Ghana and its East African counterpart Rwanda, are looking to explore bilateral opportunities in business, tourism and other mutually beneficial economic prospects under African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). A trade delegation from Ghana in March this year, paid a visit to Rwanda to promote trade between the two countries with anticipating a collaboration between

Social Entrepreneur, Vincent Dzokoto wants the suspension of exploration and production contracts on the Keta Delta Block. According to him, there hasn’t been a sustained effort to forge cooperation between the communities within the Keta constituency and the government about plans to advance the exploration of oil. Swiss African Oil Company and PET Volta Investments

Total government expenditure for 2021 is projected to reach some GHS 113.75 billion, equivalent to 26.2 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The increment in public expenditure represents a growth of 13.7 per cent above the outturn of GHS 100 billion recorded in 2020. Meanwhile, total revenue and grants for 2021 is projected to

Former Minister for Finance, Seth Terkper, has said revenue projections for Ghana over the medium term fall below the 17.8 percentage points total revenue of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) attained in 2015. According to Mr Terkper, total revenues as a percentage of GDP attained over the medium term will be in the region of 16

KEY POINTS A group of 130 nations has agreed to a global minimum tax on corporations, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced Thursday, part of a broader agreement to overhaul international tax rules. Yellen did not announce the actual rate at which the GMT would be set, but the Biden administration has pushed for at least

Some $885 million is expected to be accrued to government in revenues from crude oil production this year. The expected $885 million is a significant recovery from the $666.4 million (GH¢3.8 billion) petroleum revenue received by government at end-December 2020 due to the impact of the Covid pandemic. Anticipated increment in petroleum revenue is expected

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The office of the Auditor General has ordered the Social Security and National Insurance Trust, (SSNIT), to recompute some GHS9.2 million which stand as total penalty charges from nine agent banks for the year ended 2019. In a report by the acting Auditor General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, on the public accounts of Ghana for the

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), will be be making available to Ghana, an additional $1 billion Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) funds to continue its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic when a formal request made by its Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, is granted by the institution’s Board of Governors. Ms Kristalina Georgieva, last week appealed to

Ghana has lost its status as a Middle-Income Country (MIC). This follows the reclassification of the country as a Low-Income Country (LIC) by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its April 2021 Fiscal Monitor Report. According to the IMF, it no longer recognises Ghana as a MIC despite achieving the status in 2010. The downgrade