Thursday, November 21, 2024

Business

Businesses are suffering; reduce policy rate to support them (GNCCI to BoG).

The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI) is calling for a reduction in the policy rate to support business growth. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of Bank of Ghana is presently meeting to review developments in the Ghanaian...

IMF expects revenue to underperform target and expenditure to overshoot target

The International Monetary Fund expects revenue to underperform the Ghana Government target by 0.1% of Gross Domestic Product in 2024, while expenditure overshoots the target by a similar margin. The Fund is forecasting a budget deficit of 5.0% for Ghana...

Excessive heat causes outages (ECG).

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has explained that the excessive heat waves being experienced in some parts of the country were impacting their efficient service of power supply. It said due to the high ambient temperature at this time...

Ukraine Shot Down Aircraft Carrying Prisoners

The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed Wednesday that Ukraine launched two missiles at the Il-76 military transport aircraft, killing all 74 people on board. “Today at 11:15 am, the Kiev regime committed a terrorist act, as a result of which a...

Egyptian and Russian Leaders jointly approve of nuclear plant

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday virtually participated in the foundation-laying ceremony of a new unit of the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant. “Today, they are writing a new bright chapter in history by fulfilling...

Cement manufacturers urged to publicise recommended retail prices

The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI) and the Chamber of Cement Manufacturers, Ghana (COCMAG) have reached a consensus to release the recommended distribution and retail prices for different grades of cement within their designated distribution zones. There was a...

MoMo withdrawals to be limited to GH¢1k per transaction from Dec. 1 – Agents.

Starting on Friday, December 1, Mobile Money (MoMo) agents across Ghana will enforce a temporary measure restricting cash withdrawals to a maximum of GH¢1,000 per transaction. This decision is outlined in a joint statement issued by four MoMo Associations: the...

New price increases will help us sustain our business – MTN Ghana.

Telecommunications giant MTN Ghana has justified increasing the prices of its offerings by 15% for prepaid and postpaid customers. The price increase, which took effect on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, affected voice, SMS, and data services, as well as Fiber...

Bank of Ghana maintains policy rate at 30%.

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has maintained the policy rate at 30 percent. Governor of the Bank of Ghana Dr Ernest Addison, while addressing the 115th MPC press conference in Accra on Monday, November 27 stated that although inflation is dropping, it is still...

Cedi loses 25.8% of value to dollar – BoG report.

The November 2023 Summary of Economic and Financial Data by the Bank of Ghana has put the depreciation of Ghana’s currency – the cedi – at 25.8% as of November 2023. Per the data, the cedi had remained relatively stable...
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“We’re pleading, find us a place to sell. We have a responsibilities ” – Flower Pot vendors to Gov’t.

Authorities have evicted all hawkers operating under the newly inaugurated Flower Pot Interchange following public backlash over viral images...
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