$500m earmarked for food security

June 3, 2020 The World Bank Group approved today a US$500 million program to help countries in Africa and the Middle East fight the locust swarms that are threatening the food security and livelihoods...

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BoG releases GH¢5.5 billion to support Covid-19 fight

May 29, 2020 The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has released the first tranche of GH¢5.5 billion of the GH¢10 billion emergency facility the government is seeking to support residual expenditures to cushion the...

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Money for Ghana’s tourism industry being finalized – World Bank

May 28, 2020 The Country Director of the World Bank, Pierre Frank Laporte, has said money for Ghana’s tourism sector is now being finalised by the Bretton Wood institution. He told Alfred Ocansey on...

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President assent to the Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Act 2020 (Act 1015)

May 12, 2020 The Ghana Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Advisors (GARIA), is pleased to announce that His Excellency the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has today...

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Ghana seeks more funds from the World Bank – Akufo-Addo

May 2, 2020 President Nana Addo Danwa Akufo-Addo has said discussions are ongoing between Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta and officials of the World Bank to raise more funds to deal with the effect of...

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World Bank predicts sharpest decline of remittances in recent history

April 23, 2020 Global remittances are projected to decline sharply by about 20 per cent in 2020 due to the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown. The projected fall, which would be...

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Coronavirus: Africa must keep trade borders open – World Bank

April 20, 2020 The World Bank has advised African governments to keep their trade borders open for business despite the coronavirus outbreak, in order to ensure the free flow of medical supplies, food and...

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Government must be tactical in seeking for debt relief from China – Peter Quartey

April 14, 2020 Economist, Prof. Peter Quartey, has urged government to be tactical in seeking for debt relief from China to ease the pressure on Ghana due to the fight against COVID-19. According to him,...

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Government to inject GH¢700 million into School Feeding, LEAP this year

February 3, 2020 The government will this year inject GH¢200 million into the implementation of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) and GH¢500 million in the School Feeding Programme (SFP)...

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World Bank approves US$570m loan, grant to MoF

January 22, 2020 The World Bank has approved a total loan and grant amount of US$569.39 million to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to undertake four different development projects. The fund, which includes...

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