Ghana spearheads digital trade, launches AfCFTA hub
Ghana has launched a digital platform, “AfCFTA hub” with a call on Small and Medium-size Enterprises (SMEs) and startups to utilise it to accelerate...
Doubling your loan request won’t change anything – Prof. Hanke to government
Steve H. Hanke, a professor of applied economics, Johns Hopkins University, USA, has stated that Ghana's double loan request from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will...
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 monetary policy committee to hold emergency meeting on Wednesday – central bank
ACCRA, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Ghana’s monetary policy committee will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday to review recent economic developments, the central bank...
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,...
Cash-Strapped Nigeria Implements 5% Tax on Mobile Services
Nigeria, Africa’s biggest wireless market, is moving ahead with a proposed 5% tax on voice calls, mobile data and text messages to tackle a...
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...
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...
