The CFA Franc – An Economic Reform Dilemma
Written by Alexandre Vaillant, Avocat Conseil, Fasken, Johannesburg
The CFA Franc, which has until recently been used in 14 West and Central African countries, has...
Monthly Number of ATM Transactions in the UK Plunged by 40%...
The surge in the online payments amid coronavirus lockdown has caused a massive hit on the ATM transactions in the United Kingdom. Even before...
GSE expels First Atlantic Brokerage & Liberty Securities for breach of...
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has expelled Liberty Securities Limited (LSL) and First Atlantic Brokerage (FAB) Limited from membership of the Exchange.
Their expulsion means...
Africa in urgent need of affordable broadband internet
The Director of Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Jean-Paul Adam, told journalists during a virtual...
Finance Minister inaugurates GRA’s tax audit and quality Assurance Department
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has inaugurated a newly created Tax Audit and Quality Assurance Department within the Ghana Revenue Authority to protect the taxpayer...
U.S. bank profits plunge 70% on coronavirus loss provisioning
U.S. bank profits fell by 69.6% to $18.5 billion in the first quarter of 2020 from the year prior as banks felt the economic...
Congo’s gold being smuggled out by the tonne, UN report finds
Gold production in Democratic Republic of Congo continues to be systematically underreported while tonnes of the precious metal is smuggled into global supply chains...
Orange may launch in Nigeria, South Africa soon
Telecom giant, Orange is considering entering the South African and Nigerian markets, CEO of Orange, Stephane Richard has said.
“It could make sense to be...
