US$ effect on gold ‘overdone’ – World Gold C’cil
The World Gold Council (WGC) has said in its review of the gold industry for 2015 and outlook for 2016 that the effect of...
System failure plunges nation into darkness
A system failure early Thursday morning plunged Ghana into darkness, barely a month after the nation’s power producer, VRA, transmitter GRIDCo and distributor ECG...
Swiber buys 38% of Nigerian offshore firm
Swiber Offshore Construction has acquired a 38 per cent stake in Nigeria’s Deltatek Offshore Limited (DOL).
Following the acquisition, DOL has become an associated company...
Gov’t to assist SMEs
The Minister of Private Sector Development (PSD) and Public-Private Partnership (PPP), Dr Rashid Pelpuo, has assured Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) of government’s...
China economic growth slowest in 25 years
China's economy grew by 6.9% in 2015, compared with 7.3% a year earlier, marking its slowest growth in a quarter of a century.
China's growth,...
Microsoft makes $1bn cloud pledge
Computing giant Microsoft has pledged to provide $1bn-worth (£700m) of cloud computing resources to organisations it deems to be working for the "public good".
The...
Shell upbeat ahead of BG deal
Royal Dutch Shell has said it expects full year profits of between $10.4bn and $10.7bn just a week before shareholders vote on its planned...
Organised Labour hits streets over utility, fuel increment
Thousands of workers in Ghana are hitting the streets today in protest of the recent hikes in petroleum products and utility tariffs.
The Trades Union...
