Better healthcare boosts life expectancy by 14yrs (SOTN)
President John Dramani Mahama says Ghana’s life expectancy which was forty years at independence, has now increased by 14 years due to huge advancements...
South Africa’s economy ‘in crisis’
The South African economy is 'in crisis' says the country's finance minister Pravin Gordhan.
The comments came ahead of his Budget speech, in which he...
GRA exceeds 2015 revenue target by Gh¢620m
The Ghana Revenue Authority continues to chalk success in its revenue mobilization drive. The Authority last year exceeded its revenue target of Gh¢21.57 billion...
Mahama flays BoG over DKM scam
President John Mahama has hit hard at the Central Bank for sleeping on the job while some microfinance companies milk unsuspecting customers of their...
BoG sanitising MFI sector
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has strengthened its supervisory role through surveillance for early detection of distress coupled with effective on-sight examination to confirm...
StanChart’s profit slump 84%
Standard Chartered has reported an underlying profit before tax of $0.8 billion for the full-year, 2015, down 84 per cent year-on-year.
The bank also reported...
Meet a New Generation of African Chefs and Food Entrepreneurs
"African food is amazing and so diverse... but it is very underrated," says South African chef Mokadi Itsweng. Mokadi, part of a growing number...
Inflation targeting policy not credible – Prof Kusi
Executive Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), Prof Newman Kusi, has described as “ineffective” the central bank's approach to breaking the pace...
