One lesson Ghanaians ought to have learnt from the extended power crisis suffered recently, is that the pace of our country’s development will be slow and uncompetitive, if it is not supported by a strong and efficient power sector. Ghana is today set on an industrial development path; propelling improvements in the economic and social …
The average interest rate at which commercial banks lend to their customers remained unchanged at 25.7% in December 2017. This is the third consecutive time that the base rates have been kept unchanged at 25.7 percent. The base rate is the lowest rate at which a bank would lend to its customers. According to the …
Stock market analysts have predicted a positive growth of the Ghana Stock Exchange at least for the first quarter this year. The prediction follows a positive performance of the local bourse for last year. In 2017, the Ghana Stock Exchange witnessed an over 50 percent growth. Nineteen (19) out of the thirty eight (38) listed …
A Trainer-of-Trainers (TOT) workshop aimed at enhancing financial inclusion, to deploy about 50,000 university/polytechnic graduates under the “Youth in Revenue Mobilization” (“YRM”) has been concluded. The workshop which was organized by the UNCDF and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) as part of their financial inclusion drive in Ghana, was on Digital Financial Services (DFS) …