Nigeria received a sum of $2.78 billion as foreign inflows in the first half of 2021, representing a 61.1% decline compared to the $7.15 billion received in the corresponding period of 2020. This is contained in the capital importation report, recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) for Q1 and Q2 2021. According to the report, foreign direct investments stood

Adds detail, quote, shares JOHANNESBURG, June 7 (Reuters) – South African lender FirstRand FSRJ.J on Monday said its second-half earnings would be higher than previously guided citing a quicker-than-expected economic rebound. The bank warned investors in March, when it said its first-half performance had beaten its expectations, not to expect a similar level of absolute earnings in the final six

Former finance minister, Seth Terkper, has called on government to, as a matter of urgency, take the US$1 billion Special Drawing Rights (SDR) allocation by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to parliament for approval on how to spend it to ensure proper accountability. His comments come on the back of the finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, reportedly

irst Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Maxwell Opoku-Afari, has said the Business Sans Borders (BSB) project between Singapore and Ghana is a game-changer in the BoG’s efforts to drive financial sector activity and inclusive SME development in the country. According to the First Deputy Governor, the ability of the BSB to change financial sector

Synopsis: South Africa’s recovery may well be on its way as the government finances showed a significant improvement in May due to rising tax revenue despite restricted economic activity SOUTH Africa’s recovery may well be on its way as the government finances showed a significant improvement in May due to rising tax revenue despite restricted

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Oil Company (NOC) the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Dr K. K. Sarpong has revealed real reasons behind the corporation’s move to buy stakes in Aker Energy and AGM Petroleum Ghana towards the Corporation’s drive to operatorship. The Chief Executive speaking on Joy News’ Upfront and monitored by norvanreports, noted that among the many reasons to acquire

First Deputy Governor of the Central Bank, Dr Maxwel Opoku-Afari, has proposed two short-term strategies to enable government reset Ghana’s economy following its disruption by the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the Deputy Governor, disruption in Ghana’s economy on the back of the Covid-19 pandemic, resulted in a slump in economic activity with GDP growth declining

Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has said the quality of Ghana’s cocoa is unmatched making China no competition in terms of cocoa exports to the international market. “Ghana’s cocoa in terms of quality is matchless to none globally, hence, the international market’s decision to pay up to 25 percent premium on

The end result of the two world wars, coupled with a Great Depression was enormous physical and economic destruction in both Europe and the United States. These necessitated the drive to create a new international monetary system that would stabilize currency exchange rates without backing currencies entirely with gold; to reduce the frequency and severity of balance-of-payments deficits;

…as Telecos paid GH¢3.6bn tax in 2020 Total taxes borne, collected and other remittances made to government and allied agencies resulted in total payment of 3.6billion cedis. This contribution forms approximately 8.5% of Ghana’s 2020 tax revenue (Ministry of Finance, 2020 budget statement). This was revealed at the 18th Knowledge Forum organized by Ghana Chamber