By Joshua Worlasi AMLANU & Ebenezer Chike Adjei NJOKU Ghana has officially requested modifications to the conditionality of its IMF-supported Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme, as outlined in the recent third review staff report for the Post-COVID-19 Programme for Economic Growth (PC-PEG). Among the requested modifications are changes to key performance...
By Thomas-Moore ADINGO The government has been urged to prioritise strategies to attract higher remittance inflows to support the country’s developmental agenda, shifting focus from an over-reliance on foreign direct investments (FDIs). Currently, the country’s regulatory space presents hurdles to new entrance compared to neighbouring countries, such as Nigeria, which...
By Konrad Kodjo DJAISI In the last ten years, there has been a significant decline in decent work not just in the mining sector, but the Ghanaian economy, and this is caused largely by a marked shift in the nature of employment away from standard or permanent employment, to non-standard...
The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications (GCT) and the Electronic Money Issuers (EMIs) Chamber of Ghana have disclosed that between January and November this year, there were a total of 10,233 fibre-optic cable cuts across the country. These incidents have cost the telecommunications industry a staggering US$17,415,886.87 to repair, with each...
By Sandra Agyeiwaa OTOO Zenith Bank (Ghana) Limited has kicked-started the 2024 festive season with its annual light-up ceremony and carols night, transforming the Zenith Heights and the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) enclave. The light-up ceremony has become a tradition for the bank since its initiation in 2018, reflecting on their...
The Policy for Economic Development (PIED Africa) has joined the chorus of congratulations pouring in for President-elect John Dramani Mahama, following his victory in Ghana's recent presidential election. The Executive Director of PIED Africa, Dr. Daniel A. Anim-Prempeh, in a letter signed on behalf of the Governing Council, stated: "Congratulations...
By Evelyn ARTHUR Adam Imoru Ayarna, an Executive Member of the Ship Owners and Agents Association(SOAAG) - an umbrella-body of shipping lines and local representatives operating in the country, has indicated that all charges of shipping lines at the port are legitimate. He also refuted claims that its members are ripping-off...
The John Mahama version 2 (JM v.2) is here. From January 7 next year, President Mahama returns to take over the reins of government, having received an overwhelming endorsement and the biggest presidential and parliamentary win in the country in over two decades. These historic wins strengthen the hands of...
It seems like multiple lifetimes ago when the COVID-19 pandemic appeared to clip the wings of our aviation industry, casting a long shadow of uncertainty over what was once a promising sector. In 2020, passenger numbers plummeted by two-thirds - a devastating blow to an industry on the ascendancy...
In a bid to scale-up and strengthen the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), the African Union Development Agency (AUDA)-New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has called for a collaboration between government, private sector and other relevant government agencies. Elaborating on the call for such a collaboration, a Senior Nutrition and...