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Cedi Stability: President Mahama acknowledges inherited $9 billion BoG dollar reserves

Business News of Tuesday, 20 May 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com   File photo representing Ghana’s gold for oil programme President John Dramani Mahama has acknowledged the impact of the nation’s boosted reserves on the recent stability of the cedi against the US Dollar. The cedi traded at GH¢14.4 to a dollar at the beginning of the year but it has made a dramatic rebound ...

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Gold-for-Oil saved Ghana’s economy from collapsing – Dr Bawumia

Business News of Tuesday, 20 May 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com   Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is Ghana’s former Vice President The former Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has stated that Ghana’s economy would have collapsed without the Gold-for-Oil and gold purchase programme introduced during his tenure under the erstwhile Akufo-Addo administration. According to him, the decision to go for gold was ...

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Ghana’s chip-embedded passports to roll out from April 28 – Ablakwa

Pacome Emmanuel Damalie Apr – 23 – 2025 , The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said Ghana will begin issuing the chip-embedded passports from Monday, April 28, 2025. Ghana on December 2, 2024, launched a chip-embedded Ghanaian passport with enhanced biometric features to make travelling seamless . The travel document has a microprocessor that embeds ...

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Ghana government, Gold Fields reach agreement on Damang mine transition

The government and Gold Fields Ghana Limited have finalised the agreement on transitional arrangements for the Damang Mine to ensure its operations and job security while paving the way for eventual Ghanaian ownership.  Under the new plan, Gold Fields’ subsidiary, Abosso Goldfields Limited, will be granted a 12-month mining lease for Damang, subject to parliamentary ratification in May 2025. During ...

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Jobs, trade tensions take spotlight at 2025 IMF-WBG Spring Meetings

Business News of Monday, 21 April 2025 Disclaimer Source: GNA The 2025 IMF Spring Meetings begin on April 21 As the world grapples with economic uncertainty, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG) are set to convene for their highly anticipated Spring Meetings in 2025. The meetings will take place from April 21-26, in Washington, D.C., on the ...

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Commercial-grade nickel discovered in Oti Region

Business News of Tuesday, 22 April 2025 Source: thebftonline.com   The find was made during ongoing iron ore exploration in the Gyamurume range by GIISDEC and GGSA Potentially mineable nickel deposits have been discovered in the Oti Region—a development that could diversify the country’s mineral portfolio and attract investment into battery metal supply chains. The find was made during ongoing iron ...

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FLASHBACK: Next of Kin of a deceased bank account holder is not an automatic beneficiary – BoG

Business News of Wednesday, 9 April 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Bank of Ghana’s new Headquarters   The Bank of Ghana in October 2024 explained that the concept of next-of-kin in banking operations is for the purpose of tracing the whereabouts of an account holder and not who inherits the account. This was made known by the Assistant Director, Financial Stability Department of the central ...

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Suspected pirates attack Ghanaian fishing vessel, capture captain, others

General News of Saturday, 29 March 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com File photo The Ghana Navy has commenced investigation into a suspected pirate attack on a Ghanaian-registered fishing vessel, MENGXIN 1, that took place in its waters on the evening of Thursday, 27 March 2025. At approximately 1753 hours, preliminary reports indicated that seven armed individuals boarded the ship and fired warning shots, ...

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Residence of former BoG governor Ernest Addison allegedly raided by armed men

Business News of Thursday, 20 March 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Former Bank of Ghana Governor, Dr. Ernest Addison Richard Jakpa, Director of Special Operations at the National Security Secretariat, is reported to have led a raid on the residence of former Bank of Ghana Governor, Dr. Ernest Addison, with 20 armed men on March 19, 2025. According to a news report by AsaaseOnline.com, the raid ...

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