Water supply has seen a major boost in the Ashanti Region with the commissioning of some boreholes by The Royal Bank Foundation on Friday. The Royal Bank Foundation through its corporate social responsibility has constructed three out of many water boreholes for the T.I Ahmaddiyya Senior High School at Adanse Fomena, the Bonwire Senior High Technical School and the Kaase ...
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UBA pays N27.2bn in dividends
The shareholders of pan-African financial institution, the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, applauded the Board, Management and Staff at the 55th Annual General Meeting held in Lagos on Friday, 7 April, 2017. UBA shareholders approved the payment of N19.9 billion as final dividend for the financial year ended 31st December 2016, in addition to N7.3 billion interim dividend paid ...
Read More »Nigerians boycott Coca-Cola drinks after court rules them ‘poisonous’
Consumers of Sprite and Fanta have more to worry about than rotting teeth according to a Lagos High Court judge, who ruled that the Coca-Cola products could be “poisonous.” The court held that high levels of benzoic acid and sunset additives in the popular soft drinks could pose a health risk to consumers when mixed with ascorbic acid, commonly known ...
Read More »Akufo-Addo government chases 14 billion dollar loan
It is emerging that Ghanaians, will witness more borrowing under the Akufo-Addo government, contrary to its campaign accusation against the John Mahama government and avowed promise not to borrow to fund its projects. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo, has criticized the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for chasing a loan total of 14 billion dollars ...
Read More »GHANA HOST AFRICAN ROUNDTABLE ON INSOLVENCY REFORMS
INSOL International and World Bank Group in Association with GARIA ( Ghana Restructuring and Insolvency Advisors) is organizing the African Round Table (ART) forum on Insolvency. This year’s event is hosted in Ghana and themed: “The Freedom to Fail? Insolvency for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise”. The program is open to the general public on the 7th October 2016 at ...
Read More »How To Buy Your First Car
By Miriam Caldwell Updated July 12, 2016 When you shop for a car you look at several different dealers, makes, and models. It is just as important to shop for a car loan. You can often find a better interest rate through your local bank or credit union than you would find with dealer financing. Additionally, if you are not ...
Read More »Drop the Monetary Policy Rate to Stimulate Economic Growth
Drop the Monetary Policy Rate to Stimulate Economic Growth The importance of monetary policy is revered in modern macroeconomics and its prominence in the Ghanaian economy is unchallenged. The Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) is the monetary policy tool of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), and it is the rate at which commercial banks can borrow from the central bank. The ...
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