Big push for 2022 budget – Benefits from $1bn free IMF money

September 28, 2021 The country is set to inject about US$300 million from its share of the specially created free funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) into the 2022 budget. The amount is a third...

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BoG maintains policy rate at 13.5% for third time

September 28, 2021 The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has maintained the policy rate at 13.5%. The policy rate is the rate at which the Central Bank lends to commercial banks in the...

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Ghanaians to use more coins as BoG plans to phase out GH¢1 and GH¢2 notes

September 28, 2021 The GH¢1 and GH¢2 notes will soon be phased out of the Ghanaian economy. This was made known by the Governor of the Central Bank, Dr, Ernest Addison on Monday, September 27, 2021. Dr....

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THE SOLUTIONS: Digital Non-Financial Services that build sustainable SMEs

September 28, 2021 Evidence suggests that SMEs account for 90% of all jobs and contribute about 40% to GDP in most African economies. To this end several SME support mechanisms exist in the region to assist...

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Benefits under AfCFTA meaningless without local incentives

September 28, 2021 as AfCFTA hints of zero tariff for cocoa products to continental market It is crucial for the government to provide the required incentives to allow local and small processors to enable...

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Bisa Technologies, GIZ develop app to make healthcare easily accessible

September 27, 2021 Bisa Technologies, one of Ghana’s leading software developing companies, has developed a new free mobile health application to provide public education on Covid-19 and respond to pressing...

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Ghana’s debt stock hits GH¢336 billion; debt-to-GDP ratio now 76.4% – BoG

September 27, 2021 Latest figures released by the Bank of Ghana indicate that in two months, the country’s public debt stock has increased by GH¢3.5 billion. By this, Ghana’s total public debt stock...

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Global services trade recovering but below pre-pandemic levels – WTO barometer indicates

September 27, 2021 The recovery in global services trade looks set to extend into the third quarter of 2021, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) services trade barometer has noted. It added, however, that...

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Mobile money drives informal sector tax revenue mobilization

September 22, 2021 …as Telecos paid GH¢3.6bn tax in 2020 Total taxes borne, collected and other remittances made to government and allied agencies resulted in total payment of 3.6billion cedis. This...

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Coronavirus: US to lift travel ban for EU, UK from November

September 22, 2021 Former US President Donald Trump first imposed the measure in March 2020. But the ban will soon be lifted for fully vaccinated people from the European Union and the United Kingdom. The...

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