Trade and Industry Minister Alan Kyerematen has asked the private sector to help government in solving the country’s troubling unemployment challenge – warning that the country is sitting on a time-bomb.
Economics Professor and the Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, Prof. Peter Quartey has bemoaned the seeming lack of action against persons engaged in the illegal trade of foreign exchange, especially the US Dollar, in different parts of the country.
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that digital infrastructure investment is the next frontier, looking forward to the drive toward becoming the most digitised economy in the West African sub-region.
A member of the NPP, Gabby Otchere Darko has said that the e-levy, after its implementation on May 1 2022, is delivering only 10 per cent of estimated income.
The Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), has called on other players in the foreign exchange supply market to step up their efforts to ensure the demand for US Dollars by Bulk Distributing Companies (BDCs) is met.
Exports of yam tubers reached a record-high of US$48million last year, according to data from the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) – making the country the world’s largest exporter of yam.
The Ministry of Energy has refuted allegations that sector minister, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has failed to provide the necessary leadership to save Tema Oil Refinery from collapse.
The heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, is due to open the Commonwealth Heads of Government conference in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, later on Friday.
Ghana has secured US$450 million African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI)-backed insurance cover for projects and trade-related transactions in various sectors as at the end of May 2022.
As Ghana continues to be locked out of the international capital market, due to its high debt-to-GDP ratio as well as its poor credit ratings among others, President Akufo-Addo is calling for a scrapping of the “African risk premium” calculated into loans given to African countries.
The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, is expected to appear before Parliament later today to answer 16 questions from different Members of the house.
A union representing Rolls-Royce workers has rejected the offer of a £2,000 one-off payment from the firm to help its staff with the rising cost of living.
