deposits, forgery of documents and alteration of accounts.
Dr. Joseph France, the Head of Financial Stability at…
Lack of transparency in Chinese lending will increase Africa’s debt burden – LeCompte
As African leaders get ready to leave the Chinese capital of Beijing after the third Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), they may be smiling and looking forward to accessing the $60 billion pledged by Chinese leader, Xi…
The UK is sending Adoboli back to Ghana
Kweku Adoboli, the investment banker who went to the UK when he was four years old, but found himself at the wrong side of the law while working for Swiss banker UBS and was jailed for causing the loss of (£1.8bn) approximately $2.3…
China promises another $60b for African countries
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping has pledged another $60 billion in aid, investments and loans to African countries. He made the pledge at the ongoing Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing. In 2015 China made a similar $60…
Africa warned against copying China’s development model
Professor Li Anshan, Director, Africa Research Centre, Peking University of China, has cautioned Africa against copying the development models of China and other developed nations.
He said such moves could be a recipe for disaster for…
CPJ calls on Ghana government to investigate abduction, beating of journalist at Ayariga’s…
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the protection of journalists around the world is calling on the Ghana government to investigate the abduction and beating of a journalist in the…
Nearly 80% of Ghana’s educated workforce effectively low-skilled – World Development Report
The literacy proficiency of almost 80 per cent of Ghana’s working-age population is limited to understanding basic text – making this fraction of Ghana’s educated working adults effectively low-skilled, according to the World Development…
Nigeria accuses MTN of remitting $8.1b to parent company in South Africa – Reports
MTN Nigeria has ran into trouble yet again with the Nigerian authorities, this time in what is being described as an illegal repatriation of funds to its parent company, MTN Group of South Africa.
Reports in Nigerian newspapers this…
Global population to hit 9.9 billion – PRB
Global population will reach 9.9 billion by 2050, up 2.3 billion or 29 per cent from an estimated 7.6 billion people currently, according to projections by Population Reference Bureau (PRB) included in the 2018 World Population Data Sheet.…
More than four-fifth of Ghanaian grade two students can’t read – World Development Report
Four of five grade 2 students in Ghana are unable to read a single familiar word - this is according to the 2018 World Development Report.
When the World Bank conducted literacy skills assessment in 12 countries, comprising seven African…