Rising gold prices and the dwindling appeal of South Africa as a production source should be the perfect backdrop for Ghana to extend its lead as Africa’s biggest producer of the yellow metal. Gold has risen about 30% over the last 12 months even as mining majors have sought to diversify away from South Africa, due to problems such as ...
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced about US$91 billion in financing to 80 countries, including US$11.3 billion to 48 low-income countries since the onset of the pandemic in late March and as of September 15, 2020. Out of this lending, the IMF channeled US$30 billion (equivalent to SDR 21.2 billion) in financing to 69 countries through emergency lending facilities. ...
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The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has said it is sceptical about the Akufo-Addo administration’s renewed promise to supply electricity to all by the end of its second term. This comes after President Akufo-Addo in his inaugural speech during his swearing-in last week disclosed of government’s commitment to extend electricity supply to communities lacking. In a statement issued, the IES ...
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Parliament has approved a $162, 931,563.27 Barclays Bank PLC loan to finance the design, construction and furnishing of seven district hospitals and provide an integrated IT systems by NMS Infrastructure Limited. The money is part of the amendment agreements to the ECGD Loan Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Ghana, Barclays Bank PLC (as Coordinating MLA) and Her ...
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The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has admitted that it is possible that the December 9, 2020, declaration of the presidential-elect may have been characterised by “computational and mathematical errors” made in the course of the collation of the results, “but these did not have a material effect on the overall results as declared”. John Dramani Mahama, who contested the ...
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Waarschijnlijk wordt de lockdown verlengd. Een verlenging van een week of twee ligt voor de hand, zeggen ingewijden. Aanscherping van de maatregelen wordt ook niet uitgesloten. De besmettingscijfers zijn nog steeds veel te hoog, zei premier Mark Rutte vrijdag nog. Wel lijkt het aantal ziekenhuis- en ic-opnames wat af te vlakken. Ook in andere landen zoals Duitsland is de lockdown ...
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Maandag presenteerde zorgminister Hugo de Jonge de bijgestelde kabinetsplannen voor de vaccinatie tegen het coronavirus. Voor wie de draad kwijt is: hier een overzicht van wanneer welke groep een prik kan krijgen, en wie het vaccin gaat toedienen. Sander van Mersbergen 04-01-21, 19:00 Laatste update: 18:57 De genoemde maanden zijn onder voorbehoud. Een en ander is afhankelijk van goedkeuring, werking, levering en distributie ...
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Het vaccineren tegen het coronavirus is woensdag 6 januari begonnen. Dat roept allemaal vragen op: vanaf wanneer krijgen inwoners een vaccinatie? Waar moet je zijn? Wanneer ben jij aan de beurt? Hier een overzicht van alles wat je moet weten over het coronavaccin in Den Haag. De eerste vaccins worden woensdag 6 januari gezet in het Brabantse Veghel. In de dagen ...
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Former Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, has described Members of Parliament(MPs) as pubescent [teenage] boys and girls who misconducted themselves and therefore must be corrected. According to the former Director of Campaign of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, he was saddened and dismayed by the misconduct of the MPs prior to their swearing-in on Thursday dawn to commence work of the ...
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About 1.5 million out of the six million eligible Ghanaian taxpayers pay tax, allotting Ghana one of the lowest tax to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio in Africa. Ghana, therefore, has a lot to do to meet the Sub-Saharan average target of 17 per cent which is above the nation’s 13 per cent mark as her various governments have over ...
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