Step 1: Select a company that is not listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange.

Step 2: Prepare a short statement explaining why the company was selected.

Step. 3: Do research on the company.

- Annual Corporate Reports [3 to 5 years]

- Industry Data

- Articles about company, industry and general economic developments

- Anything else you may consider of financial and economic relevance.

Step 4: Analyse the Companys performance

- Trend Analysis

- Vertical Analysis

- Ratio Analysis

- Benchmarking/comparison to Industry Standards, etc.

- Evaluation of recent information [articles, investment analysis/ratings, etc.]

Step 5: Evaluate Company

Assume you have 200 million. Based on the information you have gathered, will you buy shares of this company? Why?

Step 6:Preparation of Final Report

Your final report must include the following:

(a) A title page

(b) The body of the report;

A description of the industry

A description of the company

Identification of significant accounting policies

What is impressive about this company?

Analysis of financial performance [see step 4 above]

Evaluation [see step 5 above]

(c) A bibliography and appendixes.