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News extracts from the latest issue:

Trade

The Ghana-Turkey trade boom By Martin...

Ghana and Turkey took their trade relations to a new height in November with a products exhibition in Accra. The exhibition was another building block on...Read More >>

Small Business

Start Small, Grow Big -...

Footwear from mSimps With sheer determination and a good sense of what she is about, Mabel Simpson gave up her job to take up what anybody...Read More >>

ICT

TECNO Android N3 Smartphone phone hits...

Techno Android Phone One of Ghana's leading mobile phone manufacturing companies, Tecno, has launched its first dual SIM Android smartphone in Ghana. Called the "Tecno...Read More >>

Energy

GNPC consolidating lead role in Ghana’s...

By Kwabena Adu Koranteng (L-R) Frank Look Kin, Technical Advisor, National Gas Company Ltd (NGC) of Trinidad and Tobago; Thomas Manu,Director, Ghana National Petroleum...Read More >>

Insurance

Ghana’s insurance sector’s growth challenges

By Martin Luther C. King (L-R) The CEO, Mr. Kwame-Gazo Agbenyadzie, Mrs. Lynda Odro, Operational Manager, Mrs. Nyamikeh Kyiamah, the Commissioner of Insurance and Mr. Albert...Read More >>

Diaspora

British High Commissioner to host GUBA...

Ms. Dentaa, CEO, GUBA The British High Commissioner in Ghana, Peter Jones, has accepted his invitation to attend the forthcoming high profile Ghana UK Based Achievement...Read More >>

Aviation

The skies are opened

Both the domestic and sub-regional skies are well opened for aviation business but the challenge lies in recognising the massive potential impacts of air...Read More >>

Economy

The new economic trend - What...

By Kofi Owusu-Acheaw The writer of this article is one of the managers of Liberty Capital Ghana Limited, an Investment Banking and Asset Management...Read More >>

Perspective

A new Africa

By Rich Mkhondo For decades, Africa was often depicted as a continent of starving children, flies in their mouths and malnourished bellies, families decimated by...Read More >>

Policy

Public-Private Partnership: A new strategy of...

Roads network in Ghana For much of Ghana’s post-colonial history, the State has been the main financier of infrastructural projects. The country’s capacity to fund its...Read More >>

ICT

Social Media gaining popularity

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook The definition of social media captures websites that allow users to share content and media among other things. Common examples of social...Read More >>

Economy

Playing politics with Ghana’s economy

Dr. Kwabena DuffuorMinister of Finance, Ghana Mr. Ishmael Yamson, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council of the Government of Ghana George Smith Graham, CEO of Fair...Read More >>

Diplomatic Relations

Evolving India-Africa commerce relations: Ghana’s...

At a time when the Eurozone is wading in sovereign financial crisis, local debts situation in the US and economic meltdown in China, India seems to...Read More >>

News Extra

Services sector to be captured...

By Effah Amponsah The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has advanced plans to include the services sector in its export trade portfolio in the near future....Read More >>

Money Matters

Dollarisation of economy: Matters arising

On June 8, 2012 Ghana’s central bank, Bank of Ghana (BOG) released a statement strongly refuting domestic media speculations that it was devising plans to close...Read More >>

Trade

EU-Ghana relations at crossroads

Vice President John Mahama By Utche Okwuosah On May 9, 2012, the Delegation of the European Union (EU) in Ghana, in collaboration with the Ministry of...Read More >>

Investment

Ghana's campaign to attract capital

Hon Shirley Ayitey interacting with Objective Capital's MD, Ros Lund, at the company's investment conference, Accra Is Ghana attracting its fair share of today’s inflows of...Read More >>

Diplomatic Relations

Turkey- A country for all tastes

By Felix Dela Klutse In May 2012, the Turkish Government expressed its preparedness to forge closer ties with Ghana and other African nations in order to...Read More >>

News In Brief
$30 million credit to support Ghana's Public Private...The Government of Ghana (GoG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Development Association of the World Bank for a $30 million...Read More >>

News In Brief
	OKI launches products in GhanaOKI, the world's largest manufacturers of printers, in terms of value, has launched its range of printers on the Ghanaian market. The printers which come...Read More >>

News in Brief
	Mobile Penetration now 98% The total mobile voice subscriber base in Ghana, as at August, 2012, stood at 24,438,983, which is 98 percent of the Ghanaian population estimated at...Read More >>

Africa Briefs
	AfDB Launches 2012 African Economic Outlook in Malawi Donald Kaberuka, AfDB President The African Development Bank’s Malawi Field Office with the Southern Africa Resource Center (SARC) and the Development Research Department (EDRE) launched...Read More >>

World Economy
	Tough economy bites McDonald’s profits The Golden Arches are starting to lose some of their shine. McDonald’s Corporation said a key revenue figure came in flat in the second quarter...Read More >>

News in Brief
	“Be dynamic in job creation” TUC tells...The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on government to adopt a more focused and concerted approach towards employment creation. It should put in place...Read More >>

News in Brief
	Ghana gets $140 million from oil revenues for...The country’s savings from oil revenues have reached $140 million for the first half of this year. According to the semi-annual report released by the...Read More >>

Africa Briefs
	Liberia - Ecobank Liberia reports growth Amidst the high risk and high cost associated with doing business in Liberia, the Management of Ecobank Liberia Limited (ELL) has released a partial report...Read More >>

Ghana Briefs
	Galamsey operators to be given a hot chase Illegal mine operators popularly known as ‘galamsey’ have been cautioned sternly, to register with the appropriate govern-ment agency, desist from their illegal activities, or face...Read More >>

Ghana Briefs
	DUC to affiliate with two top US universities Archbishop Nicolas Duncan-Williams, the Founder and Chancellor of the Dominion University College (DUC) says the DUC has advanced in linking up with two top US...Read More >>