Mahama urges Kamala to champion US-Africa economic cooperation
Former President John Mahama has called on the US Vice President, Kamala Harris to use his visit to push more Africa and the US economic cooperation.
In a welcome message to Kamala Harris, who is in Ghana for a three visit, Mr. Mahama said her visit to Africa demonstrates the US’s growing interest...
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has increased the Monetary Policy Rate by 150 basis points to 29.5 percent.
The prime rate, which is of keen interest to businesses, signals the rate at which the Central Bank will lend to commercial banks.
It also subsequently influences average lending rates on loans to individuals and businesses.
In his...
The United States of America has announced that its Department of Treasury’s Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) will deploy a full-time resident advisor to assist the Ministry of Finance to develop and execute medium-to-long-term reforms needed to improve debt sustainability and support a competitive, dynamic government debt market.
This was announced after the arrival of the Vice President of the...
Dr. Frederick Mac-Palm, the Chief Executive Officer of the Citadel Hospital and the first of the 10 persons standing trial for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government is reported to have passed on Saturday, March 25.
Report indicates that he collapsed in his house and was rushed to the Dodoma hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Read More: Ghana’s public debt...
Recent figures released by the Bank of Ghana indicate that Ghana’s public debt stock still remains constant at ¢575.7 billion at the end of November 2022.
By this, Ghana’s total public debt stock increased from about GH¢467.4 billion in September 2022 to about GHC575.7 billion in November 2022.
According to the latest Bank of Ghana’s Summary of Macroeconomic and Financial Data...
The Ghana Police Service has announced road traffic arrangements to be observed within Accra and Cape Coast for Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to Ghana from 26th to 29th March 2023.
The Police in a statement mentioned the affected areas and the time the public should expect intermittent roadblocks during the visit of the US Vice President.
“As part of the...
The United States of America intends to increase investments on the African continent to propel economic growth.
This was announced by Vice-President Kamala Harris on her arrival in Ghana as part of a nine-day working visit to the continent.
She was in the company of her husband Douglas Emhoff and other top officials in the US government.
Madam Harris was met by...
Parliament will today vote on the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, Excise Duty and Excise Tax Stamp (Amendment) Bills as well as the Growth and Sustainability Levy Bill.
Approval of these outstanding revenue mobilisation bills will facilitate the Board Approval for the $3 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) Programme staff-level agreement.
The passage of all the outstanding revenue Bills which are necessary...
Former President, John Dramani Mahama, is suggesting that the state finances campaigns of viable political parties in order to prevent financiers from determining electoral outcomes.
Mr. Mahama is of the opinion that the state must bear some of the cost incurred by political parties during elections to ease the burden on the various parties.
Speaking during a public lecture on March...
Samuel Masubir Mahama, the Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), advised post-paid meters users to visit their offices across the country to pay their debt without waiting on the company to issue bills on power consumed.
Mr. Mahama in an interview stated that, “Why would you owe so much money, you owe that kind of money and...
