According to EY’s 2015 Africa attractiveness survey – Making choices Africa’s share of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects fell 8.4% in 2014, but remained well above pre-2008 levels.
Category: Economy
City of Light Introduces Buy and Build to Home Owners
A special event further educate new and prospective clients on the concept of the Nova Ridge enclave set within Appolonia-City of Light was held at the Appolonia Offices at North Ridge-Accra.
ACET’s Report Makes Case for Ghana’s Agric Sector
A new study by the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) indicated that Ghana could raise the standard of living of rural farmers, meet the nation’s food needs, and transform the economy if new approaches to farming, processing, and marketing cassava, cocoa, poultry, and rice are applied.
Ghana’s Maritime Trade Soars
Figures from the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) have revealed that total maritime trade from January to December 2014, amounted to more than 15.1 million metric tonnes.
Report: World Hunger Drops to 795 Million
The number of hungry people in the world has dropped to 795 million — 216 million fewer than in 1990-92 — or around one person out of every nine, according to the latest edition of the annual UN hunger report (The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015 – SOFI).
Accra to Become First Centre of Excellence in Africa
Microsoft Ghana, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly and the Global Alliance of Mayors and Leaders from Africa and African Descent signed an agreement to make the city of Accra in Ghana Africa’s first ‘Centre of Excellence’ through the use of Microsoft’s CityNext applications.
Passengers Interact with British Airways’ Pilot
Airline pilots get asked all sorts of questions from straightforward enquiries about how long it takes to fly to London to the more obscure, such as how much paint is used on the A380?
Nigeria’s Hotels.ng Raise $1.2 Mln, Eyes Ghana Expansion
Hotel.ng, Nigeria’s largest hotel booking website, has secured an investment of $1.2 million from international investors EchoVC Pan-Africa Fund, a seed-stage technology fund, and Omidyar Network, the investment vehicle of eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.
EIU: Favourable Policies drive Food Security in Africa
Favourable policies and investments in agricultural infrastructure have emerged as the major drivers of food-security improvements in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Thomson Reuters Survey Paints Bleak Picture Of Firms
Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has published the findings of its sixth annual Cost of Compliance survey which revealed that regulatory fatigue, resource challenges and personal liability are expected to increase throughout 2015.