The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is asking the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana to increase the monetary policy rate by another 100 to 150 basis points to 20 or 20.5 percent.     pic.twitter.com/m9OvRBxzLG — My Ghana Media (@MyGhanamedia2) July 19, 2022   This is ahead …

Ghana is on the verge of attaining gender parity at the Senior High School (SHS) level in the country. This is because a Gender Parity Index (GPI) of 0.99 was attained in 2020/21.   The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, who made the announcement explained that this means the …

Data from a recent survey has concluded that a majority of Ghanaians have a negative outlook on the country’s current trajectory. A new Afrobarometer report indicates that nearly 87% of the citizenry does not see the country in the right direction. Per the study, “only 11% see things going in …

Marburg virus is the causative agent of Marburg virus disease (MVD), a disease with a case fatality ratio of up to 88%, but can be much lower with good patient care. Marburg virus disease was initially detected in 1967 after simultaneous outbreaks in Marburg and Frankfurt in Germany; and in Belgrade, …

A 17-year-old goalkeeper, identified as Yaw Abedi, from Gomoa Nglesi, has been crashed to death during a friendly match at Odumasi.   He was run over by a Sprinter Bus with registration number GW 9836-21, while chasing the ball which was kicked outside the pitch to the highway.   Information …

A Bloomberg study has ranked Ghana 2nd among countries with the highest debt default risk in 2022. The country closely follows El Salvador (ranked number one) in the Sovereign Debt Vulnerability Ranking.   Ghana’s debt to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to Bloomberg, is estimated at 84.6% by the end …

Due to financial difficulties, several nursing trainees continue to forego their clinical practice at hospitals, which hinders the effective training of nurses and midwives. For eleven months, the government has defaulted on the payment of allowances to continuing students. According to the Ghana Nursing and Midwives Trainees Association, over a …

General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Frimpong Kodua says he holds no grudges against anyone who openly campaigned against him at the party’s National Delegates’ conference. According to JFK as he is popularly called, he did not expect all the delegates including regional chairmen to support him …

The Vice President of the Republic , Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has pledged to work with the newly elected National Executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party to form a united front to enable the party to break the 8 jinx in the next election.   The Vice President who is …

Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament, Sarah Adwoa Safo has stated that when she was the Deputy Majority Leader and also Leader of the Women’s Caucus in the 7th Parliament, together with the Leadership of the Majority, they did their best to protect a colleague female Member of Parliament who had to …