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S&P maintains Ghana’s ratings with stable outlook

February 7, 2022 Ratings agency, Standard and Poor’s Global Ratings (S&P), has maintained the country’s creditworthiness score at ‘B’ negative and ‘B’ over its solid...

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February 7, 2022 / Comments (0)

Inflation for November 2021 hits 12.2% – GSS

December 16, 2021 Inflation increases by 1.2 percent from October Inflation hike based on changes in food and non-food basket Highest rate recorded since COVID-19 hit Ghana, GSS The Ghana Statistical...

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December 16, 2021 / Comments (0)

Ecobank scoops Best Bank at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2021

November 4, 2021 Ecobank Ghana, a subsidiary of the leading Pan-African bank, Ecobank, has been named the Best Bank in Ghana at the prestigious Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2021. The judges lauded...

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November 4, 2021 / Comments (0)

1st batch of Germany’s vaccines arrive

September 20, 2021 The first batch of the 1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines that the German government promised Ghana has arrived in the country. Numbering 389,200 doses, the first batch varrived last...

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September 20, 2021 / Comments (0)

Herbal treatment for COVID-19 in offing

September 3, 2021 The Centre for Plant Medicine Research (CPMR) at Mampong Akwapim in the Eastern Region has made progress in the development of a herbal medicine for the treatment of COVID-19. The acting...

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September 3, 2021 / Comments (0)

US$874m of inbound Investments recorded in first half of 2021

September 1, 2021 Ghana recorded US$874.01million worth of investments from 122 projects in the first half of 2021 despite the COVID-19 pandemic – an indication of the country’s attractiveness as an...

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September 1, 2021 / Comments (0)

IMF provides US$1bn in SDR to shore up foreign exchange reserves

August 24, 2021 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will, today, August 23, 2021, make resources equivalent to US$1 billion available to Ghana, in the form of a Special Drawing Rights (SDR)...

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August 24, 2021 / Comments (0)

Banks’ taste for gov’t bills over private sector lending worrying-BoG

August 3, 2021 …as it fears it can affect recovery efforts The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana has expressed discontent over the declining growth in lending to the private sector...

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August 3, 2021 / Comments (0)

SMEs rush for GH¢145m package – GEA inundated with applications

July 13, 2021 The Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) has been inundated with applications from businesses seeking an opportunity to benefit from the GH¢145 million financial support from the government a...

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July 13, 2021 / Comments (0)

Africa faces steep COVID-19 surge

July 6, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is picking up with speed, spreading faster and hitting harder in Africa. The WHO Regional Director for...

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July 6, 2021 / Comments (0)