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Ghana revokes licenses of 23 financial institutions

Ghana's central bank has revoked the licenses of twenty-three (23) financial institutions mostly savings and loans companies. The Bank of Ghana in a statement on...

Ghana: First Atlantic Bank denies not settling retrenched staff

First Atlantic Bank Ghana has denied accusations of flouting the Labour Act by refusing to compensate some of its retrenched staff. The Bank has been...

Ghana: First Atlantic Bank refuses to settle redundant staff

First Atlantic Bank in Ghana is dragging its feet to pay severance packages of Locked-out staff about 68, some of whom are pregnant women...

MTN to offer mobile banking in Nigeria in 2019

Telecom firm MTN wants to offer mobile banking in Africa’s most populous country Nigeria from next year. The Chief Executive Officer of the South African...

Stanchart profit up by 25% despite slow performance in Africa

Standard Chartered PLC has recorded a 25 percent increase in profit as at last month. The Banks says the achievement is as a result of...

Opinion: Ghana’s stuttering panic withdrawals – a simple approach

Crisis may be too strong a word for it, but Ghana’s current economic predicament is more than a little uncomfortable. Only after exhibiting strong macroeconomic...

Ghanaian born ex-UBS trader avoids deportation

A former UBS trader who was jailed after being convicted of a huge fraud has avoided being deported from the UK. Kweku Adeboli, 38, has...

West African countries urged to diversify their economies

The Association of African Central Banks is warning the goal of attaining a single currency status in West Africa will be a mirage. It believes the only solution to the problem is by diversifying the economies of the various countries in the Wet African Monetary Zone. Various attempts by West Africa to introduce a common currency known as the ECO has suffered various setbacks with the recent one being the outbreak of Ebola in three member countries. It is currently unclear if the countries will now meet the convergence criteria for the currency to take off in 2020.

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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