Registrar-General exceeds target for 2019

February 17, 2020 The Registrar-General’s Department last year collected GH¢136.59 million, exceeding its GH¢100-million target by 36 per cent. The department collected GH¢94.26 million in 2018, and the...

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Ghana Gets $14 Billion of Orders as It Issues 40-Year Eurobond

February 6, 2020 Ghana sold sub-Saharan Africa’s longest-ever Eurobond as part of a $3 billion deal that was almost five times oversubscribed. West Africa’s second-biggest economy issued a $750 million...

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Bank of Ghana named Central Bank of the Year

February 4, 2020 The Bank of Ghana has been named as the Central Bank of the Year for 2019 by the Central Banking Awards. The award follows impressive achievement in reforming the banking sector in...

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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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Government targets US$1bn from vegetable exports

February 3, 2020 The country could reap an estimated US$1billion from vegetable exports in the next six years with the expansion of Greenhouse villages in all parts of the country, President Nana Addo...

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President receives new ECOWAS Bank Head

February 3, 2020 The outgoing President of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development, Mr Bashir Mamman, and some officials of the bank called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee...

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Cedi appreciates against major currencies in January

January 31, 2020 The local currency has enjoyed a good run against its major trading partners in the first month of the year — appreciating against all the three major currencies, the dollar, euro and...

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Bank of Ghana maintains policy rate at 16 percent for the sixth time

January 31, 2020 The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana has voted to maintain the policy rate unchanged at 16 percent for the sixth consecutive time. This has a direct impact on the interest...

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Ecobank signs deal with AMA to beautify iconic areas in Accra

January 30, 2020 Ecobank Ghana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to beautify some iconic areas in Accra. Under this agreement, the bank will adopt and...

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We’ll guard economic gains – Oppong Nkrumah

January 28, 2020 The government has pledged not to backtrack on the economic gains made so far, in spite of the general election in December this year. The pledge follows the upgrade of the country’s...

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