Ghana’s Vice-President Dr. Mahamadou Bawumia appears to have burst the bubble of some key government spokespersons when he admitted that Covid alone could not have been responsible for Ghana’s high fiscal deficit of 11.4 % in 2021 as suggested by some economic experts. This is…

Ghana’s already fragile health system is at great risk due to high numbers of medical staff leaving to work in the United Kingdom. The trend according to experts has been worsened by the covid situation which has led to large numbers of medical staff from…

A KPMG Professor of Accounting at the University of Florida, Stephen Kwaku Asare has called on Ghana’s judiciary to do more in upholding the rule of law in an environment that is deemed as highly political. This follows a  decision by the courts to annull…

Newly crowned Oscar  Award winner, Will Smith has resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after punching Chris Rock. Mr Smith wrote the following to the Academy’s disciplinary committee … “I will fully accept any and all consequences for my conduct. My actions at…

The Agric Ministry has confirmed that although Ghana imports cassava from China, it is only for industrial purposes. Responding to allegations that the Ministry has been importing tonnes of cassava from China, the Director of Crops at the Ministry, Seth Osei Akoto said that given…

There’s a lot of back and forth about how much Ghana’s total debt is. So, let’s take a quick look at the current national debt, plus the government’s “unfunded liabilities,” to see how much each of us owes to cover Ghana’s debt and long-term obligations….

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori- Atta has announced a 50 percent cut in fuel Coupon allocation to SOEs and all political appointees. These are part of short-term measures to cut down on expenditure which has been necessitated by the delay in the passage of the electronic…

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori- Atta has announced a total of 15 pesewas reduction in fuel prices at the pumps. These are part of measures to minimize the impact of rising oil prices on the international market. The average ex-pump price of diesel and petrol has…

It is not all doom and gloom after all as Ghana came third in the rankings of happiest countries in Africa. The 2021 World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness that ranks countries by how happy their citizens perceive…

Ghana’s Banking Industry has started the year with something positive to cheer about in the face of trying economic times. The sector recorded an 18.18% growth in profit in the first two months of 2022 to ¢1.3 billion. The Central Bank in its summary of…