Energy policy think-tank, African Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) says consumers have been cheated by Oil Marketing Companies in the latest fuel price reductions. At a press conference Friday, ACEP’s Mohammed Amin Adams presented computations that explained that the price reductions could have gone further down [READ MORE]
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has warned banks in the country to stop sourcing for expensive wholesale funds from the markets. Maxwell David Ekow Ribeiro, Assistant Director of the Banking Supervision Department of BoG, gave the warning in a statement at the launch of Barclays Bank’s new ultramodern branch at Osu on Friday in Accra. He disclosed...[READ MORE]
Even before forensic experts and the presidential committee on the fire and flood disaster of June 3, present their reports; the Ga Traditional Council have offered what in their view caused the national disaster. According to the Council, the celebrity vigil against erratic power outages known as 'dumsor,' was to blame for the twin disaster that claimed 159 lives in...[READ MORE]
Co-Chairs, Charlotte Ntim, Jonny Liu and Yasmin Kumi
Committee and Advisory Board Members of the Oxford Africa Conference
Members of the Oxford Africa Society and the Oxford Business Network for Africa
Distinguished GuestsLadies and...[READ MORE]
Mr. Olivier Blanchard, Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has notified IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde of his intention to retire from the Fund, effective September 30, 2015. “As one of the world’s leading macroeconomists, Olivier has been on the forefront of the...[READ MORE]
Cholera has infected about 3,000 people in Tanzania, the UN has said, where many Burundians have fled seeking refuge from their country's unrest.Up to 400 new cases are being seen each day, the UN's refugee agency said.Over 100,000 have left Burundi in recent weeks, escaping violence sparked by President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third...[READ MORE]
At the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey two years ago, Clifford Aboagye was one of the...[READ MORE]
The Ghana Table Tennis Association President Mawuko Afadzinu is hopeful of a...[READ MORE]
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