Barclays has reported a profit of £3.5bn for 2018, unchanged on the previous year.
The bank also announced a provision of £150m for "anticipated economic uncertainty" related to Brexit.
If the economy suffers after the UK's departure…
Gains in two counters in the banking and telecommunication sectors erased yesterday’s losses, due to expectations of positive 2018 full year earnings results led growth. As a result, the benchmark index advanced by 14.09 points (+0.56%) …
Members Of Marriott International’s Travel Programme, Marriott Bonvoy, Get Closer To The Action
Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR) (Marriott.com) and Manchester United (NYSE:MANU) (ManUtd.com) today announced a multi-year marketing par…
#MWC 19: Nokia small cells provide new mmWave and mid-band options to ensure optimal indoor and outdoor 5G coverage
mmWave small cell offers flexible deployment to cover extreme-traffic outdoor areas with high capacity 5G …
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today announced its first investment in Comoros to Telecom Comores S.A., known as Telco SA. The ???13 million ($15 million) loan has the potential to transform the mobile market in one of the least d…
Minister of State for Africa Harriett Baldwin has announced a funding package for projects across Africa following the signing of a new strategic partnership
The UK is set to inject up to £30 million into prosperity and security project…
There is the need to respect and appreciate the fact that people who dwell in slum settlements are fellow citizens and humans, with the same rights as every other person.
“If we continue perceiving and describing people living in slum a…
Investors and researchers are looking to Australia to develop the agricultural and food technologies of the future
Australia’s long and distinguished history in agricultural research is cementing its position as a global hub for agricul…
President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has announced that the World Bank has approved a $40 million grant to support the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Arts and its agencies to help upgrade tourist facilities.
The President said the G…
Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp., Ltd. (JAC Motors), China's leading automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer, has announced the results of its expansion program in Africa in 2018, declaring that it has established a presence i…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday announced a stimulus package to revamp Ghana’s struggling textile industry.
“Our local textile industry has been struggling for years, and many textile companies have, indeed, gone under…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Thursday, delivering his third State of the Nation Address to Parliament, rendered an upbeat assessment of the performance of his Government, declaring, "We have our challenges but the nation is in go…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has said the clean-up in the banking sector has cost the national treasury GH¢ 12.7 billion.
He said: “money we can ill afford, but which was necessary to sanitise the sector, minimise job losses, a…
The President of the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI), Nana Dr Appiagyei Dankwawoso I, has expressed worry about what he described as the increasing depreciation of the cedi, which, he said, was a major challenge con…
Ghana has experienced challenges within the banking system in the past but nothing close to what happened between 2017 and this year.
During this period, nine banks have been liquidated at a cost to the public purse in excess of GH¢9 bi…
President Akufo-Addo says the recently inaugurated Presidential Financial Stability Advisory Council would prevent the emergence of schemes such as Menzgold which has resulted in Ghanaians losing their deposits.
The President in his S…
The Ghana unit of India state-owned lender, Bank of Baroda is auctioning its properties that include chairs and water dispenser as it prepares to finally pack out of Ghana.
The auction is believed to be the final leg of the bank’s liq…
The Ministry of Finance says the European Commission used a “flawed” and “premature” methodology to add Ghana to its list of countries with strategic deficiencies in their Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AM…
The Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) will officially call for applications starting from the 27th of March 2019. ANPI is a US$10 million Prize competition for African entrepreneurs, founded by the Jack Ma Foundation in August 201…
Ghana’s consumer confidence declines by five points
Improved perception of Nigerian finances, job prospects & spending intentions
Ghana’s latest Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) for the fourth quarter of 2018 shows a five point…
