President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Ghana’s former Ambassador to China, Edward Boateng as Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinary (TOR). Mr. Boateng is expected to spearhead the transformation of the company. Edward Boateng who served as Ambassador from 2017 to 2020, takes office at the Tema Oil …
Read More »Prices Of Foodstuff May Go Down Soon – Commodity Analyst
Commodity analyst, Esoko Ghana, expects prices of foodstuff to decline in Ghana soon. Some Ghanaians have been complaining about the upsurge in the prices of foodstuff across the country. Content Manager of Esoko Ghana, Francis Danso-Adjei, in a Citi News interview said “These hikes occur in certain periods of the …
Read More »Mid-Year Budget Today – Economist Wants Public Sector Inefficiencies Tackled
The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, will today lay before Parliament, the 2021 mid-year budget review for its consideration and adoption. The budget review, which is in accordance with Article 179 of the 1992 Constitution and the Public Financial Management Act 921, will give the fiscal authority an opportunity …
Read More »Ghana’s Debt Stock Hits GH¢332 Billion, Debt To GDP Now 76.6%
Ghana’s total public debt stock has increased once again according to new data released by the Bank of Ghana. The debt stock which ended the first quarter of 2021 at GH¢ 304.6 billion, increased by almost GH¢ 30 billion in April and May. This saw Ghana’s total public …
Read More »Groupe Nduom Wins GHS174 Million Judgment Against Healthnet
The Commercial Division of an Accra High Court On Thursday 15, July 2021, presided over by Justice Shiela Mintaordered Health Network Company (Healthnet) to pay GHS174 million to the Ghana Growth Fund Company/Gold Coast Advisors, a Groupe Nduom Company. The High Court also awarded cost of GHS50,000 to the lawyer …
Read More »Ghana’s First Digital Currency Ready For Piloting In September – BoG
The Bank of Ghana is ready to begin the pilot phase for the first digital currency known as the ‘e-cedi’ by September this year. Also known as the Central Bank Digital Currency, it is expected to operate in a sandbox in the interim before introducing to the general public as …
Read More »Ghana’s Economy Entering New Phase Of Its Macroeconomic Developments – BoG
First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari, has said the mix of policies implemented by the central bank have helped to moderate the impact of the pandemic on the economy and contributed significantly to a faster pace of economic recovery than anticipated. He said Ghana …
Read More »PDS Loses ECG Assets Management Case
The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court has dismissed an application by Power Distribution Services (PDS) challenging the cancellation of its operating licences following the termination of a concession agreement for it to manage the assets of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Last year, PDS dragged the government …
Read More »Addison Has Provided Transformational Leadership – Institute Of Directors-Ghana
The Institute of Directors-Ghana (IoD-Gh), led by its President, Mr. Rockson Kwesi Dogbegah, on Tuesday, 22nd June 2021, paid a courtesy call on the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison, and the Management of the Bank. The visit was to commend the Bank for its significant role …
Read More »MoMo Agents To Increase Charges From Monday
Members of the Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana (MMAAG) have hinted of increase in service charges following an emergency meeting on Friday, June 25. The Association had complained about back-door increase in taxes imposed on telecommunication companies by government, thereby forcing them to pass on the …
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