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Bright Simons Writes: The Magic Math of Ghana’s Debt Games

Bright Simons Writes: The Magic Math of Ghana’s Debt Games

Regular readers of this page were puzzled when after weeks of projections by analysts of a final participation rate of between 60% and 65% in Ghana’s domestic debt restructuring exercise (DDE), the government triumphantly announced

Business
Full Text: Finance Minister’s Address To Parliament On Current State Of Debt Exchange Program

Full Text: Finance Minister’s Address To Parliament On Current State Of Debt Exchange Program

Upon the summons of the parliament, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta was in Parliament today, Thursday, February 16th, 2023 to address members of the house the current state of government's Domestic Debt Exchange Program (DDEP) and

News
Anglican Church Commits Show Remorse For Involvement In Slave Trade; Commits £100m To Compensate Countries

Anglican Church Commits Show Remorse For Involvement In Slave Trade; Commits £100m To Compensate Countries

The Anglican Church has announced the commitment of £100 million as its show of remorse for its past involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. The money will go into investments in various forms in countries

Politics
Channel Your Energy To Advise Minister Of Health To Retrieve The $82 Million Vaccines Money – Sammy Gyamfi To Attorney-General

Channel Your Energy To Advise Minister Of Health To Retrieve The $82 Million Vaccines Money – Sammy Gyamfi To Attorney-General

In the midst of the controversies surrounding the legality of the publication of the  findings of the Auditor-General report on the audit of COVID-19 expenditure, National Communications Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi has admonished

International News
World Bank President David Malpass Quits

World Bank President David Malpass Quits

The president of the World Bank will step down from his post in June, leaving the organisation almost a year before his term was due to end. David Malpass announced his decision on social media, without providing a

Business
Ghana’s Domestic Debt Exchange Program Is Useless If …… – Sammy Gyamfi

Ghana’s Domestic Debt Exchange Program Is Useless If …… – Sammy Gyamfi

National Communications Officer of the opposition NDC, Sammy Gyamfi has expressed his pessimism on the likely success of government's Domestic Debt Exchange Program (DDEP). Although government has announced about 85% success in the participation of

Fuel Prices Expected To Drop Between 7% & 11% Today – IES

Ghanaians should expect a significant reduction in petroleum products at the pumps today, the Institute for Energy Security (IES) has predicted. According to IES, petrol and diesel prices are expected to reduce  between 7.1% and

News
Here Is The Composition Of The New Hajj Board Constituted By President Akufo-Addo

Here Is The Composition Of The New Hajj Board Constituted By President Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reconstituted the National Hajj Board. In a statement released by the Presidency, some 16 persons have been named as members of the board with Alhaji Ben Abdalla Banda as

Education
UG Management Orders SRC To Sack It’s Deputy Chief Of Staff

UG Management Orders SRC To Sack It’s Deputy Chief Of Staff

The management of University of Ghana has ordered for the immediate removal of one Mr. Rexford Joseph Bonney, the deputy chief of staff of the Students' Representative Council (SRC). According to a letter addressed to

News
Ken Ofori-Atta Performance Has Been Very Disappointing – Former Chief Justice Keeps Talking

Ken Ofori-Atta Performance Has Been Very Disappointing – Former Chief Justice Keeps Talking

Former Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Sophia Akuffo has taken a swipe on Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta. Mad. Sophia Akuff0 says the performance of Ken Ofori-Atta in managing the finances of the country has been