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Agenda 111: Ghana gov’t to use local firms to build 88...
A planned program targeting local construction firms to execute the government's 100-bed hospital project in at least 88 districts has been announced.
Finance Minister, Ken...
Ghana gov’t requests ¢11.8bn post-COVID-19 supplementary budget
The government of Ghana is requesting from Parliament,¢11,896,477,566.00 supplementary budget, to support its expenditure for the rest of the year 2020.
The country's fiscal projections have...
Akufo-Addo reduces communication tax from 9 to 5%
President Akufo-Addo has reduced the Communication Service Tax (CST) by 4 percentage points from 9% to 5%.
This was disclosed by the Minister for...
DOWNLOAD the full 2020 Mid-Year budget review
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has presented the 2020 Mid-Year Fiscal Policy Review of the Budget in Parliament on Thursday, July 23, 2020.
He...
Akufo-Addo’s gov’t failure to pay depositors sign of weak economy –...
A financial analyst, Dr Amoh Baffour, has decried the inability of the Akufo-Addo administration to pay customers of the defunct microfinance and savings and...
‘Without merit’ – Supreme Court dismisses $2.25bn Eurobond case against Ken...
Ghana's finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta has won a case brought against him and the attorney general in the issuance of a $2.25 billion Eurobond.
A...
Is Ghana’s economic resilience in IMF loans – Bawumia and Ofori...
The Ghanaian economic discourse pre-COVID-19 was dominated with statements that characterized the Ghanaian economy as a "Resilient Economy" - an economy that could withstand...
Moody’s downgrades Ghana’s economic outlook to negative
Rating agency, Moody’s, has affirmed Ghana's long-term local and foreign currency issuer and foreign currency senior unsecured bond ratings at B3 and changed the...
Ken Ofori-Atta writes: There is a lump in my throat as...
Economic activity has been massively disrupted; hotels are closing, industry is tottering, airlines are grounded, and our toast-of-the-region airport lies asleep. The Bank of...
Ghana spent $9m to print 100, 200 Cedi notes
Ghana spent about $8.97 million (approximately $9m) on printing the new 100 and 200 cedi notes which were introduced in November last year.
The country's...
