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Migrants’ remittances contribute 5.5% to GDP

December 22, 2020 Ghanaian migrants’ remittances in 2019 stood at US$3.7billion, which equals 5.5 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a report from the United Nations Department of...

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December 22, 2020 / Comments (0)

African creative talents support United Nations’ Verified Initiative against COVID-19 misinformation

December 10, 2020 Seven short films aimed at combatting COVID-19 misinformation have been produced by the 2020 cohort of the MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy, putting the talents of young African...

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December 10, 2020 / Comments (0)

Trade bounces back marginally in 3rd qtr of 2020 but remains negative except for China-UNCTAD

October 27, 2020 UNCTAD forecasts a 7% to 9% year-on-year drop in the value of global trade for 2020, despite signs of a rebound in the third quarter. In its quarterly Global Trade Update, the UN trade...

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October 27, 2020 / Comments (0)

Ken Ofori-Atta writes: Africa deserves more help for COVID-19

October 13, 2020 Ghana confirmed its first two COVID-19 cases on March 12; imports from Norway and Turkey. Africa has since recorded more than 1.5 million cases and counting, though in terms of infections...

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October 13, 2020 / Comments (0)

Illicit money flows from Africa near US$89 billion – UN study

September 29, 2020 Africa has lost nearly $89bn a year in illicit financial flows such as tax evasion and theft, amounting to more than it receives in development aid, a United Nations study has showed. The...

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September 29, 2020 / Comments (0)

Ghanaians working together to ensure peaceful elections – Akufo-Addo tells UN

September 24, 2020 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday announced to the United Nations that Ghanaians have agreed to work together to ensure transparent, free, fair, safe and credible...

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September 24, 2020 / Comments (0)

Digital payment gets major boost with launch of 3 policies

May 20, 2020 The government of Ghana has launched three new policy initiatives designed to deepen financial inclusion and accelerate digital payments, in line with government’s vision of building a...

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May 20, 2020 / Comments (0)

Global e-commerce hits US$25.6 trillion – Latest UNCTAD estimates

April 29, 2020 E-commerce sales hit $25.6 trillion globally in 2018, up 8% from 2017, according to the latest available estimates released today by the UN’s trade and development body, UNCTAD, at the...

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April 29, 2020 / Comments (0)

Covid-19: $30m Rapid Response Facility launched for vulnerable countries

April 27, 2020 Pre-existing conditions such as poverty, insecurity, weak governance and fragile infrastructure in low-and middle-income countries threaten to exacerbate the impact of Covid-19 if not...

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April 27, 2020 / Comments (0)

‘Mining remains pillar for economic development’

January 13, 2020 The mining industry remains a key enabler of industrialisation and broad-based economic development of the country, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh,...

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January 13, 2020 / Comments (0)