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Ecobank presents GHC28.8m dividend to SSNIT

Ecobank Ghana, one of the flagship investments of the Trust, has presented a dividend of GH¢28.8 million for 2020 to the management of SSNIT at the Pension House in Accra.

GSE delivers 36% return to investors in first half of 2021

After recording negative returns for three successive years from 2018 to 2020 – the longest and deepest bear market in its three decade history – a bull market has returned to the Ghana Stock Exchange with the stock market’s composite index rising by about 36 percent during the first half of 2020 in cedi terms.

Opinion: 'Demurrage: delay and loss of time – Part 1' by K.Asare Esq.

The word “demurrage” is well known amongst maritime industry players. In the Law of Demurrage, 5th Edition 2013, Tiberg, the authors define the term demurrage as being “derived from the verb “demur” in its old sense to tarry, or the French “demeurer”, which means to remain or stay”.

Ghana, Switzerland sign two agreements

Ghana and Switzerland yesterday signed two landmark agreements to boost the bilateral and economic development cooperation between the two countries in the fight against climate change for the years 2021-2024.

Firms advised to reduce reliance on banks for finance

Businesses must reduce their reliance on banks for funding and consider other sources of finance to support their operations, Paul Ababio, Deputy Director-General in Charge of Finance at the Securities and Exchange Commission, has observed.