A Labour Economist, Dr. William Baah Boateng has shot down any significant impact on Ghana’s commitment with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), over an increase in public sector wages....
President John Mahama has projected that the height of cashless transactions with government institutions will be achieved by 2021 . Delivering highlights of the ruling National Democratic Congress,...
President John Mahama has said the Ghanaian economy is now more predictable and no longer bleeding as it used to be in the past. This is because his administration was able to identify the various...
Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, the vice presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called on government to explain to a discrepancy of GH¢1.7 billion in the 2016 Supplementary Budget to...
Government has disclosed it is working to present data on the country’s energy sector to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which should lead to the release of the third tranche of the bailout...
Following his recent lecture delivered last week Thursday, functionaries of the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress government continue to subject Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice Presidential Candidate of...
The IMANI Ghana’s quick rebuttal to Dr. Bawumia’s assessment on the state of Ghana’s economy presents some questions. Did IMANI seek expert’s advice from economists or they assented to...
The government has renewed its promise to maintain strict fiscal discipline and avoid the mistakes made in the last elections ahead of the 2016 polls. President John Mahama, who is seeking a second...
In this 21st century, Africa does not have dynamic leaders that can meaningfully challenge adverse world policies affecting its people on the continent or in the diaspora. There is no equivalence of...
Nigeria is used to making big headlines—it has Africa’s biggest population, Africa’s biggest film industry, and Africa’s biggest bravado. But in August, Nigeria made the news for being...
President Robert Mugabe’s panicking administration, which is struggling to contain growing civil unrest over the country’s worsening rot, faces a new crisis after angry civil servants warned...
Doe, James W. Central government borrowing results in National debt as we all know. But all the debt debate in Ghana should be put in a global perspective. In order for all to know the full story and...
On 8th September, 2016, Dr. Bawumia, the NPP's running mate in the upcoming 2016 presidential elections delivered a seminal speech in Accra. The speech followed a pattern Dr. Bawumia has become...
On 8th September, 2016, Dr. Bawumia, the NPP’s running mate in the upcoming 2016 presidential elections delivered a seminal speech in Accra. The speech followed a pattern Dr. Bawumia has become...
By Theo Acheampong In the debate following Dr Bawumia's presentation on the economy today, my good friend William Nyarko put up a post quoting the good doctor as saying "66% of Ghana's debt since...
Policy think tank IMANI Africa has scrutinised Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s assessment of Ghana’s economy and has concluded that some “facts and data used were unfairly manipulated” for political...
Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur appears to have been pricked into action after a long Rip Van Winkle slumber at the helm. Even before traveling up North to seek audience with Gonja chiefs in...
Ghana issued a $750 million Eurobond on Thursday at a more favourable yield of 9.25 percent compared to its last sale, officials said, bringing in badly needed cash to balance the government's budget...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has every right to walk out of the three-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme with the country, following Parliament's refusal to legalise the zero...
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s claim that the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has since 2009 amassed and spent 12 times the nominal resources that the NPP had over its eight years of leadership...
