President Joe Biden speaks as Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images Kefa M. Otiso, Bowling Green State University and Francis Owusu, Iowa State University Last year, the US’s Biden administration announced plans to increase two-way trade and investment between the US and Africa. The starting point was a revamp […]
Category: Economy
Innovators from Ghana and Nigeria Featured in Bloomberg New Economy 2022 Cohort of “Catalysts”
New York, US//- Bloomberg has announced the 2022 class of Bloomberg New Economy Catalysts, a distinctive global group of breakthrough innovators, visionaries, scientists, policymakers and entrepreneurs, who are inventing possibilities for a more inclusive and prosperous world.
GSE, GIPC Sign MoU to Attract More Companies to List on the Local Bourse
Accra, Ghana//-Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) and the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) today signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to attract more local and foreign companies to list on the local bourse.
Corruption Watch: How Some High School Authorities Assist Students to Cheat in the WASSCE
A Corruption Watch investigation has uncovered grand schemes existing in some second cycle institutions for assisting candidates to cheat in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
Retiring Honyenuga Says He’ll Sit on Tuesdays too, so He Can ‘Dispose’ of Opuni-Agongo Case ‘Early’
Justice Clemence Honyenuga, who retires in September this year, has said he will be sitting on Tuesdays, in addition to the normal sitting days, to hear the GHS271-million financial loss case involving the former CEO of the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni, and businessman Seidu Agongo, so he can conclude the matter […]
Bard Economist L. Randall Wray Wins 2022 Veblen-Commons Award
L. Randall Wray, professor of economics and senior scholar at Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, has won the 2022 Veblen-Commons Award.
New Data Shows Migrants Changing Behaviours to Maintain Financial Obligations to Family Overseas as Inflation Rises
Accra, Ghana, 2 August 2022,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- While rising costs of living have been globally observed, with inflation rates soaring to new highs in major economies, less-considered is the impact these costs have on migrants around the world who are often charged with financially supporting loved ones overseas.
Payment Of Slavery Reparations To Africa Are Long Overdue Says Akufo-Addo
Accra, Ghana//-Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the payment of slavery reparations to Africa are long overdue.
Education Cannot Wait Announces New Multi-Year Resilience Programme in Cameroon
New York, US// – Education Cannot Wait (ECW) announced today US$25 million in catalytic seed funding to roll out a first-ever Multi-Year Resilience Programme in Cameroon.
Soaring Inflation Puts Central Banks on a Difficult Journey
Central banks in major economies expected as recently as a few months ago that they could tighten monetary policy very gradually.