Ministry of Finance

Business

Gov’t Clears GHS250m Out of GHS4.4bn Energy Debt

The Ministry of Finance, the Bank of Ghana (BoG), and the Ghana Bankers Association have announced plans to pay the...

Business

Government To Loan GHC25.2bn

Government plans to borrow an amount of GHC25.2 billion (GHC25,270 million) for the remaining five months of 2016. The...

Business

Government May Withdraw Fiscal Stabilization Levy In 2017

Citi Business News has learnt that the Ministry of Finance is working to withdrawal the National Reconstruction Levy...

Business

Government Issues 5-Yr Bond To Tame Cedi Pressure

Government’s decision to re-open a five-year GHC400million domestic bond has bolstered expectations that the cedi...

Opinion

The Panacea To Ghanas Microfinance Challenges

“… Things are never as complicated as they seem. It is only our arrogance that prompts us to find unnecessary...

Business

Government To Issue GHC25.3bn Between August & December 2016

Government has announced plans to issue an estimated 25.3 billion cedis between August and December this year. Of the...

Profiles

Complete Biography & Profile of Dr Amon Nikoi, Former Governor of the Bank of Ghana

The late Dr Nikoi, was born on 19th January 1930 at La, Accra and died on Thursday, 5 September. He had Bsc in...

Profiles

Complete Biography & Profile of Dr. Kwesi Botchwey, Former Minister of Finance

Dr. Kwesi Botchwey holds a Bachelors of Law degree (LLB) from the University of Ghana, a Masters degree in Law (LLM)...

Profiles

Complete Biography & Profile of Seth Tekper, Minister of Finance

Mr. Terkper was born in Somanya in the Eastern Region of Ghana, where he started his Elementary School education in the...

Profiles

Complete Biography & Profile of Dr. Sulley Gariba, Senior Policy Co-Ordinator- Presidency

Ph. D. in Political Science and International Development, Carleton University, Ottawa, 1989. M.A., Political Science...

Profiles

Complete Biography & Profile of Juliana Jocelyn Azumah-Mensah (MP), Member of Parliament for Agotime-Ziope

Hon. Juliana Jocelyn Azumah-Mensah was born on 15th June, 1950 at Koforidua, in the Eastern Region of Ghana.  She is...

Profiles

Complete Biography & Profile of Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, Vice President

Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur is a Ghanaian economist. He was Governor of the Bank of Ghana before his appointment as the...

Business

Ghana Stock Exchange Sensitises Smes On Alternative Market

The Enhancing Growth in New Enterprises (ENGINE) Programme has organised an Investment Dialogue for entrepreneurs in...

Business

Government Delays Raising $1 Billion Eurobond

Government has delayed plans to issued a $1 billion Eurobond. The road show was led by the Finance Minister, Seth...

Top Stories

Ignore Jinapor, We’Re Still on Strike

Staff of the Volta River Authority (VRA) have insisted they are still protesting the Power Ministry’s plans to cede...

Business

Domestic Air Travel Drops by 93,521 in 1st Half of 2016

Fiscal challenges and the high cost of aviation fuel prior to its reduction last week has negatively impacted on...

Business

Terkper Outwits IMF Over Zero BoG Financing

The Mahama-led National Democratic Congress government, through the manoeuvrings of Finance Minister Seth Terkper, has...

Business

Goverment Firms Debt Management Measures

As part of measures being taken to manage Ghana’s debt stock, the Government has decided to proceed with a capped...

Top Stories

Dumsor Will Soon Vanish From Our Vocabulary

“Dumsor,” the term most people use to describe the erratic power supply that has hit the country in recent years,...