The University of Ghana (UG), Legon and the Bank of Ghana (BoG) have signed a partnership agreement for the establishment of the BoG Chair in Finance and Economics. This is to help promote research that will influence policymaking in the country. At the signing, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo expressed appreciation to the […]
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has provided a ¢10million grant to assist the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to do its work. Portions of the grant are to assist the EOCO to complete investigations into the causes of the mess in the banking sector. Governor of the BoG said this when he signed a […]
Luis Diaz rescued a point for Liverpool against Crystal Palace after new summer signing Darwin Nunez was sent off in his first Premier League game at Anfield. Liverpool dominated possession in the first half but Palace went ahead through Wilfried Zaha’s clinical finish from Eberechi Eze’s superb pass. Expensive striker Nunez had been desperate to […]
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Live updates by Emmanuel Kwame Amoh Follow @kwame_amoh
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday, 17th August 2022. The meeting, according to the BoG, is to review recent developments in the economy. “The meeting will conclude with an announcement of the decisions of the Committee,” a statement said on Monday August 15. […]
The Minority in Parliament says with the benefit of the hugely anticipated $500,000 windfall from the country’s share of petroleum products, Ghanaians should have been cushioned from upward adjustments of utility tariffs in the face of the current economic hardship. The caucus insists that government “can and must do something to cushion Ghanaians who are […]
It has been over a decade since the idea of having a common currency for the countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was first proposed. The idea was that such a currency would have the following advantages: the benefits of economies of scale, free movement of goods & services, check of […]
A man’s gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men – Proverbs 18:16. That this biblical verse will be fulfilled in the life of 9-year-old British child of Ghanaian descent, Sarah Kittoe, at this young age was the last thing on the minds of her parents. The Mayor of Croydon in London, […]
An envisaged standoff between transport operators at the Metro Mass Transit terminal in Takoradi in the Western Region, on Monday, August 15 was averted after city authorities stayed an operating permit to a new transport operator. Eight transport operators had threatened on Friday, August 12 to prevent another transport operator from operating from the terminal. […]
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has said whilst the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the severe global shock of the crisis in Ukraine on Ghana, highlighted by S&P and Fitch can be acknowledged, the speculative comments and ratings actions by the international rating agencies in the first half of 2022 materially contributed to […]
Sources within the Bank of Ghana (BoG) have denied reports in a section of the Ghanaian media that opening of new dollar accounts has been embargoed as part of measures to curtail the fall of the Ghanaian Cedi. “No such decision has been taken by the Bank of Ghana,” a source said when 3news.com called […]
Sources within the Bank of Ghana (BoG) have denied reports in a section of the Ghanaian media that opening of new dollar accounts has been embargoed as part of measures to curtail the fall of the Ghanaian Cedi. “No such decision has been taken by the Bank of Ghana,” a source said when 3news.com called […]
Deputy President William Ruto has won Kenya’s presidential election, the electoral commission chairman has said, amid dramatic scenes. He narrowly beat his rival, Raila Odinga, taking 50.4% of the vote. The announcement was delayed amid scuffles and allegations of vote-rigging by Mr Odinga’s campaign. Four of the seven members of the electoral commission refused to […]
The Special Prosecutor, Mr Kissi Agyebeng has said his office has widened the investigations in relation to the Labianca Food scandal to cover customs advance rulings. The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) recovered over GHC1 million GHC1,074, 627.15) from Labianca Foods in unpaid import duties, a scandal involving a company belong to a Council of State […]
The trial of Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy is “another chapter in a very old story” of rape and sexual assault on women, a jury has heard. The 28-year-old is accused of eight counts of rape, one of attempted rape and one of sexual assault. Opening the case, Timothy Cray QC said it had “very […]
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In terms of manpower expansion, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed that the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has recruited and trained some three thousand (3,000) soldiers between 2017 and 2020. The Commander-In-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces said this while speaking at the Military Academy Graduation parade for Regular Career Course 61, on Friday, […]
External factors shave obviously impacted Ghana’s economy negatively, a senior lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School Dr Patrick Asuming, has said. Dr Asuming explained that when the prices of crude oil on the international market went up, it affected the prices of fuel in Ghana. This, he said, he led to the upward trend in prices […]
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia joined the chiefs and people of Ga Mashie (British Accra) to celebrate the Homowo festival over the weekend. He was literally held spellbound as he watched scores of people pour to the streets of Jamestown and surrounding areas to observe the celebrations. This was when he paid courtesy calls on […]
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