Tag Archives: GHANA

Even a person with alexithymia can feel Ghana’s present economic hardships. It seems the country is on autopilot because despite Nana Addo claiming that he has the men prior to becoming the president nothing seems to be perfectly working. The prices of food and fuel have skyrocketed and nothing shows …

There is a 50% chance that Ghana could default on its debt repayment, rating agency, Fitch, has projected. The agency said that Ghana’s sovereign credit rating may yet face another downgrade closer to default. According to a report by myjoyonline.com, Fitch said that this could become an even more definite …

There’s been a lot of media brouhaha about the fertilizer crisis in Ghana, focusing on recent huge price increases for inorganic (synthetic) fertilizer. Indeed, the price of inorganic fertilizer in Ghana has gone up about 5-fold in the last two years (and for those lucky enough to receive government-subsidised fertilizer …

Onion sellers in the Kwadaso municipality of the Ashanti region have forewarned Ghanaians about shortages during this year’s Christmas festivity. According to the traders, over 90% per cent of onion sellers have withdrawn from the business due to the Ghanaian cedi’s inability to compete with the CFA and the Dollar. …

Former President John Mahama has said that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) while in opposition thought governance was easy and that now that they are in power, the difference between the governance of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and that of the NPP is clear for all to see. …

Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has warned of a possible “third problem” that can worsen the country’s economy despite the dire effect of the Russia-Ukraine war which the government has identified as a prime cause of Ghana’s economic crisis. Mr Oppong-Nkrumah expressed his disappointment in the Ghanaian media over the lack …

On 10 November 2022, a journalist called Erastus Asare Donkor, will be exactly 46 years old. He is extremely lucky to have reached that age. For his life has been seriously threatened more than once. As a television journalist for one of the most powerful electronic news platforms in Ghana, …

About 27 years ago, the biggest demonstration to have occurred in Ghana’s history took place. Those at the forefront of this protest were Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Dr Charles Wreko Brobbey, Kwasi Pratt Jnr, Dr Nyaho Tamakloe, Abdul Malik Kwaku Baako, Akoto Ampaw, Victor Newman, Kwaku Opoku, Napoleon Abdulai and was …

Ghana’s Minister for Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif has presented the country’s budget for the 2022 World Cup to Parliament The address which was delivered on November 4, 2022 before lawmakers highlighted the possible financial, sporting, tourism, and economic benefit of the World Cup tournament. Mustapha Ussif disclosed that the government …

Imported frozen chicken and other meat products are preserved for, at least, three years before reaching destination markets in Africa – particularly Ghana – records from the Association of Ghana Industries-Agriculture Sector have indicated. Vice Chair of the AGI-Agriculture Sector, Fatima Alimohamed, told B&FT that the situation is dire and …