Business News of Saturday, 27 August 2022 The Bank of Ghana is expected to receive the first tranche of the $1.3 billion COCOBOD Cocoa Syndicated loan by October 2022, according to myjoyonline.com reports. The second tranche of $390 million is also expected to be received from November 2022 to February 2023. According to reports, the funds will be drawn down from ...
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com’The taxpayer should not be buying me coffee and biscuits’ – Harriet Thompson on govt expenditure
Business News of Sunday, 28 August 2022 The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson, has stated that for government to employ cost-cutting measures, ruling out refreshments from meetings will be “an important place to start”. According to her, it is one measure that her country adopted when it had to tighten its budget. She also stated that this will ...
Read More »Ghana’s democracy too strong for coup d’état – UK High Commissioner
General News of Monday, 29 August 2022 UK High Commissioner, Harriet Thompson, has downplayed the possibility of a coup d’état in the country amid an economic crunch. In an interview on Accra-based Joy News on Sunday, August 28, she said she will be surprised if a military takeover should happen, adding that Ghana like other countries the world over ...
Read More »‘Used fridges’ still flood market 14 years after ban
General News of Sunday, 28 August 2022 Some importers are still using fraudulent means to ship used refrigerators and accessories into the country’s market. In spite of the Energy Efficiency Regulations, 2008 (LI, 1932), which placed a ban on the importation or sale (distribution) of used refrigerators, air-conditioners and incandescent filament lamps, Daily Graphic’s investigation has revealed that the banned ...
Read More »2021 A-G report: Over GHC1 billion lost to irregularities at MDAs
Business News of Monday, 29 August 2022 The 2021 Auditor General’s report has disclosed that the state lost some GH¢1,080,913,824 to various irregularities at the Ministries Departments and Agencies. This figure, is however, a significant drop in the GHc 2,053,176,449 recorded in 2020. The irregularities according the to report “represent either losses that had been incurred by the State through ...
Read More »Ofori-Atta holds ‘constructive’ meeting with IMF boss in the US
Business News of Monday, 29 August 2022 Ofori-Atta holds ‘constructive’ meeting with IMF boss in the US Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta travelled to the United States this week for routine medical checkup. Whiles in the States, he has met with Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, with talks centered around Ghana’s economic challenges. The IMF boss posted ...
Read More »Perception of Supreme Court being ‘Unanimous FC,’ threat to democracy – Mahama warns
General News of Monday, 29 August 2022 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Perception of Supreme Court being ‘Unanimous FC,’ threat to democracy – Mahama warns John Dramani Mahama, former president and 2020 flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, NDC, has cautioned against a rife perception of the Judiciary being politically biased. He holds that there is an urgent need for the judiciary – especially ...
Read More »CBS: Mannen bouwen een derde meer pensioen op dan vrouwen
Mannen bouwen gemiddeld een pensioen van 13.700 euro bruto per jaar op. Dat is een derde meer dan vrouwen, die gemiddeld uitkomen op 9.200 euro, meldt het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS) dinsdag. Het gaat om de pensioenaanspraken die via het werk zijn opgebouwd, oftewel het pensioen in de tweede pijler. Dit komt dus boven op de AOW. Aan ...
Read More »We’re worried but optimistic about economy – Council of State
Members of the Council of State are not happy about the current state of the economy and the difficulties being experienced by Ghanaians but has however expressed optimism after a meeting with officials from the Bank of Ghana and finance ministry, the Council’s Chair, Nana Otuo Siriboe II, has said. The meeting, which was held behind closed doors, had Minister of ...
Read More »How Mane ‘alerted’ referee to disallow goal he scored with his hand
Bayern Munich forward, Sadio Mane showed a class act by assisting the referee to disallow a goal he scored in Bayern’s 7-0 win over Bochum on matchday three of the German 2022/2023 Bundesliga. Mane unintentionally scored with his hand in a circumstance the referee would have struggled to make the right call, and would not have bothered to consult VAR, ...
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