Government has allocated US$50 million to the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) to support SMEs with funding to expand their business so they can employ more.
In the 2017 budget, US$10 million was allocated to programme, and Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta said, at the 4th African SME Summit, that...
A conference on Out of Home Advertising has opened in Accra with a focus to validate a draft policy document to regulate activities of advertising agencies in Accra.
The conference which is the first of its kind in Ghana is being facilitated by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly ( AMA) and...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Monday held talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street, to strengthen bilateral ties in the mutual interest of their countries.
The President, who is on a three-day visit to the United Kingdom, used the meeting to push Ghana's new posture of...
Political campaigns are high intensity, exceedingly volatile and potentially combustible events. Every campaign expects to run a smooth operation with little or probably no drawbacks. However as a human institution that hardly happens.
Well managed campaigns must be prepared for both high and low points and prepare adequately. While some...
Each day, nearly 1,000 children die due to preventable water and sanitation-related diarrhoeal diseases. This one of the rationales for the United Nations adopting ‘water and sanitation for all’ as SDG goal six.
Last week Friday, at the official launch of the National Sanitation Campaign (NSC), it was revealed that poor sanitation...
The Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Ghana, Yolanda Cuba, has scored government 8/10 for its stabilizing the economy with almost all the macroeconomic indicators moving in the right direction.
Ms. Cuba speaking at post-budget forum organized by KPMG in Accra said government deserves commendation for the way it has steered...
Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, has told Parliament that government has cancelled 11 Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) at a cost of US$402million, given their precarious nature and the total cost of US$7.6billion that would have accrued in capacity charges over a 13-year period.
Mr. Agyarko told Parliament last week that:...
Government has said it will be turning its attention to the Eurobond market as it seeks to raise a billion cedis to finance its budget deficit for the 2018 fiscal year, Finance Minister Ken Ofori- Atta has said.
Presenting this year’s Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament on Wednesday,...
The government in its 2018 budget and Economic Statement has set a target of 6.8 percent growth of the Ghanaian Economy.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta when he appeared before Parliament today, Wednesday, November 15, 2017.
In his presentation of the 2018 budget, Mr. Ofori-Atta said,...
As the 2018 budget is going to be presented to Parliament in some few hours, we share with you some of the key policy initiative performance in the 2017 budget.