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Ghana, Ivory Coast agree to work together to tackle cocoa price volatility
Ghana and Ivory Coast are the largest producers of cocoa in the world, accounting for more than 60 percent of the global share, but cocoa price volatility has been unfavourable to the two West African neighbours.
In the 2015/2016…
Cameroonian Vera Songwe becomes first woman to head ECA
History has been made at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), with the appointment of Dr. Vera Songwe, a Cameroonian citizen, as the Executive Secretary of the Addis Ababa based Think Tank.
Dr. Songwe becomes…
Ghana government removes 50,000 ghost names from payroll – IMF
The Ghana government, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has removed 50,000 ‘ghost names’ from its payroll in response to correcting persistent weaknesses in fiscal management.
The wage bill to GDP was 8.3 percent in…
Black market dealers in Ghana’s petroleum sector cause $500m loss in 2016 – AOMC
The Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs) has lauded government’s effort to instilling discipline in downstream oil marketing sector and to ward-off infiltrators whose nefarious activities cause the nation to lose millions of cedis…
Ghanaian Charles Boamah appointed Senior Vice President of AfDB
A Ghanaian, Charles Owusu Boamah has been appointed the Senior Vice President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), April 12, 2017.
Mr. Boamah who has worked with the Bank for 25 years, and before his appointment was the Vice…
Ghana, Czech Republic sign double taxation agreement
Ghana and the Czech Republic have signed a double taxation agreement to eliminate the incidence where income from both countries are taxed twice.
The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, and the Czech Ambassador to Ghana, Margita…
Despite deporting more than 4500 Chinese, they still contribute to $2.3b illegal gold mining loss to…
Illegal mining or galamsey isn’t new in Ghana. The word is a corruption of the English “Gather and sell,” which used to be the preserve of mostly Ghanaians in mining communities. But the invasion of Chinese citizens in the sector has…
Cocoa prices at 10-year low will put pressure on Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire economies – Moody’s
Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire are the two leading producers of cocoa in the world, but the prices of cocoa at a 10-year low is expected to put pressure on the economies of the two countries.
In the 2015/2016 production year, Ivory Coast…
Ghana ranks 4th in the world in Health Governance Capacity Index
Ghana ranks fourth in the world in the Health Governance Capacity Index report, scoring 75 per cent. Leading at number one is Vietnam with the highest score of 82 per cent. Taking the second spot is South Africa with 81 per cent…
Ghana’s trade account improves – Bank of Ghana
The Bank of Ghana says the country’s trade account has improved, citing provisional data on the trade account during the first two months of 2017.
The Monetary Policy Committee Summary for March 2017, shows a surplus of $573 million…