By Joshua Worlasi AMLANU ([email protected]) Consumer inflation rose to 23.5 percent in January 2024, up from December’s 23.2 percent, signalling an end to the five-month-long disinflationary trend that commenced in August 2023. Data from the Ghana Statistical Services (GSS) indicates a marginal 0.3 percent increase, raising concerns about the anticipated surge in inflation expectations for […] The post

By Mohammed AWAL ([email protected]) President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced a significant reshuffle which saw the dismissal of the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta and 12 others, including 10 cabinet ministers and two regional ministers. Mr. Ofori-Atta, who oversaw some of the toughest economic decisions in recent times, including the ongoing US$3billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) […] The post

By Juliet ETEFE The 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) report by the Ghana Statistical Services has revealed that around a quarter – 23 percent – of households use clean fuel and technologies for cooking. This encompasses stoves or cookers powered by electricity, liquefied petroleum gas/natural gas/biogas, solar and alcohol/ethanol. The findings mean that […] The post

By Ernest Bako WUBONTO The Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Yaw Frimpong Addo, has revealed collaborative initiatives between MoFA and the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI) to empower agribusinesses and local processing firms alike, to become export-ready and competitive. He disclosed this at the launch of the second phase of the Ghana Private Sector […] The post Agric,

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved the proposal to take an initial stake of up to US$10million in the ‘Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa – Project Development’ (AGIA-PD) fund in Abidjan on 24 January 2024. Part of the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa (AGIA), a US$10billion initiative led […] The post AfDB