Today's Ghana Business, Banking and Economic news

GCB Bank Ltd has nominated 216 officers to work with the various districts of the country to help ensure entrepreneurs selected under the One District One Factory (1D1F) Initiative benefit from easy credit facilities from the Bank.

Over 200 million litres of petrol is expected to arrive Nigeria before the close of the week. This was revealed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

Goods and services coming into the country will now be disinfected at their Points of Entries (PoEs) across various Ports.

Arrangements are now set in motion for the establishment of the country’s first Railway University.

Access Bank management has now secured approval from shareholders to raise fresh capital for its recapitalization.

Belstar Capital is now set to sell its stake at ADB bank Ghana Limited

Ghana’s inflation rate for last month increased by nearly 1%, bringing the November inflation to 11.7% from the previous 11.6% recorded in October.

While the country continues to battle an impending energy crisis which among other reasons, is powered by a high cost of gas supply, a vast majority of Ghana’s oil & gas resources remain untapped.

McOttley Capital‘s steady strides on the investment banking market has been acknowledged by being adjudged the ‘Second Fastest -Growing Company in Ghana for 2016.’

Reports according to the Daily Graphic newspaper reveal that the government has hinted Mrs. Josephine Ankomah, who heads Ecobank in The Gambia, is to replace Dr. Johnson Asiama.

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says government is working to establish a bauxite refinery plant to process the mineral as part of efforts to add value to natural resources to maximize profit and create jobs.

One of the country’s media houses, Metro TV was on Tuesday 12^th December, 2017 shutdown by the Ghana Revenue Authority.

The past year has been one of economic progress for Nigeria, with Africa’s largest economy managing to crawl back into growth territory in the second quarter of 2017.

The Ghana Revenue Authority is now expected to carry-out a tax audit of all the oil exploration firms in the country.

Tea exports to major markets in the year to October dropped 15 per cent compared with the same period last year with all the top buyers except Pakistan registering significant decrease.