Ghana’s central bank has urged commercial banks to reduce their lending rates due to the fall of inflation. Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Madam Elsie Addo Awadzi said there is a signal of improvement in the macroeconomy. Speaking at the launch of a collaboration between Absa …
Read More »Youth in Akrofuom ditch galamsey for farming due to PERD
The introduction of the Planting for Export and Rural Development Program (PERD) by the government in 2019 has so far yielded positive results for the people of Akrofuom in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The Akrofuom District Assembly through its Chief Executive, Dr. Maurice Jonas Woode, and Member of Parliament …
Read More »IES’s Kwakye attributes Ghana’s economic woes to refusal of policymakers to listen to experts
The Director of Research at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Dr John Kwakye has criticised policymakers in Ghana for not showing interest in the opinions of economic experts and think tanks. He attributed Ghana’s current economic challenges to the refusal of the policymakers to listen and apply the views …
Read More »Banking sector solvent, strong to support economic growth despite challenges – 2nd Dep Governor
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has reiterated that the banking sector remains solvent and strong to support economic growth despite the recent challenges faced by the country. According to the central bank, the banking system is liquid and well positioned to lend to businesses and individuals after government’s debt exchange …
Read More »Mahama had no hands in my release from BNI – Koku
A Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Koku Anyidoho has said that critics are saying he is ungrateful to Former President John Dramani Mahama because Mr Mahama supported him when he was arrested and taken to the then Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) now known as …
Read More »Mahama reacts to Duffuor’s injunction application
Former President John Dramani Mahama has spoken on the injunction application filed against the upcoming presidential and parliamentary primaries of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) by an aspirant Dr Kwabena Duffuor. Addressing delegates of the NDC in Wa West on Wednesday, May 10, Mr Mahama who is also contesting said …
Read More »Ignore fake tribal comments attributed to me – Joyce Bawa Mogtari
The Special Aide to former President John Dramani Mahama has refuted a ‘fake’ social media post attributed to her. Joyce Bawa Mogtari says the post is from a clone account attributed to her. In the said fake post, Madam Bawa Mogtari is said to have called out the Ashantis “for …
Read More »NDC Primaries: Hudu Mogtari pays medical bills for some constituents in Wa Central
A Parliamentary Candidate aspirant for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Wa Central Constituency has paid some medical bills of some constituents. Hudu Mogtari visited the constituents at the Upper West Regional Hospital on Wednesday, May 10. According to him, he is concerned about the well-being of the …
Read More »Compromise, lack of unity will bring our name into disrepute – GNASSM taskforce, executives urged
The CEO of Benviko Group of Companies and national patron of GNASSM, Mr Benjamin Owusu Achiaw has urged members of the association to get united so that their dreams may be achieved. Advising newly inaugurated taskforce and the newly inducted executives for the Amansie West district of the Ghana National …
Read More »SSNIT TAKES MEASURES TO HELP REDUCE OVER DEPENDENCE ON FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF GHANAIAN WORKERS
The director general of Social Security and National Insurance Trust, Dr John Ofori-Tenkorang has underscored the need for key stakeholders in the country to support massive campaign to enable more workers on informal sector to enrol onto new pension scheme known as Self-employed Empowerment Drive (SEED) to help reduce poverty …
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