Cabinet retreat on COVID-19 begins

Ghana News Agency - May 7, 2020 0

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his cabinet have began a three-day retreat to examine the impact and the implications of the Coronavirus...

Supreme Court throws out suit against Finance Minister

Ghana News Agency - May 5, 2020 0

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the $2.25 billion bond suit against Mr Ken Ofori Atta, Minister of Finance, saying it was without merit. ...

Lifting of lockdown will save our economy from recession-Prof.Quartey

Ghana News Agency - Apr 21, 2020 0

The Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Professor Peter Quartey, says President Akufo-Addo's decision to...

Growth was uneven across eurozone countries, with Germany "robust" and France losing ground ?

France expects deeper recession as coronavirus lockdown prolonged

xinhuanet.com - Apr 14, 2020 0

France has further lowered its 2020 economic forecast to a contraction of eight percent, from an earlier prediction of six-percent contraction, and would broaden...

Finance Minister requests parliamentary approval to access Contingency Fund

Ghana News Agency - Apr 9, 2020 0

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has requested Parliament to grant the Government approval to access an amount of GHC1.250 billion from the Contingency Fund to...

Greece plans to tap bond markets for covering financial needs

xinhuanet.com - Apr 8, 2020 0

Greece is considering to tap the bond markets in the next couple of months to cover its financing needs, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said...

Ghana projects US$1.6 billion preliminary cost of COVID-19

xinhuanet.com - Apr 1, 2020 0

In its preliminary impact assessment, Ghana anticipates incurring a total cost of 9.5 billion Ghana cedis (1.64 billion U.S dollars) as a result of...

Government to utilize US$200 million from stabilization fund

Ghana News Agency - Mar 31, 2020 0

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed that government intends to lower the cap on the Ghana Stabilization Fund (GSF) from the current US$300 million...

Finance Minister updates Parliament on impact of coronavirus on economy

Ghana News Agency - Mar 18, 2020 0

The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, said preliminary analysis by the Ministry shows that the Coronavirus pandemic would impact negatively on the country’s...

Gambia set to lose close to US$19.7 million in revenue due to COVID-19

xinhuanet.com - Mar 17, 2020 0

The finance minister of the Gambia, Mambury Njie, told the National Assembly on Monday the West African country could lose close to 1 billion...

Ten government-owned banks in India to be merged into 4

xinhuanet.com - Mar 4, 2020 0

The process of merging as many as 10 public sector banks (PSBs), or government-owned banks, into four is on its course, and will come...

Plans to reduce public wage bill applauded

xinhuanet.com - Feb 27, 2020 0

South African economists welcomed Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's plans to reduce the public wage bill by over 150 billion in the next three years,...

South African finance minister expects economic boost

xinhuanet.com - Feb 27, 2020 0

The South African economy should get a boost in the next 18 months with a number of jump-starts, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said on...

South African finance minister announces formation of sovereign wealth fund

xinhuanet.com - Feb 27, 2020 0

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on Wednesday announced the formation of the South African Sovereign Wealth Fund, which will serve as a counter-cyclical fiscal tool. ...

FILE PHOTO: Men walk past electricity pylons as they return from work in Orlando, Soweto township, South Africa March 18, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Stable electricity supply holds key to South Africa’s economic growth

xinhuanet.com - Feb 27, 2020 0

A stable supply of electricity will be the number one task for the South African government, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said on Wednesday, amid...

Namibia to phase out Export Processing Zone

xinhuanet.com - Feb 20, 2020 0

Namibia will soon phase out the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) and replace it with the Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Finance Minister Calle Schlettwein said...

Global markets oversubscribe Ghana’s US$3bn Eurobond sale

Ghana News Agency - Feb 5, 2020 0

Global Capital markets have given a vote of confidence in the Ghanaian economy - over-subscribing its US$3 billion Eurobond sale by five times...

Finance Minister inspects renovation works on TUC building

Ghana News Agency - Dec 21, 2019 0

The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, on Thursday inspected ongoing repair works on the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) building, which has...

Gov’t will embrace impact investment approach to achieve SDGs

Ghana News Agency - Dec 20, 2019 0

Government will embrace impact investment approach, which is expected to hit US$37 billion by the end of this year towards achieving the Sustainable Development...

Bank Of Ghana introduces GH¢100, GH¢200 notes and GH¢2 coin

Minority to haul Finance Minister, BoG Governor over new currency notes

Ghana News Agency - Dec 5, 2019 0

The Minority Caucus in Parliament on Wednesday served notice to haul Finance Minster Ken Ofori-Atta, and the Governor of the Bank of Ghana...

Scrap Nursing, Teacher trainee allowances -CSOs to gov’t

Ike Dzokpo - Nov 25, 2019 0

Some Civil Society Organisations, operating in the education and health sectors is calling to government to cancel the Nursing, and Teacher trainee allowances. According to...

President Akufo-Addo is performing admirably – Carlos Ahenkorah

Ghana News Agency - Nov 19, 2019 1

The Member of Parliament for Tema West, Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, has stated that the 2020 Budget fulfills another noteworthy campaign promise of President Nana...

Ghana to maintain stable political and economic climate in election year 2020 – Ofori-Atta

xinhuanet.com - Nov 18, 2019 0

The government of Ghana is determined to maintain a stable political and economic climate during the election year of 2020, Minister for Finance Kenneth...

Ghana receives largest financial support for technical education expansion

Ghana News Agency - Nov 15, 2019 0

Government has begun the expansion and upgrading of 10 Technical Universities/Polytechnics and 13 Technical Institutes with state-of-the art training workshops and laboratories to...

Let telecos pay taxes on mobile money transaction fees

Ghana News Agency - Nov 15, 2019 0

Let telecos pay taxes on mobile money transaction fees Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Communications Minister on Thursday implored the Finance Minister and the Ghana...