Figures released by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) yesterday have revealed that the government has, within three months, added GH¢12.1 billion to the country’s debt stock.
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Rising through Cities in Ghana
The World Bank and the Government of Ghana will release, on May 14, 2015, a report on urbanization in Ghana titled: Rising through Cities in Ghana .
GHANA’S ECONOMY NOSE DIVES
The bleak economic story of Ghana, since 2013, is set to continue, as gross domestic product (GDP) growth is at its lowest in 14 years, and the dollar value of the economy has shrunk considerably.
GOV’T BLOWS $2.5BN ON LOANS INTEREST
Ghana’s government is to spend a whopping GH¢9.5 billion (about $2.5bn) this year, as interest payments on the huge loans it has contracted.
ECA advocates ‘Industrialisation through trade’
The 2015 edition of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA), “Industrialising through Trade”, has been launched by Dr. Ekow Spio-Garbrah, Minister of Trade and Industry, and Dr. Arkebe Oqubay, Minister and Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, during the Conference of African Ministers of Finance and Economic Development in Addis Ababa.
How Africa Can Attract Foreign Investors to its Power Projects
“Investing in the power sector in Africa can be very lucrative and we have the success stories to prove it”, says Evan Schiff, event director of African Utility Week, taking place in Cape Town from 12-14 May.
RB, Save The Children Move to Reduce Diarrhoea in Nigeria
The global partnership between RB and Save the Children launched a unique and ground-breaking programme to help eradicate child deaths from diarrhoea.
Renowned Expert Discusses Supertall Buildings
Buildings are getting taller and these buildings are being constructed at an increasingly rapid pace.
African Leaders Call For Taking Ownership Of Resources
African leaders including Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Mr. Ato Haliemariam Dessalegn, HE Paul Kagame, President, Mr Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson, AUC, and Mr El Moctar Djay, Minister of Finance, Mauritania, participated in the opening address of the Conference of Ministers 2015 in Addis Ababa.
African leaders to address ECA Minister’s meeting
The capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, is hosting a week-long conference to be attended by African leaders including Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Mr. Mr Haliemariam Dessalegn, HE Paul Kagame, President, Rwanda, HE Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya.