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Finance Min Leads Ghana Team To IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings
GHANA’S Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper, is leading a Government delegation to the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings to be held in Washington from October 10-12, 2014.
Ebola: From Health Crisis To Food Crisis?
By Adrienne Klasa AS the Ebola virus continues to spread across western Africa, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is warning that the public health emergency could lead to food shortages.
Ebola: Regional Financial Impact Could Hit $32.6 billion
THE World Bank Group says with the latest death toll from Ebola now at 3,439 in the three worst-affected countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone if the epidemic was to significantly infect people in neighboring countries, some of which have much larger economies, the two-year regional financial impact could reach US$32.6 billion by the […]
Lufthansa Offers Tuesday Flights
THE traveling public will from October 28 be able to book Tuesday flights on Lufthansa from Accra to Frankfurt, with onward connections to hundreds of world-wide destinations. The German carrier currently operates flights on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, but is making the modification as part of its winter schedule in order to offer […]
At Tesco Everyone Is At Fault And No One To Blame
Audit firms cannot be relied upon to challenge their clients, writes Hugh Willmott THE discovery that Tesco overstated its first-half profits by an estimated £250m is, in the words of Dave Lewis, the retailer’s incoming chief executive, “a serious issue”. But so far as one can tell, it is not one that has unduly troubled […]
Security Breach @ Kotoka International Airport
Travels details provided by passengers are supposed to be confidential and can only be accessed for security purposes, but it has become a tool some Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) officers are using to prey on women using the Kotoka Internal Airport (KIA).
Ebola, Terrorism Pose Risks To Africa’s Growth
DESPITE weaker than expected global growth and stable or declining commodity prices, African economies continue to expand at a moderately rapid pace, with regional GDP growth projected to strengthen to 5.2 percent yearly in 2015-16 from 4.6 percent in 2014, according to the World Bank’s new Africa’s Pulse, a twice-yearly analysis of the issues shaping […]
Ghanaian Firm To Rate Performance of Ministers
A Ghanaian research and background investigative company, FAKS Investigative Services, has started its annual survey on the performance of Ministers and Members of Parliament. This year’s survey which is the 3rd edition took off on September 30 and is expected to be completed by December 31, 2014. The outcome of the survey would be made public […]
IMF Wants Ghana To Free Public Sector Wages-Pres Mahama
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has told Ghana during its talks on a financial assistance programme that it would like to see a freeze on public sector wages, President John Dramani Mahama said.