Niger’s military leader has refused to release the country’s deposed president in exchange for sanctions being lifted. ECOWAS – an alliance of West African countries – made the offer after a summit on Sunday. It has demanded the release of Mohamed Bazoum several times since he was put under house arrest in late July. His … The post Niger junta rejects deal to free
A power blackout that plunged Kenya into darkness on Sunday was a possible act of sabotage, a minister says. It hit at about 20:00 local time (17:00 GMT) – Kenya’s third nationwide blackout in the past four months. The outage disrupted several services, including the main airport in the capital, Nairobi, where two terminals were … The post Kenya’s nationwide blackout
Papa Bills The organisers of the Ghana Music Awards USA (GMA-USA) have appointed four new board members to help strengthen the organisation’s commitment to excellence. The appointees include Mr. Bills Read More... The post GMA-USA Appoints 4 New Board Members appeared first
Ghanaian Featherweight Boxer, Abdul Wahid Omar, recognizes the considerable pressure on boxers to clinch medals for Ghana at the forthcoming 13th African Games in March 2024. Boxing, categorized as a non-Olympic qualifier, will be featured alongside various sports disciplines such as Arm-wrestling, Beach Volleyball, Chess, Cricket, Handball, Hockey, Judo, and Taekwondo. 🏅 Ready for the […] The post 2023
Deputy Youth and Sports Minister, Evans Bobie Opoku, is optimistic that Ghana will meet the deadline for the completion and handover of the two designated facilities in preparation for the 2023 Africa Games. The nation has identified two key venues for the prestigious event. One is the Olympic site situated in Borteyman, designed to feature […] The post 2023
Eunice Lasi, the New Patriotic Party’s former parliamentary candidate for the Sege Constituency, has left the party and officially declared her intention to contest the Sege seat as an independent candidate in the 2024 elections. She has also instructed her supporters to deface all her posters that have NPP backgrounds. Madam Eunice Lasi disclosed her […] The post NPP’s
Renowned Ghanaian economist, Kwame Pianim, has bemoaned the leadership deficit on the African continent stating that it is becoming very expensive. Speaking at the annual Leadership Lecture at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) on Monday, December 11, Mr Pianim emphasized that this deficit is significantly hindering Ghana’s development, noting that Ghana and Korea […] The post Leadership
Introduction In accordance with Article 179 of the 1992 Constitution and section 21 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921), the Minister for Finance presented the budget statement on behalf of the President on Wednesday, 15th November 2023. The 2024 budget is critical for the country as it tries to navigate the desire […] The post The 2024 budget and
Ecobank, the leading pan-African Banking Group, is proud to announce that Ecobank Zimbabwe has won the ‘Global Award for Financial Inclusion’ in The Bankers’ Awards 2023. In addition, Ecobank Benin, Ecobank Guinea, Ecobank Liberia, Ecobank Mali and Ecobank Togo were all named ‘Bank of the Year 2023’ in their respective countries. Jeremy Awori, Chief Executive […] The post
Despite recent progress on restructuring the country’s debt, short-term interest rates exceeding 30 percent are undermining the savings achieved according to Leslie Dwight Mensah, an economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). With domestic markets as the sole financing source, he said, government remains vulnerable. “If stronger fiscal consolidation isn’t achieved, including on the […] The post
My favourite definition of economics is that by Lionel Robbins. According to Robbins, economics is “a science that studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means that have alternative uses”. Microeconomics on the other hand relates to the study of choices made by individuals and households (consumers) or firms (producers) with respect […] The post Economics
The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has called for a dialogue between Mobile Money (MoMo) stakeholders to address the current impasse and arrive at fair and sustainable compensation for MoMo agents. ISSER emphasises the critical role of MoMo agents in driving financial inclusion in the country, and urges all parties to consider […] The post
The Country Representative of Solidaridad Ghana, Bossman Owusu, has encouraged urban households to adopt the habit of home gardening. According to him, food security is crucial for human survival; hence, Ghanaians need to cultivate what they eat. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the launch of the Home Gardening initiative held on November […] The post Solidaridad
Mayur Patel (L) in a group photograph with M-KOPA’s members M-KOPA, a leading African fintech platform, has announced the official launch of its flexible digital financing model in Ghana Read More... The post M-KOPA Expands To Ghana
K.T. Hammond Minister of Trade and Industry, K. T. Hammond, has said the government is implementing deliberate interventions to achieve the strategic objectives of industrial transformation and job creation. Read More... The post Govt Promotes Industrial
Africa’s Global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has again demonstrated its prowess on the international stage as it clinched nine prestigious awards at The Bankers Awards 2023, organized by The Banker Magazine – a publication of Financial Times of London, the world’s leading business newspaper. The prestigious awards presented to the Bank at a ceremony in London, United Kingdom on Thursday, included the highly coveted […] The post UBA
The Moroccan Sovereign has made the development of the Atlantic African space one of the surest means of making the African continent a strategic pole both economically and geopolitically. In his speech of November 6, 2023, celebrating the 48th anniversary of the Green March, His Majesty King Mohammed VI launched a vast Atlantic initiative with […] The post The
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