West Blue Consulting in partnership with Ecobank Ghana has introduced the Ghana National Single Window Ecobank CashXPress Card to speed up the payments of duties and charges by exporters and importers at the ports.
Tag: Seth Terkper
Tax Exemptions and Reliefs Under the 3-tier Pension Scheme in Ghana
Due to the public’s outcry on pension taxation supposedly mentioned by the Finance Minister, Seth Terkper recently, a leading Ghanaian economist, Dr Raziel Obeng-Okon explains in details on the subject matter.
World Bank Approves $700 M for Ghana’s Energy Sector
The World Bank’s Board of Directors today approved a record investment of $700 million in guarantees for Ghana’s Sankofa Gas Project – a transformational project that will help address the country’s serious energy shortages by developing new sources of clean and affordable natural gas for domestic power generation.
Public debt balloons to GH¢89.5 billion
Figures released by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) yesterday have revealed that the government has, within three months, added GH¢1.3 billion to the country’s debt stock.
Ghana’s Economy Gets major Boost
The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors has approved $150 million budget support for Ghana.
Ghana Starves Assemblies With Cash
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana are operating under mysterious economic circumstances, following revelation that District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) meant for the second quarter of 2014 was released this month.
Ghana Readies To Take Decision On Falling Crude Prices
Ghana’s National Petroleum Authority (NPA) is lacing its boots to take a decision on the prices of fuel products in the country after several months of fall in international cruel prices.
Fall In Oil Prices: Ghanaians Yet To Benefit
Ghana’s National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has maintained the prices of fuel at the pumps in its regular review of the prices of petroleum products at the time when international oil prices are falling.
Analysis: 2015 – Viatical Settlement
What is a Viatical Settlement? A viatical settlement occurs when a person who is chronically or terminally ill sells his or her whole or universal life insurance policy to a third party that maintains the premium payments and receives the death benefit when the insured dies. How does a Viatical Settlement work? Let’s say John Doe has a year to live. He’s decided […]
US$1 Billion Eurobond Missing In 2015 Budget
A renowned Ghanaian economist, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has asked the government to account for the $1billion Eurobond it issued recently.