Tanzania scraps mobile money tax
The Tanzanian government has scrapped its mobile money transfer levy starting October 1, 2022. The scrapping comes three months after the government slashed the...
Pension Fund Capital as an Enabler for African Infrastructure Growth
One of the challenges in enabling some African countries to reach their full potential is a lack of robust infrastructure, from utilities to roads...
Fuel price hikes, weak cedi put airline industry under strain
Players in the Aviation industry say they are hard hit by the high cost of fuel praying for urgent relief from government to cushion...
Nigeria-Morocco Pipeline Inches Toward Providing Gas to Europe
Nigeria and Morocco signed an agreement that inches a long-standing proposal for a gas pipeline between the two countries closer to reality, raising the...
Foreigners taken undue advantage of weak laws to rip-off Ghana
Dr Joseph Obeng, President, Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), says Ghana is fast losing huge sums of money and its natural resources due...
Petroleum Commission empowers artisans to boost local content in petroleum sector
The Ministry of Energy through the Petroleum Commission (PC) has held a day’s consultative forum for hundreds of welders in the Central Region.
The forum,...
Our economic problems predate Covid-19, Russia-Ukraine war – Togbe Afede
Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV, has bemoaned Ghana’s inadequate infrastructural development despite its ballooning debt stock.
He is concerned that although the...
Somalia is on the verge of famine while the world looks away
Famine will hit parts of Somalia between October and December. That was the verdict of Martin Griffiths, the U.N. humanitarian chief, who spoke to reporters...
Ghana-IMF $3bn deal to be finalised before end of year – IMF Boss
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, has stated that a deal between Ghana and the IMF should be reached and...
Nigeria fintech growth challenges established banks
The digital revolution is leading to rapid change in Nigeria's banking sector, with banks forced to either work with fintechs, copy their fresh approach,...
