2008

U.S. cocoa futures settled unchanged Friday amid a firmer U.S. dollar, a lack of direction with London on holiday and most U.S. traders also absent. Most-active March cocoa ended unchanged at $2,626 a metric ton. Futures volume was…

Like many African women, Mazoe Gondwe is her family's main food provider. Lately, she has struggled to farm her plot in Malawi due to unpredictable rains that are making her hard life even tougher. "Now we can't just depend on rain-fed…

Stanbic Bank Limited, which started with only three branches three years ago has now opened up 24 more branches across the country. The move was to bring banking services to the doorsteps of customers to enable them have access to…

Ghanaians go to the polls Sunday December 28, 2008 to vote in a presidential run-off but many fear that the amount of cocaine trafficked through the country threatens to overshadow the result and the country’s democracy. Ghana is said to…

Ghana will hold a run-off vote on Sunday December 28, 2008 to decide who will be president of Africa's newest emerging oil producer, already a magnet of investor interest. The deciding ballot pits Nana Akufo-Addo, of the ruling New…

Ghana’s total exports of timber and wood products for the first nine months of 2008 increased to 430,100m³, a 7.7% rise when compared to the same period in 2007. The corresponding total revenue for the first three quarters also increased…

French financier and businessman Vincent Bollore, who runs ports in other African countries including Ghana has bought yet another concession to run a port in Pointe-Noire, Congo. Bollore will invest 570 million euros ($798 million)…

With every conviction, our respected Central Bank monetary policy egg-heads are hell-bent on adopting inflation targeting, a monetary mechanism that is applicable for nations with functioning or incipient productive base such as South…

Ghana captain Stephen Appiah has said that reports linking him to Major League Soccer made him "laugh very loud." The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Appiah's representatives have been exploring the prospect of him continuing his…

When Ghana’s next President emerges whoever he is he will have earned the right to consider himself the representative of hope for the growth of genuine democracy throughout the West African sub-region. Apart from the circumspect and…