Tech genius to participate in Young Global Leaders Class of 2016

Tech genius Farida Bedwei has been selected to participate in this year's Young Global Leaders class of 2016.

Her software, gKudi, is being used by 130 banks across Ghana to administer loans to their customers by sending short codes to their phones through SMS.

Ivorian economic growth leads the way for Ghana- Dr. Kwakye

Ghana has a lot to learn from Ivory Coast's economic management. This is according to Senior Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs, Dr. John Kwakye.

Speaking at the Institute of Economic Affairs' economic review programme at the University of Ghana on Monday, the Economist and policy analyst said Ivory Coast, despite the political conflict in 2011, has been able to improve its economy better than Ghana has.

According to Dr. John Kwakye, Ivory Coast has turned their economy around in terms of stability and inflation in a way and manner that Ghana can take a cue from.

We go to the currency market now where

Currency Buying Selling

Dollar 3.84 4.14

Pound Sterling 5.55 5.75

Euro 4.30 4.60

On how your stocks performed on the GSE Index today

Societe Generale Ghana Limited and Ecobank Transnational Incorporation were the biggest losers of the day, drop 2p each to close at 0.81 and 0.18 respectively.

There were no gainers for the day.