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Cancel Africa’s debts; restructure global financial architecture – Akufo-Addo

May 19, 2021 Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is calling for the restructuring of the global financial architecture, so it can respond better to the needs of Africa. He has also asked...

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May 19, 2021 / Comments (0)

Gov’t bets on Ghana Card, digitization to leapfrog economic growth

May 18, 2021 Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has indicated that the country is executing a plan to meticulously digitize and integrate all persons on the National Identification Database,...

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May 18, 2021 / Comments (0)

Raise revenue, control spending to bring debt down – IMF to gov’t

May 18, 2021 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised government to prioritise controlling spending and generating more revenue in order to reduce the country’s debt burden which has been...

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May 18, 2021 / Comments (0)

IMF backs tax increments to save Africa from debt distress

May 7, 2021 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has backed African governments to use tax increments as a means of raising more revenue in order to reduce borrowing as they continue to fight the...

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May 7, 2021 / Comments (0)

Ghana hasn’t been downgraded to low income status – Finance Ministry

April 15, 2021 The Ministry of Finance has clarified that the classification of Ghana as a low-income developing country in the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) April 2021 Fiscal Monitoring document...

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April 15, 2021 / Comments (0)

World Bank: Africa needs $12 billion for vaccines to halt COVID-19 spread

April 6, 2021 According to an estimate based on a report by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Africa will need about 12 billion US dollars to both procure and distribute sufficient...

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April 6, 2021 / Comments (0)

Share economic burden – IMF calls for national dialogue

March 29, 2021 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for a national dialogue to discuss the best ways to equitably share the burden of restoring the country to economic stability. It said the...

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March 29, 2021 / Comments (0)

Prepare for fallout of AfCFTA — IMF

February 25, 2021 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for country-specific policies to limit the disruptions that free trade under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could pose to...

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February 25, 2021 / Comments (0)

Ghana’s digital economy requires boosted investment – IMF Economist

February 22, 2021 Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dr Gita Gopinath, has admonished Ghana to intensify its investments in propelling the digital economy. According to her, the move...

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February 22, 2021 / Comments (0)

Govt to use COVID-19 cash to set up Dev’t Bank

January 25, 2021 As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the economy and put much pressure on the health system, with many calling for increased spending on health-related expenditure to...

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January 25, 2021 / Comments (0)