Category: FEATURES
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![[Article] Ghana’s monstrous debt: a flashback of pre-HIPC levels](https://citibusinessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Ofori-Atta.jpg)
[Article] Ghana’s monstrous debt: a flashback of pre-HIPC levels
Spotting his favourite white African kaftan with a Ghanaian flag pin adorning the pocket, Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, appeared before legislators in July presenting the mid-year budget review, he announced measures being instituted to shore up tax collection. The government has been struggling for the past two years to meet its revenue collection targets,…
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![[Article] Telecom service providers are not cheating anyone](https://citibusinessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/communications-mast.jpg)
[Article] Telecom service providers are not cheating anyone
Telecom service providers provide an essential service so important that they are put in development markers. They bear the cost of running, deploying and creating their own infrastructure, even when it benefits the whole community. They lay fiber-optic cables, they extend wireless services, they allow for anyone who can afford it to get connected to…
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![[Article] The Ghana Stock Exchange could rebound in the election year](https://citibusinessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/stock-exchange-2.jpg)
[Article] The Ghana Stock Exchange could rebound in the election year
Should trend analysis be anything to go by, then the Ghana Stock Exchange should rebound next year 2020, the next election year after a woeful performance in 2019 currently returning about -16%. Investopedia defines trend analysis as a technique used in technical analysis that attempts to predict the future stock price movements based on observed…
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Fidelity Bank MD writes: Together we’re more
“Praye, se woyi baako a na ebu: wokabomu a emmu” – When you remove one broomstick it breaks but when you put them together they do not. This often repeated Akan proverb is relevant today because there’s no time like now to take stock, and appreciate what a unified effort achieves. In unity lies our…
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Organisational Culture; a social glue for organisational success
The success of any corporate organisation largely depends on its key constituents, the employees. Additionally, the common value and code of conduct called the corporate culture, shared by the employees becomes the engine oil for this success. An organisation may have the best of employees, but lack of shared value, good interpersonal relationships among the…
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![[Article] Together, Citi Breakfast Show team is ‘more’; Fidelity Bank lives by their example](https://citibusinessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CBS1-1.jpg)
[Article] Together, Citi Breakfast Show team is ‘more’; Fidelity Bank lives by their example
Together, the Citi Breakfast Show team is more. Why? Because they are achieving more as a team than they ever could as individual journalists. Each member of the reigning best morning show in Ghana is a cog in the machinery that makes the show compelling. From host, Bernard Avle, to his co-hosts, Kojo Akoto Boateng,…
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Article: After PDS investigative reports: Mr. President your call
The Government of Ghana (GoG) represented by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on one part, and Power Distribution Services (PDS — a local and foreign consortium), signed the Private Sector Participation (PSP) Transaction Agreements (TAs), which consist of the Lease and Assignment Agreement (LAA), the Bulk Supply Agreement…
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Selling added value: The case of Wines of South Africa
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The importance of agriculture in Africa’s development agenda, as a driver of economic growth, transformation and in helping end hunger has been reiterated over the years if not decades. The 2014 Malabo Declaration for example and the re-commitment to the principles of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) (which is Africa’s policy framework for…
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Cocobod awarded ISO certification to determine quality of beans exported from W/A
Quality Control Company Limited (QCC), a subsidiary of Cocobod has been granted accreditation by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), for inspection of cocoa activities and testing laboratory on pesticide residue. The two quality certificates are ISO IEC 17020 and ISO IEC 17025. These certifications come on the back of…
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Dr. Nduom writes: Out of adversity, a golden key to the future can come, long term investments
Introduction A lot has been said and done about banking reforms in Ghana and the use of taxpayer funds to guarantee deposits and pay them back to customers. Experience elsewhere, in the UK, USA and other environments with more mature investment climates, offer lessons we can use forge a credible way forward in the investment…