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Economist, Professor Godfred Bokpin, has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to reduce the size of his government and check corruption. He says this is the surest way to check the country’s economic woes. With rising inflation and policy rates, the country’s economy received yet another downgrade to CCC by Fitch Ratings with concerns of dwindling investor confidence. In a Citi ...

Rating agency, Fitch, has downgraded Ghana’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘CCC’ from ‘B-‘. The downgrade, it said, reflects the deterioration of Ghana’s public finances, which has contributed to a prolonged lack of access to Eurobond markets, in turn leading to a significant decline in external liquidity. “In the absence of new external financing sources, international reserves ...

Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close but calm presidential election in which the turnout was notably lower than usual, and the electoral commission indicated it would be at least Thursday before a winner is declared. Tuesday’s election was likely the final try by longtime opposition leader Raila Odinga, who on his fifth attempt was backed by former ...

An Economist at the University of Ghana Business School, Professor Godfred Bokpin, has backed calls for a national dialogue to bring the economy back on track. He said there is a need for consensus building, to bring on board alternative ideas from civil Society, academia among others to find solution to the economy. Speaking on GBC’s Current Affairs programme ‘Behind ...

Executive Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Madam Linda Ofori Kwafo has told President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to take particular interest in the case of the Council of State Member who is alleged to have been involved in the Labianca Foods scandal. This comes after the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) recovered over GHC1 million GHC1,074, 627.15) from Labianca Foods in unpaid import duties. ...

MindFreedom Ghana, a mental health advocacy organization has blamed state actors for not prioritizing issues relative to mental health in the country. MindFreedom’s reaction was triggered by a recent news report by: myjoyonline.com https://www.myjoyonline.com/mentally-challenged-woman-stones-man-todeath-at-kwame-nkrumah-circle/ with the Headline, “Mentally challenged woman stones man to death at Kwame Nkrumah Circle on 1st August, 2022.”    In a Press statement signed  and  issued in ...

The US Senate has approved a bill that includes $369bn (£305bn) for climate action – the largest investment in America’s history. The authors of the Inflation Reduction Act say it will cut the country’s carbon emissions by 40% by 2030. Some households could receive up to $7,500 in tax credit to buy an electric car and $4,000 for a used ...

Council of State member, Eunice Jacqueline Buah Asomah-Hinneh has been accused by the Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) of corruption-related offences. In November 2021, the OSP was petitioned by one Frank Asare, to launch an investigation into the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority and Labianca Company and its subsidiaries for alleged evasion of import duties since 2017. The ...

The Africa Water Justice Network(AWJN) has backed Civil Society Organisations and rights activists in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa and others resisting the continuous dispossession of people of their rights. The AWJN also supports the activists’ insistence on increased state-led tax-financing of basic social services nd calls on the African public,workers, media, lawmakers and students to support efforts by civil ...

Education think tank, African Education Watch, is demanding what it calls further details on specific strategies being deployed by the Ministry of Finance to clear the over three hundred million debt owed food suppliers. African Education Watch says Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta during the mid-year budget review, missed an opportunity to give fine details of interventions being put in place ...