The management of United Bank for Africa (UBA), in partnership with Mastercard, is rewarding its customers with a complimentary Mastercard to transact business globally.

It was third time lucky for Nana Akufo-Addo when he won December's presidential election in Ghana. Yet another peaceful change of power cemented the country's reputation for democratic politics. Akufo-Addo takes the helm of what is perhaps the most broadly based economy in the region and one that has grown rapidly over the past decade.

Statistics show that only 13.7% of Ghanaians are engages in one habit of saving or the other, giving credence to the mantra that there is a persistent lower saving habit among Ghanaians.

Investment banking and financial advisory firm, Crystal Capital & Investments Ltd., has called for a re-organisation of Ghana's financial system to catalyse the transformation of the country's economic.

Ghana has become a strong economic hub for trade and investments as well as doing business in the West African sub-region.

In a few weeks\' time, businesses and consumers will cease to pay, or in certain cases pay less of, some of the taxes they paid in 2016 or before.

MTN Ghana, the leading telecommunications service provider in Voice, Data and Mobile Money services, has launched the \'Tap2Pay\' service, another innovative feature available on its Mobile Money platform.

Folorunsho Alakija is Nigeria\'s richest woman and the second richest woman in Africa with an estimated net worth of $1.82 billion according to Forbes.

Increased electricity generation is central to our future prosperity. Ghana and other nations on the African continent need to increase power production if it is to realise the sustained economic growth required to provide jobs, increase investment and lift millions out of poverty.

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has directed the banking community to continually distribute the Ghana Pesewa coins as part of the country\'s legal tender for doing business.

The fake drug market, worth over 400 billion euros, is more profitable than the sale of illicit drugs.

Detection of fraudulent documents submitted by clearing agents to officials of the customs division of the Ghana Revenue Authority has been identified as a major challenge to the customs division.

While all products should be made to be functional and technically sound, there is no reason why that should mean a trade-off for good design and affordability. Binatone is a brand that exemplifies this.

The Parliamentary select Committee on Trade and Industry has assured IT firm and technical partners of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority in the implementation of the National Single Window programme of their full support in order to enable them perform effectively and efficiently.

As part of measures to curb the abuse of sole sourced procurements by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), the Cabinet of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will from this month scrutinize procurements in this category.

By Neil FORD

The Chief Executive Officer of the Namibian Port Authority, Bisey Uirab has hailed the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority for leading the way in port development in the West African sub region.

Authorities and students of Ada secondary school have acknowledged the President of Groupe Ideal, Dr. Nii Kotei Dzani, with a certificate of appreciation for his immense contributions and support to the development of the school.

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) estimates that the average business in Ghana and other parts of the world loses approximately five percent of its annual revenue to internal fraud, waste and abuse.

Ghana and other Africa\'s biggest cities are following in the footsteps of the South African - and to a certain extent North America\'s approach to retail development. While most Africans continue to source goods from local shops and informal stalls, more prosperous urbanites are increasingly concentrating their spending power on malls, attracted not just by the range and type of goods on offer but by the international lifestyle that they represent.