Chairman of the Pilot Implementation Committee of the Cylinder Recirculation Model, Kweku Agyeman Duah, says the decision to switch from the current model of gas purchase to a door to door model, otherwise known as the CRM, will succeed despite the challenges so far encountered.
Speaking at the launch of...
Data made available by the International Monetary Fund show that COVID-19 will cripple the global economy and growth will decline by 3 percent.
Other bodies such as US-based CB Insights is also projecting global startup financing will take a hit, with private market funding in the first quarter of 2020...
The Kimathi Kuenyehia Foundation and the Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa have announced the winners of the 2019 Kimathi Kuenyehia-MiLEAD reading prize. A joint initiative of the two institutions launched in 2015, with the primary goal of encouraging good reading habits among the young women leaders in...
AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and a Long Term Issuer Credit Rating of ‘bbb-’ to WAICA Reinsurance Corporation PLC (WAICA Re, Sierra Leone). The outlook assigned to these Credit Ratings is stable.
The ratings reflect WAICA Re’s balance sheet strength, which AM Best categorises...
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present the government’s mid-term budget review to Parliament on Thursday, while speculation is rife about the negative economic impact of the novel coronavirus on government projects and programmes.
Mr. Ofori-Atta was engaged by a section of the media on his expectations and we...
On Thursday, July 2nd 2020, Ghana’s sanitation sub-sector witnessed what some considered a historical moment: the launch in Accra via Zoom of the 10-point manifesto demanding action from political parties on general sanitation issues, and open defecation in particular.
Dubbed ‘The M-CODe Open Defecation-Free Ghana Manifesto’, its purpose is to...
The Economic Governance Platform has participated in an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Webinar titled ‘Promoting Effective Use of COVID-19 Finances in Africa: An IMF Discussion with African CSOs’.
The expectations of this conference were to critically examine the IMFs support to help countries cope with the COVID-19 pandemic; to ignite...
The Governing Council of the Tamale Technical University (TaTU) has appointed Professor Abass Braimah as the first Vice Chancellor since the institution attained its university status. Prof Braimah’s appointment, which took effect from July 1, 2020, will see him serve a four-year term.
In addition to that, the Council also...
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused extensive disruption to Ghana’s economy; severely affecting businesses, jobs and livelihoods. The post-pandemic recovery will be arduous and protracted, and will require well-coordinated and comprehensive policies to turn the situation around. The IEA presents here a summary of policy initiatives that we believe are...
The Public Interest Accountability Committee (PIAC) has urged the Bank of Ghana and Ministry of Finance to consider broadening the qualifying investment instruments in order to diversify Ghana Petroleum Funds (GPFs) investments in both low and high risk portfolios to maximise returns.
As it stands now, the Petroleum Revenue Management...