COCOBOD to ramp up coffee production – Targets 50,000 tonnes annually

May 10, 2022 In a bid to increase annual coffee production in the medium-term, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), through its Seed Production Division (SPD), intends to distribute 630,000 free coffee...

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Association of Ghana Industries pushes for discounts on imports of raw materials

May 10, 2022 The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) is pushing for a special discount on imports of raw materials to make producers more competitive in the country. According to the Association, the...

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BoG reiterates calls for public to report unapproved banking charges

May 10, 2022 The Bank of Ghana is tasking customers to report to the Central Bank any suspicious or unapproved charges from their financial institutions. In June 2021, the Bank of Ghana warned...

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Fitch revises fiscal deficit forecast downward to 9.1%

May 10, 2022 Fitch Ratings has revised the country’s fiscal cash deficit forecasts to 9.1 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022, from 9.5 percent since the last downgrading of Ghana to...

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Economic growth and environmental preservation should go hand-in-hand

May 10, 2022 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...

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NIC readies regulations for operation of insurtechs as it outdoors 10 Insurtech Start-Ups

May 10, 2022 The National Insurance Commission (NIC) is preparing regulations for the operation of technology-focused insurance start-ups (Insurtechs) in the country, Deputy Commissioner of Insurance...

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Seafood imports hit US$290m last year

May 10, 2022 The total value of seafood and fish products imported into Ghana amounted to US$290million last year, a marginal increase of less than 1 percent over the preceding year’s value, latest...

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The electronic transfer (E-levy) blues

May 10, 2022 On May 1, 2022, Ghana rolled out the implementation of the Electronic Transfer Levy Act 2022 (Act 1075). This Act represents one of the most talked-about in the history of our growing 4th...

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E-Levy, other policies will hasten economic recovery: President assures nation

May 4, 2022 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has explained that the government was implementing a number of key policies, including the introduction of the Electronic Levy (E-Levy), as part of a...

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Debt-to-GDP ratio down to 76.6 % on improved economic growth figures

May 4, 2022 Following the higher-than-projected Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures announced by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), key economic indicators which are expressed as a ratio of GDP will...

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