The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank (WB) is conducting a survey to track the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 on individuals, households, localities and the national economy.
The survey dubbed “Local Economy Tracker” begins from 28th May to 20th...
Chief Executive of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications (GCT), Ing. Dr. Ken Edem Ashigbey has underscored the need for fiscal policy to focus on incentivising players in the tech industry to invest in areas that will boost digital inclusion across the continent.
He was speaking with the media at this...
A Kumasi circuit court has convicted two insurance fraudsters for selling fake insurance stickers to unsuspecting members of the general public.
The conviction was occasioned by series of investigations conducted by the Police after they were picked up some time early this year by a joint task force of the...
But Addison assures all is well
The Ghana cedi has experienced further depreciation against the US dollar in the first week of October, despite the inflows of foreign currency which have given the economy enough forex to cover imports for five months.
The cedi as of Friday October 8,...
“With Visa, you can feel complete card confidence wherever you go. Our multiple layers of security prevent, detect and resolve unauthorised use of your card information” - Visa
This series about the promised Visa safe and secure guarantee started with the background that not many Ghanaians are so convinced about...
Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has confirmed that the World Bank has given the country up to US$430million in the fight against COVID-19.
Addressing the media during a visit by Vice President for the Western and Central Africa Region, Ousmane Diagana, to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra to...
New data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy, as a horrifying 161,066 businesses were closed as of June 2020 despite ease of some of the restrictions.
According to the GDP data for the second quarter of the year,...
Nations the world over have one aspiration: improving GDP growth. And Ghana is no different. For the past few decades, Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, has been the mechanism by which our Republic has measured its economic progress.
GDP is calculated by measuring the monetary value of goods and services...
WTO warns on food supply risks for Africa
The global hike in food prices caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine could lead to mass hunger in developing countries, especially in Africa, according to the World Trade Organization. With 35 African countries importing food from Russia, Ukraine or both, and another...