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GEPA holds AfCFTA implementation sensitisation programme in Savannah region

November 18, 2020 The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has held a Regional conference on the implementation of the Africa Continental free Trade area Agreement (AfCTA) in Damango in the Savannah...

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November 18, 2020 / Comments (0)

Parliament approves GHS27.4 billion expenditure for 2021 1st quarter

November 2, 2020 Parliament has approved the government’s request for GHS27.4 billion for the first quarter of 2021. The approval comes two days after the Minister for Finance presented a request for...

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November 2, 2020 / Comments (0)

MSMEs to get enhanced regulations, access to cheap financing

November 2, 2020 …as new bill establishes MSME Fund Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country will experience some transformation in their structure and regulation from a new law that is...

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November 2, 2020 / Comments (0)

Govt to prioritise non-communicable diseases — Dr Nsiah-Asare

October 21, 2020 The government will continue the fight against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), with special attention on the prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the...

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October 21, 2020 / Comments (0)

Let’s have regular debt management with an eye on non-resident investors – BoG

October 7, 2020 The Bank of Ghana is calling for a regular debt management that include consistent access to domestic market with an eye on non-resident investors. According to the First Deputy Governor,...

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October 7, 2020 / Comments (0)

COVID pushes New Zealand into worst recession in years

September 17, 2020 New Zealand is in its deepest recession in decades, following strict measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic which were widely praised. The country’s GDP shrank by 12.2% between...

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September 17, 2020 / Comments (0)

Percentage point increase in debt to GDP in 2020 is the lowest since 2013

August 25, 2020 Accumulation and sustainability of debt relative to gross domestic product (GDP) in the Ghanaian economy have been a major concern to some citizens, financial and economic analysts in...

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August 25, 2020 / Comments (0)

Coronavirus magnifies Africa’s need for economic integration – AU Chairperson

August 18, 2020 The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat says the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the need to accelerate Africa’s economic integration and industrial...

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August 18, 2020 / Comments (0)

Digitalised economy, increased revenue mobilisation to push tax-to-GDP to 20%

August 6, 2020 Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta is optimistic that the projected tax-to-GDP of 20 percent from the current 13 percent will materialise if government increases revenue mobilisation and...

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August 6, 2020 / Comments (0)

Gov’t’s 2020 GDP growth revised to 0.9 from 6.8%

July 24, 2020 Huge revenue losses associated with the outbreak of COVID-19 and projected losses due to the impact of the pandemic has pushed government to downgrade its Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...

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