We’re Serious About Leaving No One Behind
Ghana is determined at strengthening its efforts at eradicating poverty through increased investments in human development, social inclusion and insurance for the wellbeing and dignity of all...
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2016 Second Quarter FDI Records Considerable Improvement
The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) results recorded during the second quarter saw a considerable improvement on the levels recorded in the first quarter of 2016 and the corresponding quarter of...
Finance Minister Must Reduce Appetite For Borrowing
As the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta officially assumes his office today; some financial observers have charged him to immediately reduce the appetite for borrowing. According to some public...
25 Million Ghanaians Are on Social Welfare – the State of Social Welfare Programmes in Ghana
In response to the poverty crisis and to prevent Ghanaians from falling below the civilized standard of living, the government of Ghana has introduced over 100 social welfare programmes over the...
We’ll Invest Heavily In Agric – Afriyie-Akoto
The Minister nominee for Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriye-Akoto, has assured that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government will invest heavily in infrastructure development to attract foreign direct...
We’ll Invest Heavily In Agric
The Minister nominee for Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriye-Akoto, has assured that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government will invest heavily in infrastructure development to attract foreign direct...
IMF Review To Determine Deficit Financing Options
The Bank of Ghana has told Citi Business News it will strictly abide by any agreement reached by the government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the financing of government’s budget...
Alan Kyeremanten Assures Businesses of More Access To Capital
The Minister-designate for Trade and Industry, Alan John Kwadwo Kyeremanten, has promised the business community a favourable business environment largely driven by access to affordable capital that...
Economy Not Robust Enough
Policy think tank, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), has asked the government to be cautious in the implementation of its policy proposals, explaining that the fundamentals of the economy are...
“Cologne Memorandum” For A Different Development Policy
It is a more than 50-year-old mistake to believe we could make development policy for Africa. An error with fatal consequences. The rich and the powerful became richer. Poverty grew as a result of...
The High Expectations of the Change In Ghana
By Jelili Jerry Afolabi A change of government in any country comes with high expectations from the citizenry, the public and private sectors, and the international community. For the business world...
Ghana’s Lesson To Africa
Change has come to Ghana. Following after President Muhammadu Buhari, his fellow septuagenarian Nigerian counterpart, President Akufo-Addo has come to office on the back of campaign messaging centred...
Quality Decision Making In Applied Theory Is An Axiom Of Quality Data Treatment
The objective behind the writing of this article is stem from the kind of thesis and dissertation channeled by most social science student in their doctorial and MPhil studies currently. Almost all...
The High Expectations Of The Change
INTRODUCTION A change of government in any country comes with high expectations from the citizenry, the public and private sectors, and the international community. For the business world and economy...
Akufo Addo’s $1M Largesse And One Factory Concept Will Enhance Human Development
As a human rights activist and an enthusiast of the human rights approach to development, I jumped for joy when during the 2016 electioneering campaign, the NPP Party proposed some expedient policies...
Incoming Govt Must Invest In Agric, Manufacturing- Economist
Economist, Dr. Adu Sarkodie has appealed to the incoming government to focus on agriculture and manufacturing to strengthen the economy. His opinion comes as one of the numerous calls made by some...
Fuel Prices To Go Up Minimum 9% – COPEC Suggests
Consumers of petroleum products should brace themselves to pay more at the pumps as the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) suggests increment in fuel prices. According to COPEC, the increase...
An Imminent Financial Peril??
Mr. Mervyn King, former head of the United Kingdom's Bank of England, recently stated that another financial crisis is “certain” and could come sooner rather than later. Mr. King also believes...
Heed The Lesson Jimmy Carter Never Learned
I recently observed how the 2016 race reflects American conditions in the late 1970s — also stagnant — and how the political elites are echoing President Jimmy Carter’s feckless reaction in his...
Ghana’s GDP Records 4% Growth In Third Quarter 2016
Ghana's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) provisional growth in the third quarter of 2016 rose by 4 percent year-on-year. The GDP which includes oil for the 3rd quarter of 2016, grew by 4 percent compared...