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  • Editorial (Mills of a better Ghana must grind faster) 24 Nov 2009 05:10 GMT
    ... November 2009 Editorial (Mills of a better Ghana must grind faster) It is revealing to ... and the other as governor of the central bank and the situation is just like ... exchange transactions (i.e. purchases plus sales) by banks and forex bureaux slowed down in the January-October 2009 ...

  • $6 million to boost rural agricultural finance in Ghana 24 Nov 2009 10:36 GMT
    ... Politics | Agriculture - Nutrition | Economy - ... million to boost rural agricultural finance in Ghana Ghana has received a US$6 million loan ... and consolidation and expansion of the rural banking network. ...

  • Arrest & detention of four soldiers: A case of alleged subversion or murder? 24 Nov 2009 15:30 GMT
    ... Recent reports in sections of the Ghanaian media have claimed that the Bureau of ... a former deputy Managing Director of Ghana Commercial Bank in 2007. No official confirmation of ...

  • Rawlings Supports Arrest of Soldiers 24 Nov 2009 12:12 GMT
    ... Former President Rawlings has welcomed the arrest of ... allegedly implicated in the murder of former Ghana Commercial Bank Deputy Managing Director, Roko Frimpong. In ...

  • Assembly to support rural bank to enhance capital base 24 Nov 2009 09:49 GMT
    ... Rural Bank instead of the Bank of Ghana (BOG) to enhance the bank's capital base. ... BOG had set for rural and community banks in the country. The Board Chairman said there ... for him, underscored the challenges facing the banking industry in the country, mentioning saturated markets, ...

  • UBA Opens in Gabon - Now in 14 African Countries 24 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
    ... The pan-African financial services Group, United Bank for Africa ... African countries where UBA has full scale banking operations. The other countries being; Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, ...

  • Reflections on the Obama generation 24 Nov 2009 12:34 GMT
    ... The astronomical chunks of money given to banks and other financial institutions and the terms (or ... telling. Whether it be his speech in Ghana, his discussions at the APEC summit or ...

  • 2010 Budget Statement: Some Thoughts 23 Nov 2009 05:50 GMT
    ... robust growth until the great recession. Our Central Bank raised the prime rate to 18.5% in ... have increased the reserve requirements of commercial banks, which would achieve monetary reductions. I do ... So if the government is hopeful that commercial bank interest rates would decline in the near ...

  • Opinion: 2010 Budget Statement: Some Thoughts 23 Nov 2009 06:34 GMT
    ... robust growth until the great recession. Our Central Bank raised the prime rate to 18.5% in ... have increased the reserve requirements of commercial banks, which would achieve monetary reductions. I do ... So if the government is hopeful that commercial bank interest rates would decline in the near ...

  • Law & Order & The President! 23 Nov 2009 00:55 GMT
    ... regard to law and order. My fellow Ghanaians, a leader who does not respect law ... be frozen, and in that wise, some banks operating in our country have complied! When I ...

  • Rawlings Welcomes Arrests 23 Nov 2009 05:10 GMT
    ... Former President Rawlings has welcomed the arrest of ... allegedly implicated in the murder of former Ghana Commercial Bank Deputy Managing Director, Roko Frimpong. In ...

  • Targeting Black lawmakers 23 Nov 2009 19:25 GMT
    ... between the Treasury Department and the National Bankers Association, which represents Black banks. Her husband, Sidney Williams, owns stock in ... American companies consummate deals in Nigeria and Ghana in exchange for money paid to him ...

  • Rule of Law or Rawlings? [opinion] 23 Nov 2009 11:13 GMT
    ... I am not so deep in the Rawlings school of ... Kwei Armah is anything to tinker, then Ghana, certainly, must have been far worse than ... man, economic sabotage such as the recent banking and stock market scandals, outlandish gangsterism including ...

  • Road Safety - a Case for Market Intervention And Technology [opinion] 23 Nov 2009 20:32 GMT
    ... and costing an equivalent to 1.6% of Ghana's GDP, road carnage presents a significant barrier ... give waivers for car safety features and banks encouraged to support the purchase of newer cars ...

  • African Markets - Factors to watch on Nov 23 23 Nov 2009 06:10 GMT
    ... Nov 23 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic ... points on Firday, thanks to gains in banking and other stocks. NIGERIA OIL Nigeria renewed ... of monthly budgetary allocations to government agencies. GHANA RATES The Bank of Ghana cut its ...

  • Kintampo Rural Bank makes profit 23 Nov 2009 14:30 GMT
    ... December 31, 2008 out of the 127 banks in the country. Recently it was also adjudged ... community bank in the northern sector of Ghana. Mr. Eric Osei-Bonsu, Managing Director of Association ...

  • Net1 Announces Acquisition of MediKredit Integrated Healthcare Solutions (MRW) 23 Nov 2009 21:30 GMT
    ... MediKredit will provide Net1 the opportunity to expand ... in some of its existing markets like Ghana and Nigeria, where national health insurance schemes ... unlike traditional payment systems offered by major banking institutions that require immediate access through a ...

  • Net1 Announces Acquisition of MediKredit Integrated Healthcare Solutions (CCN) 23 Nov 2009 21:30 GMT
    ... MediKredit will provide Net1 the opportunity to expand ... in some of its existing markets like Ghana and Nigeria, where national health insurance schemes ... unlike traditional payment systems offered by major banking institutions that require immediate access through a ...

  • Net1 Announces Acquisition of MediKredit Integrated Healthcare Solutions 23 Nov 2009 21:30 GMT
    ... JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA--(Marketwire - Nov. 23, 2009) - ... in some of its existing markets like Ghana and Nigeria, where national health insurance schemes ... unlike traditional payment systems offered by major banking institutions that require immediate access through a ...

  • AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Releases Monthly Portfolio Update 23 Nov 2009 21:50 GMT
    ... AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: AWF) ... - Entertainment 0.09% SUBTOTAL 29.04% Financial Institutions: Banking 1.76% Finance 0.74% Insurance 0.67% REITS 0.20% ... 0.24% Norway 0.22% Bermuda 0.21% Gabon 0.21% Ghana 0.18% Serbia & Montenegro 0.16% Trinidad And ...

  • MPs Cry For Farmers 23 Nov 2009 13:27 GMT
    ... the average commercial interest per annum in Ghana, which is about 31-35 per cent, he ... the loan. Hon Yeboah also lamented how banks demanded farmers' lands as collateral for loans, a ...

  • Hungry for Opportunities, European Investors Eye Africa's Unlisted Firms 23 Nov 2009 14:00 GMT
    ... The Nigerian bank crisis - in which banks were left holding toxic assets following a loaning ... that countries such as Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana, which have advantages of scale, are likely ...

  • Ghana: Support tourism through sports 18 Nov 2009 16:56 GMT
    ... The Deputy Western Regional Minister, Betty Bosomtwi Sam, has ... tourism potentials of the Western Region and Ghana, through sports. Speaking at the commissioning of ... the project. He also commended the Ghana Commercial Bank, KEK Insurance Brokers, Enterprise Insurance Company, ...

  • Ghana cuts prime rate to 18 per cent 21 Nov 2009 11:19 GMT
    ... Bank loans - Ghana's Central Bank on Friday cut the prime rate by 50 basis points to 18 per ...

  • HIGHLIGHTS-Ghana's 2010 budget announcement 18 Nov 2009 13:17 GMT
    ... "Provisional estimates from the Ghana Statistical Service put the real GDP growth ... at 4.7 percent for 2009. However, the Central Bank has projected a real GDP growth ...


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