Today's Ghana Business, Banking and Economic news

Liberia has heightened its call on investors to invest in its ailing energy sector.

Ghana’s Minister for Finance – Ken Ofori Atta has cleared the misrepresentation of the President’s message on the possibility of extending the International Monetary Fund (IMF) credit programme.

As part of measures to address the pending energy crisis in the country, The government has laid the foundation for the Gas Master Plan by setting up a committee to oversea its implementation.

The 6th edition of the prestigious Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA2017) is ongoing in Accra. The event themed “African Innovation: Investing in Prosperity,” is a gathering of top innovators in Africa.

There have been growing concern over the past few weeks that Ghana might possibly experience sustained power cut during the period from September up to the end of 2017.

It has been a generally healthy period for the country’s economy (at least on review basis) specifically, the Ghana Stock Exchange as investors’ confidence continues to rise over the past six months as compared to the gross negative returns that were recorded last year -  2016.

It might perhaps seem like an irony that an administration that pledged to cut corporate taxes across various sectors of the economy to accelerate business development, is actually trapped in a series of hostilities towards its direct or inherited tax policies.

Last week witnessed a series of activities by the government of Ghana, not excluding a number of names nominated for various responsibilities in the state. The ADB bank was one of the beneficiaries.

Ecobank has been adjudged the Best Bank in this year's Ghana Banking Awards.

In the pursuit of a vibrant economy: one that provides opportunities for entrepreneurs to test their ideas and transform them into thriving businesses and in effect, create jobs and prosperity for all – having a reliable road infrastructure is no luxury.

Since 7th January this year, the Ghanaian business community has heard countless rhetoric from the government quarters particularly, the President who continually reiterates his commitment to promoting private sector growth through investment in Ghana’s entrepreneurship and innovation potentials.

Perhaps one of its most significant legacy as an administration was its massive spending on infrastructural development and maintenance. However, that modest achievement by the President- John Mahama led government came at a huge cost, particularly for the Ghanaian contractors.

Over the years, state owned or managed enterprises across Ghana have been sold to private companies for various reasons: the Electricity Company of Ghana – ECG is now the next on the nation’s privatization list.

SIC Life Savings and Loans, a wholly owned subsidiary of SIC Life Company Limited has launched ‘Kiosk Banking’ aimed at providing financial services to the unbanked and under-banked segment in Ghana.