A Peek Inside Qatar’s ‘gas Capital of the World’
Perched on a northern tip of Qatar, about an hour's drive from the gleaming capital Doha and at the end ...
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Key Economic Facts In President Akufo-Addo’s State of the Nation Address
Nana Addo’s 1st SONA was delivered on the floor of Ghana’s Parliament on Tuesday, 21st February, 2017. President Nana Addo ...
Akufo-Addo Must Not Use Statistics To Run Away From Promises – Nketia
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) General Secretary says he is expecting President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to fulfil all his ...
I Won’t Allow Economy To Collapse Under My Watch – Akufo-Addo Assures
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has given the strongest indication yet that “tough, prudent and innovative” measures will be adopted ...
Fantasy League Aims To Lure US Students To Economics
Have you needed to use your high school chemistry recently? Anyone asked you lately who won the US-British war of ...
Oil Prices Slip As High Stocks Overshadow OPEC Cuts
Oil slipped on Friday, pressured by growing global stocks, while expectations that an oil output cut by producers might eventually ...
Nigeria, Egypt and South Africa Listed Among World’s Most Powerful Economies By 2050
Price water house Coopers published rankings of 32 future power economies by 2050. Nigeria, Egypt and South Africa were forecasted ...
G20 Foreign Ministers To Tackle Fight Against Poverty In Africa
G20 foreign ministers will discuss ways to fight poverty in Africa, strengthen governmental institutions and better utilise the potential of ...
Servicing Debt With 10% of GDP Unsustainable – Duffuor
The current trend where 10 per cent of Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is used in servicing the country’s debt ...
Ghana’s Fiscal Deficit Deteriorated To An Estimated 9% of GDP In 2016
Ghana's overall fiscal deficit, on a cash basis, in 2016 deteriorated to an estimated 9 percent of GDP, instead of ...
African Cities Can Soar Economic Growth
The World Bank Group (WBG) say African governments have to prioritise strengthening of land management institutions, and coordinate investments in ...
Sports Ministry To Establish Sports Research Centre – Asiamah
Minister-designate for Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah, says his outfit is committed to drawing investors into the country through the ...
Move Quickly On the CFTA Agreement – Director
African political leaders have been urged to move quickly on the continental free trade area (CFTA) negotiations. Mr. Anthony Nyame-Baafi, ...
ACEP Calls For Mining Beneficiation Policy
The Head of Policy Unit and Energy Policy Advisor at the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Dr Ishmael Ackah, ...
Expenditure On GH¢7 Billion Unethical
The majority caucus in Parliament has described as unethical and dangerous the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) justification of the GH¢7 ...
Gov’t Inherits Budget Deficit of Around 10%
Government says it has inherited a budget deficit of around 10 percent of economic output, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta told ...
Majority Expresses Fears Ghana May Be Fined By IMF
The Majority in Parliament says Ghana may be fined by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for wrong figures provided by ...
Ghana Finds A $1.6bn Hole In Budget
Ghana’s three-week-old government says it found a 7 billion-cedi ($1.6 billion) hole in the budget, a disclosure that sent its ...
Ghanaians Hoarding Dollars Put Cedi On Course For 19-Month Low
Ghanaians are holding on to their dollars after government data showed the nation’s budget deficit was wider than expected, setting ...
Ghana Finds A $1.6 Billion Hole In Budget
Ghana’s three-week-old government said it found a 7 billion-cedi ($1.6 billion) hole in the budget, a disclosure that sent its ...