The Cedi’s Rising Fortunes
Ghana's national currency, the cedi is on the brink of completing a record-breaking year, and even the currency analysts that have spent most of the year predicting an end to its new found stability,...
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The Silence of the Lambs
Two weeks. That’s how long Ghanaians have to make up their minds about who will lead the nation into the next four years. It’s supposed to be a Ghana election year, and after successful elections...
Mahama Has Messed Up; But NDC Bent On Cheating
The Economist magazine has observed that despite the fact that the John Mahama-led National Democratic Congress has messed up the Ghanaians economy, it is determined to rig the December 7 elections....
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo Is The Right Man To Move Ghana Forward
We are gradually getting closer to the crucial general elections come 7th December to choose a leader to steer the affairs of the country. I strongly believe by now Ghanaian electorates have weighed...
All Eyes On BoG To Prune Year-Long Policy Rate
As the Monitory Policy Committee of the central bank meets today, expectations of a policy rate cut are high, as the IMF programme appears to have impelled a modicum of prudence in macroeconomic...
Ghana Owes 112 Bn Cedis, Hits 67.4 % of GDP
Ghana’s total public debt has hit 112.4 billion cedis equivalent to 28.3 billion dollars, as at September 2016. The figure represents about 14 percent increase from the 98.8 billion cedis recorded...
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo the Right Man To Move Ghana Forward
We are gradually getting closer to the crucial general elections come 7th December to choose a leader to steer the affairs of the country. I strongly believe by now Ghanaian electorates have weighed...
Ghana’s Public Debt Hits GHC112 Billion
The country’s debt stock has reached GH¢112.4 billion as at September this year a summary of economic and financial data released by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has revealed. This came to the fore...
Election Spending and Its Effect On the Business Community
play videoGhana's economy has seen a decline in investments in 2016 mainly due to uncertainty with the polls What's the business community's reaction to Ghana's December polls which is barely two...
Ignore Reports of NSS Allowance Freeze – Kpessa-Whyte
Reports circulating in the media that the Government of Ghana will not be paying National Service personnel their December 2016 and January 2017 allowances as part of International Monetary Fund...
Mahama Has Mortgaged Ghana’s Future – Akufo-Addo
The NPP presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo has accused the Mahama-led government of mortgaging Ghana’s future. He said the NDC government has over-borrowed in an attempt to hide their economic...
Mahama Caused 66% of All Ghana’s Debt
Sixty-six percent of Ghana’s total debt stock since independence has been caused by President John Mahama in his first four-year term, flag bearer of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP),...
Nana Addo Writes To Ghanaians
In 2017, Ghana will celebrate 60 years of independence. We were the first sub-Saharan African people to achieve independence and, at many stages during the past six decades, Ghana has been praised as...
Nana Addo Writes To Ghanaians Ahead of Elections
In 2017, Ghana will celebrate 60 years of independence. We were the first sub-Saharan African people to achieve independence and, at many stages during the past six decades, Ghana has been praised as...
After 8 Years of NDC, Ghanaians Want Change
The Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said Ghanaians are desirous of change in government because they are disappointed with the performance of the National Democratic...
Terkper Hopes For Drop In Policy Rate
The Finance Minister, Mr Seth Terkper, expects the stability in the fiscal side of the economy to provide comfort to the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and possibly prompt...
Akufo-Addo Writes In Newsweek Ahead of December 7
In 2017, Ghana will celebrate 60 years of independence. We were the first sub-Saharan African people to achieve independence and, at many stages during the past six decades, Ghana has been praised as...
Ghana Has An Opportunity To Restore Hope In December
In 2017, Ghana will celebrate 60 years of independence. We were the first sub-Saharan African people to achieve independence and, at many stages during the past six decades, Ghana has been praised as...
Any Idiot Can Borrow Money and Build Projects
Any idiot can borrow money and build projects I should've stuck to the "changed" title, that is; "common sense appraisal of Mahama's "massive" projects," but, the common sense in me, and per the...
Akufo-Addo’s $1m Per Constituency Promise Not Feasible
Former Minister of Finance under the administration of former President Rawlings, Mr Kwame Peprah has said the one million dollars for each constituency promised by the NPP Flagbearer Nana Akuffo...