Budget 2024: Here are 10 key takeaways

November 16, 2023 The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, presented a 48-page budget document to Parliament on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. Here are the 10 key takeaways from his presentation. SLIDE 1 SLIDE 2...

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Eurobond haircut: 40% too deep?

October 26, 2023 Ghana faces a monumental challenge as it navigates the intricate process of negotiating debt restructuring with its commercial creditors. Recent update from Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta...

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October 26, 2023 / Comments (0)

2024 Budget will address high taxes, rising cost of doing business – Ofori-Atta

October 23, 2023 The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has disclosed that the 2024 Budget will outdoor programmes and initiatives that will address the high cost of doing business in the country. ...

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Deadline for dollar-denominated bonds, pension funds DDEP administratively extended to Aug. 25

August 23, 2023 That government has announced an “administrative extension” of the alternative offer of the domestic dollar bonds and pension funds to August 25, 2023. The alternative offers had...

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Government to settle ¢2.4bn coupon payments on DDEP bonds

August 22, 2023 The Government of Ghana is expected to settle ¢2.4 billion of the first coupon payment on bonds occasioned by the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) on August 27, 2023 and August 28,...

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Economic crisis: We’ve turned the corner – Ofori-Atta

August 3, 2023 The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has revealed that Ghana is currently making modest gains in turning the economy around after experiencing severe economic hardship in 2022. During the...

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Mid-year budget: Cedi depreciated by 22.1% against the US Dollar – Finance Minister

August 1, 2023 The Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has said that overall first-quarter growth for 2023 was 4.2 percent, up from 3 percent recorded for the same period in 2022. This growth, he said,...

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August 1, 2023 / Comments (0)

Presentation of mid-year budget review rescheduled to July 25

July 19, 2023 The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, is expected to present the Mid-year budget review to Parliament on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. The house had earlier announced that the mid-year budget...

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July 19, 2023 / Comments (0)

Govt to exchange US$809m in newly announced dollar denominated DDEP

July 17, 2023 The government has announced a new Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) for US dollar denominated bonds targeting to exchange US$ 809 million of the denominated notes and bonds. “The...

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Ofori-Atta confident Ghana will secure 2nd tranche of $600m from IMF

July 11, 2023 The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, is optimistic government will secure a Staff-Level Agreement with the International Monetary Fund for the disbursement of the second tranche of the...

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