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Ghana has highest basic school completion rate in West Africa
Ghana is the only country in West Africa and one of only three countries in sub-Saharan Africa to have achieved a completion rate of at least 95 per cent in primary education, according to World Bank data.
Botswana and Kenya are the only…
Ghana can do more against corruption – Jon Benjamin
Ahead of the anti-corruption summit in London on May 12, British High Commissioner to Ghana Jon Benjamin, says Ghana along with the rest of the world, could do better in fighting corruption.
In an exclusive interview with…
IMF review team cites Ghana for small deviations in wage bill
The review team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Joël Toujas-Bernaté has concluded its third mission reviewing the $918 million Extended Credit Facility for Ghana.
The mission from April 27 to May 11, 2016 noted that while…
Ghana government urged to support agriculture to address rising inequality
The Coordinator of the Third World Network (TWN), Dr Yao Graham says that government must support agriculture as a vehicle against rising inequality in Ghana and take the bold decisions that will reorient Ghana’s growth model which is…
It is legal to invest idle funds – Terkper
Government on Monday said it has the backing of the law to invest ideal funds in any securities, excluding government ones, to earn interest.
Speaking at a media briefing in Accra, Finance Minister Seth Terkper said while statutory…
Ghana government listed in Panama Papers
When the news about the now popular Panama Papers broke, the names of only two Ghanaians were listed.
But today when the ICIJ published a searchable database of the leaked documents, the Government of Ghana is listed as a shareholder in…
Ghana’s economic growth hailed amidst concerns over widening inequality
Ghana has seen consistent positive economic growth and substantial social transformation over 30 years, says Professor Andy Mckay, Economics Department of University of Sussex, UK, but raised concerns over growing inequality.
He said…
UK launches £14.8m agriculture and food security project in Northern Ghana
The United Kingdom through the Department for International Development (DFID), has launched its £14.8 million Marketing Development Programme for Northern Ghana (MADE) project at a ceremony in Tamale on Thursday.
Spanning five years…
Fifty million people paid bribes in North Africa, Middle East in 2015
Almost one in three people in the Middle East and North Africa – about 50 million people – had to use bribery in 2015 to access basic services like medicine, education or water, a new survey by Transparency International has found.…
Transparency and corruption: President Mahama’s chance to pledge
President John Mahama is consistent in his response whenever a Ghanaian shows discontent with the 'slow' pace of prosecution of persons indicted in corruption – we cannot eat our cake and have it. The case is in court. We live in a…