General News of Monday, 19 December 2022 play videoFinance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta The Ministry of Finance is holding a press conference to provide an update on the Ghanaian economy. This comes after Ghana and the International Monetary Fund on December 13 reached a staff-level agreement for an amount of US$3 billion under an Extended Credit Facility covering a three-year period. Although the ...
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42% of Covid vaccines wasted as Volta residents resist vaccination
Volta region is the least region vaccinated against covid-19 out of 16 regions in Ghana Residents of the Volta Region in Ghana are resisting being vaccinated against the Covid-19 pandemic, a situation which is leading to the wastage of vaccines, the authorities have said. Available statistics from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicate that only 28.1 per cent of ...
Read More »Dit verandert er op 1 januari en heeft invloed op jouw portemonnee
Op 1 januari veranderen er weer veel regels. Check hier de gevolgen en ga goed voorbereid het nieuwe jaar in. Laurens Kok 16-12-22, 13:30 Laatste update: 15:06 Een nieuw jaar betekent nieuwe regels. Voor de zorg, ons inkomen of de energierekening. We hebben voor jou zoveel mogelijk wijzigingen op een rij gezet. Zorgpremies 2023 bekend: forse stijging meest gekozen polissen Verdien je nu ...
Read More »Persons with no immediate use for dollar should be barred from buying them – Economist
Business News of Friday, 16 December 2022 Dollar bills An economist at the University of Ghana, Professor William Baah-Boateng, has asked the Bank of Ghana to ensure that persons who do not need dollars for business or payment of fees are not given access to buy them. According to him, such persons also account for the depreciation of the cedi. ...
Read More »NSA demand $2M from Black Stars World Cup money – Report
Sports News of Friday, 16 December 2022 The Black Stars of Ghana The National Sports Authority have reportedly demanded $2 million out of the money given to FIFA for the participation of the Black Stars in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The Black Stars who made their 4th appearance in the FIFA World Cup earned $9 million from exiting the group stages of the ...
Read More »LIVESTREAMED: Joint press conference of Ministry of Finance, BoG and IMF underway
General News of Tuesday, 13 December 2022 play videoThe joint press conference is taking place at the Ministry of Finance in Accra The Ministry of Finance is holding a joint press conference with the Bank of Ghana and the International Monetary Fund. GhanaWeb Business sources say the briefing will announce a concrete outcome from months of negotiations as government seeks ...
Read More »Central Bank upgrades GH¢1 coin with enhanced security features
The new GH¢1 coin will be in circulation from December 12, 2022 The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has upgraded the GH¢1 coin with some enhanced security features. According to a statement issued by the Central Bank on December 6, 2022, the coins are expected to be in circulation from Monday, December 12, 2022. It further explained that the coin is similar ...
Read More »Nobody approached me to play for Ghana – Danny Welbeck
Danny Welbeck English player of Ghanaian descent, Danny Welbeck has disclosed that no official from the Ghana Football Association approached him officially to switch nationalities and play for the Black Stars. The 32-year-old who came through the ranks at Manchester United was born to Ghanaian parents and grew up in the United Kingdom. According to him despite knowing he ...
Read More »Supreme Court won’t change its decision on Opuni – Principal State Attorney predicts
Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga A principal state attorney has predicted the outcome of a certiorari and prohibition application before the Supreme Court and has therefore, asked the High Court to dismiss an application for a stay of proceedings by counsel for former COCOBOD boss Dr. Stephen Opuni. Stella Ohene Appiah asserted that the applicant had been unsuccessful in previous ...
Read More »‘You are on your own!’ – Minister cautions bondholders who reject debt operation
John Kumah, Deputy Minister of Finance and MP for Ejisu Deputy Minister of Finance, John Kumah, has underscored the enormity of the economic challenge that government is currently faced with and has thus urged institutional bondholders to sign on to the current domestic debt exchange proposed by government. Kumah told Joy FM on Tuesday, December 6; that the consequences for ...
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