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Following the decision by the Board and Management of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to seek a strategic investor to manage its hotels, there have been numerous media commentaries and write-ups regarding the…

The Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) is proposing a comprehensive review of the speed limit on the Accra-Tema motorway to enhance road safety. BPS argues that revising the speed limit on the Accra-Tema motorway could significantly reduce…

The cedi faced renewed downward pressure last week, attributed to heightened corporate demand for foreign currency – particularly crude oil imports. The local currency depreciated by 1.48 percent against the US dollar, closing the week…

Fuel queues lengthened across major Nigerian cities on Monday after state oil company Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. faced problems supplying gasoline to local traders and depots. Last year President Bola Tinubu's government opened up…

Parliament has passed the Ghana Shippers Authority Bill 2024, empowering the authority to regulate and standardise shipping charges, fees, and requirements imposed by service providers. This move aims to create a more equitable…

Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison has highlighted the difficulty in dealing with the cedi’s depreciation, which is now being driven by sentiments and election-related concerns. The Governor noted that even though the Bank…

A growing number of African countries are turning to gold to hedge geopolitical risk and protect against currency losses. Nigeria, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, and several other African nations have made moves to increase gold reserves,…

The President of the Ghana Union of Traders' Associations (GUTA), Dr. Joseph Obeng, is demanding a reduction in high import taxes. He argues that the exorbitant taxes are driving traders to resort to any means necessary to evade them.…

Oil and petroleum-based products are indispensable in the process of increasing electrification and expansion of power grids globally, OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais said on Monday, noting that the energy mix is not a zero-sum…

Crude oil prices started to trade this week with a gain as a rocket strike on the Golan Heights rekindled fears of a conflict escalation in the Middle East. Prices remain near a six-week low, per Bloomberg, but the trend is positive,…