The Head of Corporate communications at the Ghana Gas Company, Ernest Owusu Bempah has berated former deputy energy Minister in the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration, John Jinapor, daring him to tell the Ghanaian people what he did to ‘kill’ the energy sector debt. According to him, it is dangerous to play politics with […]
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Merging ADB and NIB is a very unpopular decision-Oman Fm’ Wofa Kwabena Kwakye
Director of Radio for Kencity Media Limited, operators of Oman Fm, Net2 Television and Assh Fm, Obotantim Martin Kwabena Kwakye has described government’s decision to merge the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) and the National Investment Bank (NIB) as a very unpopular decision that must be reversed. According to him, the two banks have unique roles […]
Pass Petroleum Revenue Management Act to check use of oil revenue for debt servicing-ACEP to gov’t
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) is advocating the passage of the Petroleum Revenue Management Act (PRMA) as a way of checking the deliberate use of oil revenue for debt servicing at the expense of public investments. The PRMA when passed should define rules for capping the Ghana Stabilization Fund (GSF), as this will […]
McDan Group Chairman, Dr. Daniel McKorley is Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry Businessman of the year
Group Chairman of the McDan Group, Dr. Daniel McKorley has emerged the Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Businessman of the year 2017. Dr. McKorley is currently the reigning Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) Marketing Man of the year, having won the award in September this year. The second in the series, the […]
Energy Ministry organizes petroleum contracts masterclass for stakeholders in petroleum sector
The Ministry of energy has organized an international petroleum contracts masterclass for players in the petroleum sector in the country. The international petroleum contracts masterclass is aimed at building the capacity of Ghanaians that often represent the country in the petroleum contracting process. The workshop is being facilitated by Dr. Ken Mildwaters, a world renowned […]
IPPR lauds 2019 budget but wants realignment of gov’t revenue and expenditure
The Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) has lauded government for the 2019 budget and economic policy statement, saying the projections for some key indicators as read by the Finance Minister in Parliament last Thursday shows that Ghana’s medium to long term prospects remain bright. In a statement issued by the Think-tank on the 2019 […]
11 Turkish Manufacturing companies arrive in Ghana to explore investment opportunities
A delegation comprising 11 electrical products manufacturing companies is due in the country in later this month to explore investment opportunities in the country. The delegation will be meeting local electrical product buyers and distributors. A state issued by Firmus Advisory Limited announcing the visit by the delegation and copied to this Website reads in […]
Top Bank of Ghana and Ministry of Finance officials invested in Menzgold-Finance Minister
The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Attah has described as shocking how some top officials of the Bank of Ghana and the Ministry of Finance invested in gold trading firm Menzgold. According to him, the officials who can best be described as elite and who should have known better, were rather those who chose to […]
12 thousand DKM customers yet to be paid-Finance Minister
Some 12 thousand customers of defunct micro finance company DKM across the country are yet to receive payments of their deposits from government. This is because they have not been able to put together all the necessary documents that will prove their eligibility to receive the payments. Minister for Finance Ken Ofori Attah said on […]
Just in: Gov’t allocates 200 Million cedis to MASLOC, as company achieves 80 Loans recovery
Government has allocated 200 Million Ghana Cedis to the Micro Finance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) in the 2019 budget. This will enable the company make disbursements to businesses across the country. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Attah while delivering the 2019 budget and government economic policy statement in Parliament today, said the company is currently […]
2019: year of massive infrastructure development, plus full text, 2019 budget and economic policy statement
The finance Minister, Ken Ofori Attah has described 2019 as a year of massive infrastructure development in the country. He said government has taken steps to also ensure the expansion of the road and rail networks in the country. Delivering the 2019 budget statement and government’s economic policy statement in parliament, the minister added that […]
Just in: Ex-UBS trader Kweku Adoboli deported, flown to Casablanca and then to Ghana
Kweku Adoboli, the former UBS trader convicted of fraud, has been deported to Ghana, despite a long campaign to keep him in Britain. His lawyer confirmed he was flown out of Heathrow Airport this evening after being detained in Scotland on Monday. Adoboli, aged 38 and who has lived in the UK for 26 years, […]