Accra, July 10, GNA - A new financial weekly newspaper,
Ghana Market Watch, was on Monday launched in Accra with
the aim of interpreting the financial market to all categories of
persons. Reportage would be done through investigation and
analyses of issues affecting the financial sector by breaking
them down for easy comprehension.
The 20-paged paper whose prime objective is to interpret
the stock market and other financial issues has other columns
including corporate finance, foreign market reports, tourism,
arts and entertainment, sports, personality profiles and jokes. The paper with a cover price of 5,000 cedis has its 16th
edition being launched with circulation covering all the regional
capitals. Mr Amos Dotse, Chief Executive Officer and Publisher of
the Ghana Market Watch, said his organisation chose to
launch the paper at a time in Ghana's development where the
growth of the country's financial market, represented by the
Ghana Stock Exchange was crucial to achieving the desired
status of a middle-income Economy. "Our objective is to serve as a medium for the financial
institutions to talk to themselves, to Government, policy
makers, regulators and vice versa. "We want the financial institutions to say what they need to
the public, Government and regulators without fear of being
misunderstood or misquoted," he said. Mr Dotse said the Newspaper would offer its pages to
educational institutions and financial markets to exchange
ideas; pass on new technologies; techniques and paradigms
and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of existing policies
to forge new ones for the advancement of the economy. Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, a Deputy Minister of Finance, said
the paper had come at an opportune time to fill a vacuum that
had existed in the landscape of business and finance. He urged the business community to embrace the paper by
patronising it, thereby making it capable of meeting its
obligation of informing, educating and entertaining to
contribute positively to the development of the financial
services industry and the country's economy. He said it would no doubt create a healthy business
environment that would pave the way for local and foreign
investors to come in and conduct business without fear.
Mr Lee Accorley, Editor of the paper, pledged to carry out in-depth and incisive research that would enable them to come out with write-ups that would help the economy to grow. Mr Fred Oware, Chairman for the occasion, urged the publishers to engage the staff with frequent in service-training
to keep them abreast with developments in the financial
market.