Category: FEATURES
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![Pitchers optimistic about a bullish Ghana Stock Market in 2021[ARTICLE]](https://citibusinessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/performance-of-stocks-_ghana-stock-exchange.png)
Pitchers optimistic about a bullish Ghana Stock Market in 2021[ARTICLE]
The just ended Young Investors Stock Pitch Competition brought together young people, who have interest in finance and investment from across Ghana, to conduct an analysis on selected companies listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange; and further recommend whether investors should either buy shares in the company, sell their holdings or hold on to their…
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![1D1F – How B5 Plus is positioning Ghana as net exporter of iron and steel products [Article]](https://citibusinessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/g6.jpg)
1D1F – How B5 Plus is positioning Ghana as net exporter of iron and steel products [Article]
Featuring prominently in governments priority developmental programs and now a household term is the one-district-one-factory (1D1F) initiative- touted as the nostrum for unraveling Ghana’s industrial revolution. The reasoning behind the concept is simple-Government will support existing companies or private sector investors to set up factories in various districts across the country, to stimulate economic growth,…
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![Why Ghana needs a new financial sector regulation architecture [Article]](https://citibusinessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/woelinam-dogbe.jpg)
Why Ghana needs a new financial sector regulation architecture [Article]
Ghana’s financial sector is in crisis. A crisis occasioned by the collapse of over 300 financial institutions; and which has affected every division of the financial sector. Universal banks, savings and loans companies, microfinance companies, capital market institutions, and insurance companies have been impacted. While majority of the collapsed institutions were licensed and regulated, a…
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COVID-19 impact on Ghana’s movie industry: Drive-in theatres becoming the new trend
The COVID-19 pandemic has distracted the global film industry, halting film production and closing cinemas. Global box office revenues totalled US$42 billion last year, contributing almost one-third of the estimated US$136 billion in the value of worldwide movie production and distribution. According to PwC’s entertainment and media outlook: 2018 – 2022, Ghana’s Entertainment and Media…
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IES Analysis: Ghana’s power transmission losses surging
Power transmission losses within the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) system keeps surging to 2013 highs and possibly beyond, far in excess of the allowable loss margin. Review of the “Electricity Supply Plans” from Ghana’s Energy Commission (EC) and data from the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) indicate that since 2008, the rate of transmission losses from…
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![Growing resilient food systems post COVID is key for Africa [Article]](https://citibusinessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/rice-farmer.jpg)
Growing resilient food systems post COVID is key for Africa [Article]
When it comes to food security, the challenge is not always about producing more – it’s also about quality: producing food that is wholesome and preserved safely. About 690 millionpeople go hungry each year. The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to add between 83-132 million people to this number based on socio-economic factors. Even before the pandemic, about half of Africa’s citizens were…
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Ken Ofori-Atta writes: Africa deserves more help for COVID-19
Ghana confirmed its first two COVID-19 cases on March 12; imports from Norway and Turkey. Africa has since recorded more than 1.5 million cases and counting, though in terms of infections and deaths, we have fared better than most regions. Perhaps this is because of our youthful population, the natural social distancing of outdoor living…
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Business of Christmas: A look at preparedness and sales in Accra’s Business District
With barely two months to Christmas, it appears the buzz that usually heralds the holiday season is missing this time round. A visit by Citi Business News to the Makola Market in Accra for instance, showed that business activities are yet to pick up. Usually, around this time, traders begin to stock up for the…
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QNET – 22 years of overcoming the odds
The world has changed dramatically over the last six months with Covid-19 reshaping everything familiar and predictable into uncertainty. A truly global crisis, the pandemic is expected to trigger the worst recession since the Great Depression impacting hundreds of thousands of people. Yet, one industry, while initially impacted, has remained strong, bucking the economic downtrend…
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![Blue Band and Margarine’s morph into meaningfulness [Article]](https://citibusinessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Larry-Light.jpg)
Blue Band and Margarine’s morph into meaningfulness [Article]
As veganism and vegetarianism diets become more embedded into people’s lifestyles, anything plant-based is now perceived as good. Plant-based foods and beverages are seen as healthy and planet-friendly, an image that appears to override the idea that processing also takes place in their production. Margarine is a non-dairy spread that was previously marginalized due to…