As part of activities to climax Green Action Week Campaign 2020, CUTS Ghana, a research, consumer protection and public policy think tank with support from Consumer International, has educated market …
Economy
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Banking & FinanceEconomyInvestmentsSMEs
BoG admits payment of GH¢6.39bn out of GH¢6.5bn claims to depositors of failed SDIs
Out of GH¢6.5 billion in cedi deposit claims validated by Eric Nana Nipah, the receiver of the failed Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions (SDIs), an amount of GH¢6.39 billion has been paid …
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EconomyFeature / AnalysisOil & Gas
President Mahama left an economic legacy at end-2016 – PART 2: Doing more with one (1) oilfield than with three (3) fields
Introduction The decline in crude oil/gas output and prices is a feature of global financial and non-financial crisis and the effect on global demand and commodity prices (for Ghana, gold, …
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EconomyFeature / AnalysisTaxation
The 2020 Financial Year of Ghana: Indirect tax reforms arising out of the national budgets and the COVID-19 pandemic (Part 2)
This article is the second in a series of articles exploring the 2020 Mid-Year Fiscal Review, in light of the initial 2020 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Ghana, and …
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EconomyInvestmentsProduction
Kasapreko takes lead in beverage industry with new US$25m factory in Kumasi
The Kasapreko Company Limited (KCL) has unveiled a multi-million-dollar Water, Juice and Soft Drinks factory at Tanoso in the Ashanti Region as part of government’s flagship 1-District-1-Factory initiative. The multipurpose …
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Ghana’s total public debt stock jumped by 1.66 percent to hit GHc263.1 billion [US$46.3bn] in July 2020, according to the latest Summary of Macroeconomic and Financial Data. This represents about …
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Ghana is poised to mark this year’s World Tourism Day on September 27, 2020 with the country lining up a number of activities to observe the international event. This year, …
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EconomyInvestmentsTelecoms
SMP: Vodafone wants positive competition that satisfies consumer needs – CEO
Mrs Patricia Obo-Nai, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vodafone Ghana, says the telecom company is more concerned with having a positive competition in a provided equal space that would …
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Thousand four-hundred and thirty tourism businesses in Ghana have lost the opportunity to access the World Bank Tourism Grant due to reasons including the lack of valid business certificate from …
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EconomyInvestmentsProduction
Ghana’s economy contracts by 3.2% in second quarter – Statistical Service
Ghana’s Statistical Service (GSS) has reported a 3.2 percent contraction of the country’s economy for the second quarter of this year for the first time since 1983. The data provided …

