Accra: President John Dramani Mahama has officially launched the Adwumawura Programme, a bold initiative aimed at empowering young Ghanaians through entrepreneurship. The programme, spearheaded by the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), seeks to establish 10,000 youth-led businesses each year, with a target of 40,000 enterprises over four years. According to Ghana News Agency, the […]
Day: April 28, 2025
IMF Affirms Ghana’s Ability to Repay Debts Under Loan-Supported Programme
Accra: Ghana can pay back its debts when they fall due, once it keeps to the implementation of objectives of the US$3 billion loan-supported programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Those were the words of Mr. St©phane Roudet, IMF Mission Chief for Ghana, in a roundtable discussion with some Ghanaian journalists at the just-ended […]
President Mahama Appoints Matilda Asante-Asiedu as Deputy BoG Governor
Accra: President John Dramani Mahama has in accordance with Section 17 of the Bank of Ghana Act, 2002 (Act 612) as amended, appointed Mrs Matilda Asante-Asiedu as the Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG). A statement issued by Mr Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Presidential Spokesman and Minister of State in-charge of Government […]
Bright Simons Calls for Structural Reform in IMF, World Bank Programmes
Washington DC: Bright Simons, the Vice President of policy think tank, IMANI Africa, has called for reforms to programmes of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG), criticising them for lack of sustainability mechanisms. According to Ghana News Agency, Simons argued that the recent architecture of loan-supported programmes of the IMF […]