Ghana is raising US$ 500m in loans to help finance President Nana Akufo-Addo’s pledge to provide free secondary education at public schools. The Ghana Education Trust Fund, also known as …
Free Secondary Education if US$ 500m can be raised Read More »
Ghana’s economy is almost a quarter bigger than previously estimated after the West African nation’s statistical agency changed its base for measuring gross domestic product (GDP). The country’s GDP at …
Economy 25% larger than expected, Growth now at 8.1% Read More »
Good news for Ghana, the Producer Price Inflation (PPI), measuring the average change over time in the prices for the production of goods and services, for August 2018 has decreased …
Producer Price Inflation decreased by 1.2% to 7% Read More »
The Ghana Free Zones Authority says it is in the process of reviewing its regulatory legislation to make it more investor-friendly. A stakeholder meeting is scheduled for Free Zones enterprises …
Ghana plans to publish overhauled economic data that will show its gross domestic product is bigger than currently estimated. The West African nation will remeasure economic output using 2013 prices …
Ghana’s “long and arduous journey” to boost offshore oil exploration and extraction will be fuelled with billions of extra dollars after a key court victory over Ivory Coast. Thanks to …
Court Victory over Ivory Coast will result in Billions of Offshore Oil Dollars Read More »
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has underlined the government’s determination to pursue aggressive modernization of the nation’s agriculture to substantially increase productivity and reduce food import. He said its agenda …
Foreign Investment and Export Opportunities in Agriculture and Infrastructure Read More »
When reading on new technologies, mobile IT and Smartphone Apps in Africa, people automatically think of South Africa, maybe Namibia or Nigeria. But let’s have a look at Ghana: Agyei …
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta says he expects Ghana’s credit rating to improve in the next few months. His optimism is based on assurances given to the credit rating agencies that …
Ghana’s three-week-old government said it found a 7bn-cedi hole in the budget, a disclosure that sent its bonds tumbling. “We have been very surprised by the fiscal data,” Vice President …
Bonds tumble as Budget Deficit of US$ 1.6bn is discovered Read More »