Over GHS57m of CAP Fund disbursed to 64,000 MSMEs – NBSSI

July 24, 2020 The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), says it has so far disbursed over 57 million Ghana Cedis out of government’s GHS600 million Ghana Cedis Coronavirus Alleviation...

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GH¢100bn package unveiled to revive economy

July 24, 2020 introduces unemployment insurance empower GCX, NAFCO to boost food security expand procurement of local goods and services Minister of Finance Ken Ofori Atta has announced an ambitious...

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IFC Invests US$5.6bn for private sector development in Africa and the Middle East

July 24, 2020 More than US$500m to address the COVID-19 pandemic IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, committed US$5.6billion to private sector development in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa in...

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Gov’t’s 2020 GDP growth revised to 0.9 from 6.8%

July 24, 2020 Huge revenue losses associated with the outbreak of COVID-19 and projected losses due to the impact of the pandemic has pushed government to downgrade its Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...

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Akufo-Addo directs Minister to suspend limiting GBC channels

July 23, 2020 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful to suspend her directive to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) to suspend...

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MiDA receives equipment for ECG’s meter management system

July 23, 2020 “When the equipment is commissioned later this year, ECG’s customers connected to the system will be able to buy pre-paid credits anywhere in the country and be credited in real...

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Use of electronic payment channels records 81% growth in 2020 1st half – GhIPSS

July 23, 2020 Latest figures from the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) show that patronage of electronic payment channels that go through the GhIPSS platform, increased by 81...

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Govt industrialisation drive, banking clean up will benefit economy post COVID-19 – EIU

July 23, 2020 The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has hailed government’s industrialisation drive under its flagship One District One Factory intiative and the banking sector clean up. In its...

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Comprehensive policies needed in post COVID-19 recovery – IEA

July 20, 2020 The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), says properly coordinated and comprehensive policies are required to ensure a post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery. It says the recovery would be...

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Scientists find six distinct forms of COVID-19

July 20, 2020 Scientists from King’s College in London say they have found there are six distinct types of the disease, characterised by a specific cluster of symptoms. Their study was based on data...

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