Business News of Saturday, 13 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com The International Monetary Fund (IMF) IMF Mission staff and Ghanaian authorities have reached staff-level agreement on economic policies and reforms to conclude the second review of the three year ECF-supported program. The move means Ghana will now have access to about US$360 million in financing once the review is approved by IMF ...
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LIVESTREAMING: IMF, Ministry of Finance and BoG hold joint press briefing
General News of Saturday, 13 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com IMF Mission Chief for Ghana, Stephane Roudet The Ministry of Finance will host a joint press briefing with the International Monetary Fund and the Bank of Ghana following the just ended mission by staff of the Fund to Ghana. The event is set to take place in Accra, Ghana at 10:00am. The IMF Mission ...
Read More »Government raises cocoa producer price to almost 60% amidst global market trends
Business News of Saturday, 6 April 2024 Source: thebftonline.com Cocoa is a key export commodity for Ghana The government of Ghana, in collaboration with stakeholders, has announced a significant increase in the producer price of cocoa for the remainder of the 2023/24 crop year, in a move aimed at enhancing the income of cocoa farmers in the country. The decision comes ...
Read More »2024 Elections: NPP flagbearer, GUTA hold fruitful engagement
Business News of Saturday, 6 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com The meeting, held in Accra was interactive, open and frank The flagbearer of the NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and the Ghana Union of Traders’ Association (GUTA) have held discussions in Accra, on the proposed policies and vision of the NPP flagbearer. The meeting, held in Accra on Friday, April 5, was ...
Read More »Ejisu by-election: Don’t contest, leave it for NPP to honour John Kumah’s death – Chairman Wontumi tells NDC
Politics of Saturday, 6 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com play video Bernard Antwi Boasiako, is the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has urged all political parties, particularly the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), to refrain from contesting the forthcoming by-election in the Ejisu Constituency. Chairman ...
Read More »Stop escorting your friends to and from KIA, else you’ll be sacked – Henry Quartey warns Immigration officers
General News of Saturday, 6 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Henry Quartey is Ghana’s Interior Minister Interior Minister Henry Quartey has warned immigration officials stationed at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), against the practice of escorting or receiving friends at the airport. The minister emphasized that any Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) officer found violating this directive would face outright dismissal. During his visit ...
Read More »Ghana ranked 5th best-governed country in Africa – Report
General News of Friday, 5 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com In a recent assessment by World Economics, a research organization based in the United Kingdom, Ghana has emerged as the 5th best-governed country on the African continent, securing the top position in West Africa. The rankings, which evaluate governance through four key indexes; corruption perception, rule of law, press freedom, and political ...
Read More »There’s a lot of container diversion to Lome – Bawumia
Business News of Friday, 5 April 2024 Source: classfmonline.com Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia A lot of containers are being diverted to Lome because Ghana’s port duties are higher, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has complained. At a town hall meeting with the pharmaceutical industry where he promised to enhance the business-friendliness of ports by implementing fixed exchange rates aimed ...
Read More »Paris Club to decide fate of Kumasi Airport – Ashanti Regional Minister
Business News of Friday, 5 April 2024 Source: aviationghana.com Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah has disclosed that the planned completion and commissioning of some headline infrastructural projects in the Ashanti Region might be hampered by the ongoing debt restructuring talks between the government of Ghana and its external bilateral creditors. Giving updates about the Komfo Anokye ...
Read More »Rev. Dr. Lawrence Tetteh calls for end to culture of insults in Ghanaian politics
General News of Monday, 1 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.li Rev. Dr. Lawrence Tetteh Rev. Dr. Lawrence Tetteh, Founder and President of Worldwide Miracle Outreach, has called for an end to the pervasive culture of insults among politicians in Ghana, emphasizing the need for unity and civility in political discourse. In an interview with Berla Mundi, Dr. Tetteh urged politicians to ...
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