ECONOMIC NEWS IMF reports slow down in economic growth for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2017: Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa including Ghana has been projected at 3 percent in 2017 lower...
Read MoreTHOUGHT OF THE WEEK Impact of Hidden Budget Overrun Investor’s expectation of high economic growth, in the first year of the new administration, experienced a dent this week on...
Read MoreTHOUGHT OF THE WEEK Impact of Hidden Budget Overrun Investor’s expectation of high economic growth, in the first year of the new administration, experienced a dent this week on...
Read MoreTHOUGHT OF THE WEEK Overview of the New Continental Free Trade Area Agreement At the 28th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly in 30th January 2017, the...
Read MoreTHOUGHT OF THE WEEK Overview of the Afreximbank and Ecobank US$500mn Partnership The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Ecobank have signed a memorandum of understanding worth US$500mn to finance...
Read MoreTHOUGHT OF THE WEEK Understanding the 2017 Budget Understanding the budget statement helps in making prudent investment decisions and financial forecasts. The budget statement helps inform businesses and citizens...
Read MoreTHOUGHT OF THE WEEK Overview of Ghana’s Venture Capital Trust Fund & the Ghc 219 M Budgetary Allocations The Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF) in Ghana was established in...
Read MoreTHOUGHT OF THE WEEK Ghana Issues Its First 15-Year Bond The Government of Ghana (GoG) issued a 15-year bond on Monday 3rd April 2017, along with a 7-year bond...
Read MoreTHOUGHT OF THE WEEK Ghana’s Consumer Inflation Drops 40bps Government’s effort to achieve an inflation target of 11.2% and economic growth of 6.3% for year end 2017 seems to...
Read MoreTHOUGHT OF THE WEEK Energy Sector Debt Relief for Banks As of August 2016 the Volta River Authority (VRA) owed nineteen commercial banks and energy sector providers to a...
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