Finance

Government has announced a new Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) for U.S dollar denominated domestic bonds.A statement from the Ministry of Finance dated July...

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Kobina Tahir Hammond, has paid a working visit to the Sentuo Oil Refinery Limited (SORL), touting the project...

An economics lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Patrick Asuming, has stated that the government's failure to honour its obligations is destroying the...

The Finance Ministry says it has settled all outstanding coupons and principal payments up until June 19, 2023 and has sent out instructions for...

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC), Yofi Grant, has revealed that Ghana is set to undergo external debt...

President for the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Clement Osei Amoako, has appealed to government to scrap the Covid-19 tax, Excise duty,...

Former Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, says, the ailing Ghanaian economy will only recover after the Akufo-Addo-led government has left office, insisting the mismanagement of...

Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has reiterated that securing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme is not an end to Ghana’s current challenges.He said...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Stéphane Roudet, has acknowledged that Ghana’s economy is bouncing back barely a month after the...

Deputy Energy Minister Andrew Egyapa Mercer has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of being responsible for costly Power Purchasing Agreements (PPAs) that have...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that Ghana’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout prorgramme which took 10 months to be completed is one...

Newmont Africa has announced that in the first quarter of 2023, its Ghana operations (Ahafo South and Akyem mines) paid a total of GHS...

The first tranche of the $3 billion International Monetary Fund Extended Credit Facility (ECF) has been credited to the Bank of Ghana’s account.Joy Business...

The Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, has announced that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will publish full details...

The first tranche of International Monetary Fund (IMF) cash to support the country’s balance of payment is expected to hit the Bank of Ghana’s...

China and the Paris Club have agreed to provide the debt assurances required to aid Ghana’s request for a balance of payment support from...

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, says the government is committed to ensuring that the country and the investor community will be able to sail through...

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has urged the Board of Trustees of pensions funds to allow for pension funds to be included in government’s...

President of Traders Advocacy Group Ghana (TAGG), David Kwadwo Amoateng has expressed his displeasure about the passage of the three new taxes.He explained that,...

President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Dr. Joseph Kweku Obeng has described the passage of the three new taxes by Parliament...

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, says his outfit has written to the Pensioners Bondholders Forum about their exemption from the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP).This...

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A new directive by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has introduced new mobile money transaction and wallet limits.Customers with daily transaction limits of ¢1,000,...

The implementation of the revised Electronic Transfer levy (E-Levy) rate of 1% kicks off today, Wednesday, January 11.The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has announced...

As individuals, we enter every New Year with different goals, positive mindsets or just hope the year brings good luck, progress and success in...

Rating agency, Fitch, has given an indication of a further downgrade of Ghana’s credit rating to very deeper junk status.This is coming after it...

The Minority in Parliament has succeeded in ensuring that government maintains the GH¢100 Mobile Money threshold.Parliament also approved the reduction of the Electronic Transfer...

Government has announced an exemption of all pension funds from the Debt Exchange Programme.This follows a meeting between Organised Labour, Ministry of Employment and...

Ken Ofori-Atta has called on all stakeholders, including parliament, to work collectively and support government to sustain the recent gains of the Cedi against...

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has attributed the cedis’ recent gains to new set of monetary measures instituted by the central bank.According to the...

AppreciationI will like to first of all thank the almighty God for providing the needed guidance to the GoG and the Fund to get...

Moody’s has downgraded the Government of Ghana’s long-term issuer ratings to Ca from Caa2 or further junk status and changed the outlook to stable.This...

Mr Speaker, as a first step towards expenditure rationalisation, Government has approved the following directives which takes effect from January, 2023:• All MDAs, MMDAs...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday finally unveiled the re-designed Naira Notes as proposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele,...

Government has reviewed upwards the Value Added Tax (VAT) by 2.5 percent.This means Ghanaians will from 2023 pay more for goods and services.This was...

Telecommunications companies (Telcos) in the country have begun blocking SIM cards of mobile subscribers yet to register their SIM cards.The exercise is in compliance...

After ending last week with a marginal appreciation, the Ghana cedi has returned to a depreciation trajectory.The cedi opened this morning November 7, 2022,...

The Board of Governors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has unanimously increased the Bank’s authorised capital from $1.5 billion to...

Leading general business insurance company, Imperial General Assurance, has made an enormous investment into improving the infrastructural buildout of the company.After nine years in...

Customers, including many state-owned organisations, have started piling pressure on the National Trust Holding Company (NTHC) for their investments running into several millions of...