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US$8bn spent on rice import in 10yrs

Ghana’s rice import, in the last decade, according to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), has hit a staggering US$8 billion.

Government engages Bank of America Securities for valuation of GNPC-Aker Energy oil deal

A Deputy Minister for Energy, Andrew Egyapa Mercer says the government has begun engaging American multinational investment banking division – Bank of America (BofA) Securities Inc. to conduct a valuation of the fields involved in the planned Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and Aker Energy oil bloc acquisition for oil exploration in the country.

July 2021 inflation inches up at 9%

The year-on-year inflation rate for July stood at 9.0 per cent compared to 7.8 per cent in June, the Government Statistician Professor Samuel Kobina Annim said on Wednesday.