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		<title>GAMC braces up</title>
		<link>http://www.theghanaianjournal.com/2012/02/03/gamc-braces-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[*To flush out unscrupulous operators The Ghana Association of Microfinance Companies (GAMC) is bracing up to protect the industry and help safeguard funds of depositors. The business group is to operate under the second tier of the regulated microfinance institutions, which include susu companies taking deposits and making profits. Under the new Bank of Ghana [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ghana to host Euromoney Conference in February</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning will in February this year host the inaugural Euromoney Ghana Finance and Investment Conference. President John Evans Atta Mills is expected to lead the opening ceremony which will have the Finance Minister, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur and Mark Mobius, Executive Chairman of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stanbic, Eaton Towers sign US$30m debt financing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Standard Bank Group, parent company of Stanbic Bank Ghana has concluded a US$ 30 million debt financing deal with Eaton Towers Ghana Limited, the telecommunications infrastructure provider.   Concluded late last year, the transaction provides for a 5-year senior secured term loan facility to fund the enhancement and upgrade of telecommunication towers under a Site Sharing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shareholders okay TTB, Ecobank merger</title>
		<link>http://www.theghanaianjournal.com/2012/01/23/shareholders-okay-ttb-ecobank-merger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shareholders of ECOBANK have passed a resolution to merge the bank with The Trust Bank, (TTB). The resolution passed at the bank’s Extraordinary General Meeting will also authorize the board to transfer shares held by Ecobank Transnational Incorporated in TTB to ECOBANK Ghana. The shareholders were however worried their interests in the bank will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ECOBANK shareholders approve TTB merger</title>
		<link>http://www.theghanaianjournal.com/2012/01/20/ecobank-shareholders-approve-ttb-merger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shareholders of ECOBANK have passed a resolution to merge the bank with The Trust Bank, TTB. The resolution passed at the bank’s Extraordinary General Meeting will also authorize the board to transfer shares held by Ecobank Transnational Incorporated in TTB to ECOBANK Ghana. The shareholders were however worried their interests in the bank will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADB wins Africa Investor Agribusiness Investment Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.theghanaianjournal.com/2011/12/07/adb-wins-africa-investor-agribusiness-investment-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the second year running, the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has placed top in the prestigious Africa Investor Agribusiness Investment Awards. ADB featured prominently in the winners list for the 2011 edition of the Awards just announced simultaneously in Johannesburg, London, Beijing, New York, Lagos, and Nairobi. This follows its success in the maiden edition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>About 200 employees of Bank of Africa to be laid-off</title>
		<link>http://www.theghanaianjournal.com/2011/11/24/about-200-employees-of-bank-of-africa-to-be-laid-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From: Emmanuel Agyei &#8211; Joy Business About 200 employees of Bank of Africa, BoA Ghana are to be laid-off by March next year. The process which is already underway would however not necessarily affect only Junior staff. That’s according to management which adds the decision is aimed at streamlining the bank’s operations for enhanced service-delivery. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BoG approves  Access Bank Ghana and Intercontinental Bank merger</title>
		<link>http://www.theghanaianjournal.com/2011/11/14/bog-approves-access-bank-ghana-and-intercontinental-bank-merger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has approved the merger of Access Bank Ghana and Intercontinental Bank Ghana. The BoG has approved the change of control processes for IBG’s operations within Ghana. It is expected that IBG will be merged with Access Bank Ghana by the second quarter of 2012. Till then, both banks will operate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ecobank, SSNIT reach agreement over TTB sale</title>
		<link>http://www.theghanaianjournal.com/2011/10/17/ecobank-ssnit-reach-agreement-over-ttb-sale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From: Daily Guide/Ghana Ecobank Ghana Limited has reached a mutual agreement with the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) over the sale price of The Trust Bank (TTB). However, it is unclear how much Ecobank is offering to SSNIT for its 61.14 percent stake in TTB. But SSNIT is expected to seek the approval [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Standard Bank and ICBC signs cooperation agreements</title>
		<link>http://www.theghanaianjournal.com/2011/10/07/standard-bank-and-icbc-signs-cooperation-agreements/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Standard Bank Group, parent company of Stanbic Bank Ghana, and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC), have signed two agreements which will provide a framework for cooperation in trade and the settlement of netting of precious metals transactions. The agreements also cover other transactions such as Trade Finance, international payment and [...]]]></description>
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