The Akufo-Addo-led government has invested an amount of GH¢32.7 billion to keep the lights on and support the growth of businesses for the past seven years in office. The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta said this when presenting the 2024 Budget
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta is currently reading the 2024 budget in Parliament. Hon. Ofori Atta said "in the past 7 years, we have invested GH¢541.5m in 169 1D1F enterprises to scale up value-addition and provided 140,000 additional jobs". He stated
The government has announced an increment in the minimum wage from GHS14.88 to GHS18.15 Similarly, the government granted a 23 percent salary increment to public sector workers for the year 2024. This was announced by the Minister for Employment and Labour Relations Ignatious Baffuor-Awuah in Acra on Tuesday,
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has initiated yet another novel policy to the tall list of innovations, in their quest to update stakeholders in the health delivery sector. The Authority introduced a digital payment system that allows service providers to
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has assured its stakeholders of the company’s readiness to continue to secure an US$800 million syndicated loan to fund cocoa purchases for the 2023/24 crop season. A release issued by the Public Affairs Department of COCOBOD
Ghana has not missed out on the second tranche disbursement of a $600 million loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to Ghana’s Ministry of Finance. Reports had suggested that Ghana had missed a November 1 deadline. However, the ministry
A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) on environmental terrain has made an urgent call for government to revoke Legislative Instrument (L.I. 2462) – a law that they say allows unrestricted mining in the country’s forest reserves. While describing the L.I.
The Ministry of Finance has sealed a US$102.59million African Development Bank (AfDB) budget support grant as part of government’s Fiscal Consolidation and Economic Recovery Programme (FISCERP). The grant, which falls under the AfDB’s ADF-16 funding cycle, aims to fortify Ghana’s economic
There is no room for the impending 2024 budget to fail in firming-up efforts toward consolidating macroeconomic gains and ensuring fiscal responsibility, market analysts have warned. Although macroeconomic conditions have improved, there is general agreement that the economy is still at
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has emphasized the potential of Ghana as a favorable destination for trade and investment during a meeting with a Czech business delegation. The delegation, led by Prime Minister Peter Fiala of the Czech Republic, is
