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297 million African women, girls have no access to safe toilets – Survey
As World Toilet Day is marked today November 19, 2012, 297 million African women and girls do not have access to safe and adequate sanitation and of those, 107 million don’t have a toilet at all, according to the results of a survey.
The…
Ghana’s tax revenue for third quarter 2012 is GH¢8.6b, salary payments rise by 65.8%
In the first three quarters of 2012, Ghana's tax revenue was GH¢8.6 billion, and the payments of salaries and personal emoluments have risen 65.8%.
The figures on tax revenue from preliminary data from the Ministry of Finance as published…
Banks in Ghana grow assets to GH¢25.1b
Banks in Ghana continue to grow their assets steadily according to the Bank of Ghana.
The central bank says commercial banks' total assets in the year to September 2012 have increased to GH¢25.1 billion from GH¢20.3 billion in September…
Borrowed monies always part of Ghana’s reserves – BoG
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has indicated that borrowed monies have always formed part of the country’s international reserves.
Ghana’s gross international reserves currently stands at $5.2 billion at the end of October 2012, compared to $5.3…
No biometric machine, no voting – EC, political parties agree
The Electoral Commission and all the country's political parties have come to a general consensus that voting must cease if a biometric verification machine breaks down.
The agreement was made when the political parties met with the EC…
World Bank study finds Ghana’s health insurance system heading to bankruptcy in 2013
As early as next year, 2013, Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) could go bankrupt, a World Bank study has found.
According to the report, "the system has serious structural and operational inefficiencies and is on a trajectory…
Ghana registers nearly 90,000 new companies in eight years – World Bank
A latest World Bank data shows that Ghana registered 89,828 companies in eight years.
The period was between 2004 and 2011.
Citing data from the Registrar General’s Department, the World Bank entrepreneurship data released last October…
Ghana gets $2.5b in mining investments in three years – Report
Within three years an amount of $2.5 billion has been invested in mining in Ghana.
Mr Mike Hammah, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources says between 2009 and 2011 the investment inflow for Ghana's mining sector was $2.5 billion.…
Ghana signs $135m financing agreements with AfDB
Ghana and the African Development Bank on Wednesday signed two financing agreements totaling $135 million, to enhance the capacity of private sector institutions and to promote technical skills development.
An amount of about $120 million…
Five million Ghanaians among global 1.1b people who defecate openly
Accra, the capital of of Ghana, is a city widely known for its very modern infrastructure, which includes beautiful architecture, a very good road network and flyovers, including the recent but famed George Walker Bush Motorway, which…