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April 2021

Ghana claims 88% of 2020 WASSCE 8As  

A total 411 out of the 465 candidates who scored grade A in all subjects at the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), were students from Ghana pioneering the Government’s Free Senior High School (SHS) Programme.…

Ghana receives $2.7b FDI in 2020

Ghana received a total of 279 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects valued at $2.7 billion in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The projects will go into areas such as manufacturing, services, building and construction, agriculture,…

A COVID-19 recovery contribution

The economic costs of the pandemic have fallen most heavily on those least able to bear them. Governments have taken steps to support people and firms through wage subsidies, unemployment benefits, and other fiscal measures. But more…