The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board on 13th April 2020 approved the disbursement of US$1billion to be drawn under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). The disbursement will help address the urgent fiscal and balance of payment needs Ghana is facing, improve confidence and catalyse support from other development...
To say this pandemic poses a threat of serious losses to the Petroleum Industry worldwide might not adequately capture the sheer numeric magnitude of the shortfall for this particular industry. We are talking about an industry where small change is spoken about in the billions, so you’d have to...
There is total chaos at the Takoradi Port since April 1, when Ghana Link services started to implement its supposedly superior UNIPASS/Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS), with freight forwarders left frustrated and in utter shock and disappointment.
The frustrated Freight forwarders are mulling over failure of the UNIPASS system to...
African governments are being impressed upon to keep their trade borders open for business in order to ensure the free flow of medical supplies, food and other essentials which will aid the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The deadly coronavirus pandemic outbreak has forced several jurisdictions to close their borders...
The world has changed dramatically in the three months since our last update of the World Economic Outlook in January. A rare disaster, a coronavirus pandemic, has resulted in a tragically large number of human lives being lost. As countries implement necessary quarantines and social distancing practices to contain...
The Controller and Accountant-General has implemented the three months’ tax relief granted to all health workers, as directed by the president in his recent address to the nation on the coronavirus disease.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, while addressing the nation on April 5, 2020, on measures taken by government...
In years past, diseases engendered by microscopic organisms have taken their toll on this perpetually mutant human species. Like the event of 9/11 and its subsequent effect on policies and hightened security around the world, history is littered with many such adversities that have woken up the genius in...
The essence of keeping Ghana's sea port open is to ensure the nation’s economic survival in terms of revenue mobilization, hence the relevance of continues cargo clearing at the port amidst ongoing temporary restrictions on movements of persons in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic .
Port users are being encouraged...
A professor in supply chain and logistics management, Douglas Boateng has urged government to enhance its strategies to ensure that many more COVID-19 patients recover as it will serve as the bedrock to attract investments in the near future.
According to him, government must introduce measures to enhance the collection...