Experts at the Danquah Institute Economic Forum have proposed a raft of measures to government, including introduction of an exchange rate stabilisation levy as it seeks to prevent the country’s ailing economy from deteriorating further.
They also called for rationalisation of government expenditure by allowing state-owned enterprises to stand on...
The National Corporate Governance Code - which seeks to serve as a comprehensive convergence document for the different currently existing industry and sector-specific governance standards, and to promote the highest level of sound corporate governance in the country - has been launched.
The move, culminating a year of efforts spearheaded...
Achimota Retail Centre (ARC) has unveiled a string of festive activities which, according to management, will give Accra the most captivating and memorable celebration of the yuletide yet.
Beginning on Friday, Dec 16, ARC - the Ga East Municipality’s pride of place in safe, secured shopping and recreation - is...
Prudential Bank has organised two seminars for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Accra and Kumasi as part of its commitment to enhance the operational capacities of SME businesses through the provision of regular business advisory support.
The programmes, which were attended by several SME business owners, were on the...
All over the world, women and girls suffer discrimination and violations of their human rights at every stage of their lives. Gender-based violence (GBV) or violence against women and girls (VAWG) has been described by many as a global pandemic that affects one in every three women during their...
In an attempt to increase Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) benefits and coverage, the World Bank has given an additional financing support of US$150million under the Ghana Productive Safety Net Project, Country Director for the Bank, Pierre Laporte, has announced.
Speaking at the Learning Event to close out the Ghana...
The Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) has advocated homegrown solutions to address the economic challenges currently bedeviling the country.
“The economic challenges that we are facing should rather bring forth our entrepreneurial spirit as we find homegrown solutions to them,” Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong made the...
SEND Ghana has announced its preliminary assessment and analysis of the 2023 National Budget Statement and Economic Policy. This year’s assessment is a 5year trend analysis spanning 2019 to 2023 and covering 5 Ministries: Health, Education, Agriculture, Sanitation and Water Resources, as well as Gender, Children and Social Protection.
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A staff-level agreement has been reached between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Ghana for a new three-year arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility of about US$ 3 billion.
The arrangement aimed to restore macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability in the struggling West African country, the Fund said.
Commenting on the...
The fishing industry is critical to the economic growth of the country, and serves as livelihood for the fisher folk.
However, over the last decade, there has been dwindling of fish stock in the coastal regions of the country, and this has been largely attributed to climate change and illegal...