The Covid-19 test result for the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Marfo has returned positive, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has disclosed. He made this known during the media briefing on the country’s Covid-19 situation and matters arising. “In a separate development that has come to us this morning, Senior Minister Osafo-Marfo has...
Ghana’s COVID-19 cases have increased by 125 cases to 1,279 even as the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions mandating the wearing of mask in public. The current data show that the number of death cases has jumped to 10 but recoveries have also seen improvement from 120 to 134. According...
As part of measures to support businesses and households during the Coronavirus pandemic, President Akufo-Addo has announced that government will absorb three months free electricity bills for the poor, and 50 percent for industries and other households. The relief package which covers bills for April, May, and June, follows an...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has approved an immediate debt service relief to 25, including 19 African countries, of the IMF’s member countries under the fund’s revamped Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT). This relief programme forms part of the fund’s response to help address the impact of...
Despite all the gains made by the local currency against its major trading currencies at beginning of the year, especially the United States dollar, the coronavirus pandemic impact has washed all away, causing the cedi to lose its strength. The cedi, which appreciated by 4.5 percent as of the end...
As part of measures to close the yawning budget deficit gap created by impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, the central bank has triggered its emergency financing provision that will allow it to support government to the tune of GH¢10billion this year. Since 2016 when Ghana entered into an Extended Credit...
set to better last year’s production revenue to remain intact The mining sector is confident of improving on last year’s production of over 4 million ounces of gold, despite the devastating effects of the novel Coronavirus, the Ghana Chamber of Mines, has assured. Although the Chamber is still in the...
  as COVID-19 decimates export market art and crafts sub-sector in total shutdown Ghana Export Promotion Authority's (GEPA) hopes of realising US$3.6billion from Non-Traditional Exports (NTEs) this year is facing serious doubt due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is because spread of the virus has led countries around the world to close down borders as a preventive measure, effectively implying that local producers and exporters...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has declared that the nation's borders will continue to remain shut until the decision is reviewed. This, according to the President, will enhance the efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the country since a major number of confirmed cases in recent times were...
The total confirmed coronavirus cases in Ghana have now reached 4,012 along with 323 recoveries with 18 recorded deaths, as at Friday, May 8, Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced. The latest development still puts the Greater Accra Region with the highest number of confirmed cases, of 3,436, followed by...