Minister of Food and Agriculture inaugurates Twifo Oil Palm Plantation Board
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has inaugurated an 11-member Board of the of the Twifo Oil Palm Plantation (TOPP)...
Women of Lesotho’s garment industry lose jobs, hope in COVID
Vekile Sesha stood outside the rusted gates of a garment factory in the industrial district of Lesotho’s capital, Maseru, willing her luck to change. Four...
Côte d’Ivoire Economic Outlook
Recent macroeconomic and financial developments
After a slowdown in 2020 associated with COVID-19, the economy is once again strengthening with 6% GDP growth in 2021,...
Our economy will bounce back stronger- President Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he is very optimistic that Ghana's economy would bounce back stronger.
He said despite the current...
Ghana’s inflation now at 101% – Prof Steve Hanke challenges official rate of 37.2%
Professor Steve Hanke, a professor of Applied Economics at the Johns Hopkins University, has indicated that per his tracking, Ghana's inflation is currently at...
Ivory Coast rain helps early growth of cocoa main crop, farmers say
Heavy rain last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions will boost the development of the next October-to-March main crop, farmers said on...
Make agriculture focus of IMF programme—Prof Bokpin
Going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) provides a window of opportunity for the country to make the right input into a programme that...
Using GH¢21 billion to collapse 9 banks partly to blame for Ghana’s economic crisis...
Economist Prof Stephen Adei has said Ghana is currently going through an economic crisis partly because the Akufo-Addo-led government used GH¢21 billion to collapse some nine...
BoG, MAS, DBG sign MoU to develop financial ecosystem for Asia-Africa SME trade
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Bank of Ghana (BOG) and Development Bank Ghana (DBG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop...
Ivory Coast government sees economic growth at 7.1% in 2022
Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, projects economic growth of 7.1% in 2022, up from 6.5% in 2021, government spokesman Amadou Coulibaly said...
