Ghana monetary policy committee to hold emergency meeting on Wednesday – central bank
ACCRA, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Ghana’s monetary policy committee will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday to review recent economic developments, the central bank...
Ghanaians to pay more for water and electricity from September 1
Ghanaians will from September 1, 2022, pay more for the consumption of water and electricity.
This comes after the approval of a 27.15 per cent...
How to check vote-buying in Nigeria – Ex-REC
To check the trend of vote buying in Nigeria during electioneering, the Federal Government should improve the economy and put the country in better...
Cash-Strapped Nigeria Implements 5% Tax on Mobile Services
Nigeria, Africa’s biggest wireless market, is moving ahead with a proposed 5% tax on voice calls, mobile data and text messages to tackle a...
IMF deal: Cut down your flagship programs – Terkper to gov’t
The former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has questioned why the government is still insisting on maintaining flagship programs despite running to the International Monetary...
Utility tariff hikes: Electricity goes up 27.15%, water up 21.55%
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced an increment in utility tariffs.
Electricity consumers have been hit with a 27.15% increment in their tariff...
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...
Doubling your loan request won’t change anything – Prof. Hanke to government
Steve H. Hanke, a professor of applied economics, Johns Hopkins University, USA, has stated that Ghana's double loan request from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will...
‘You have damaged our only economy’ – Adongo descends on government
MP for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo, has descended on the government for what he terms “damage” to the economy.
The lawmaker called out the managers...
How inflation worsens plight of Nigerian workers
Workers have continued to groan under the adverse effect of inflation on their income, Deborah Dan-Awoh reports
Economists define inflation as the rise in the general price...
