Business

The former Chief Executive Officer of the now-defunct Capital Bank, Ato Essien, has been handed a 15-year prison sentence with hard labour. This verdict comes on the back of his...

Fertilizer makers jumped after Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel raised concerns over how the conflict could impact global supplies of nutrients used to grow crucial food crops. Israel’s Port of...

New figures released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at the IMF/World Bank meetings in Morocco suggest a more optimistic outlook for Ghana’s economic growth...

Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic outlook remains bleak amid an elusive growth recovery According to the latest World Bank Africa’s Pulse report, rising instability, weak growth in the region’s largest economies, and...

The global price of cocoa is spiking, a direct response to dwindling cocoa output in west Africa. In September, cocoa futures reached a 44-year price peak due to mounting concerns over reduced supplies from...

Prices of petroleum products are likely to remain unchanged for the month of October. According to projections from the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), there could be a one percent...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team will be in Ghana from September 25 through the first week of October to assess the implementation of Ghana’s Economic Recovery Programme. This...

Economist and Political Risk Analyst, Dr Theo Acheampong, has noted that the recent spate of coups across the Continent threatens the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)...

Lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), Professor Kobby Mensah has noted that not all businesses are adversely impacted by coup d’etats in Africa. According to him, although...

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed a US$400mn term loan facility with the China Development Bank (CDB) which aims to improve access to trade finance for SMEs on the...