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China is currently the largest investor in Ghana by the number of registered projects. It is also Ghana’s biggest trading partner with the total value of trade reaching a record $7.46 billion in 2019. These were said during the maiden Ghana-China Economic and Culture week, which is underway as part …

The prolonged inter utility legacy debt of $203 million component of the power sector debt within the energy sector accrued by the end of 2016 has been finally set off. The debt, which involved both state owned corporations and Independent Power Producer, Sunon Asogli Power Ghana Limited affected the operational …

Parliament has approved $20 million Financing Agreement between the Government of Ghana and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to finance the Emergency Support to Rural Livelihood and Food Systems (ESRF). The ESRF was established as one of government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic with a primary goal to …

Mr Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), says the continental trade regime will take off as planned on January 1, 2021. He said the AfCFTA Secretariat was targeting January 2021 for the commencement of the implementation of the free trade agreement following its postponement …

The year-on-year inflation rate for September 2020 recorded a marginal drop at 10.4 per cent compared with 10.5 per cent the previous month, driven by negative month-on-month food inflation. Month-on-month inflation between August 2020 and September2020 was -0.2 per cent, predominantly driven by negative month-on-month Food inflation of -0.5 per …

…Western Union, MoneyGram and the Hidden Role of Money Transmitters in Laundering Cash  No, this former vice president cannot have his seven planes back. In May, the International Criminal Court ruled that Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, will not be compensated for spending …

Some unidentified men who allegedly kidnapped a teenager, on Friday, in Ho later abandoned him when an unidentified voice told the perpetrators that they rather needed a girl. The victim, (name withheld), narrated to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) from his hospital bed that some unidentified men took him hostage …

The Ministry of Finance says it welcomes the decision of the Special Prosecutor to undertake the risk assessment and views it as an opportunity to address some of the concerns raised in respect of this transaction. In a statement issued by the Public Relations Unit, the Ministry said such an …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed shock at the murder of the Member of Parliament for the Mfantseman Constituency in the Central Region, Mr Ekow Kwansa Hayford, by suspected armed robbers. Mr Hayford, 49, was shot by unknown assailants who stopped his vehicle on the Abeadze Dominase – Abeadze …

Cenpower Generation Company Limited (Cenpower) has committed to switching its primary fuel from light crude oil (LCO) to natural gas and signed a gas supply agreement (GSA) with the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC). Gas operations are expected to begin by the end of this week. A statement issued by …