Ghana’s long-term issuer and senior unsecured debt ratings have been lowered by the rating agency Moody’s from Caa1 to Caa2, and the ratings have been put under review for a possible downgrade. Ghana was downgraded by Moody’s in February of this year from B3 to Caa1. The rating agency asserts …

The country’s economic condition would only become worse, according to former president John Dramani Mahama, if the administration continues to put off reaching a deal with the IMF. After months of struggling with the economy and a cost of living problem, Ghana went to the IMF for assistance. The former …

The Majority Leader/Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Hon Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, on Friday 30th day of September, 2022, joined a high-powered government delegation led by the Vice President, H.E. Alhaji Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, and the Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, at the Great Hall of the Kumasi Technical University for …

The Chiefs and people of Suame Municipality have lined-up series of programs to mark the 5th Anniversary of the installation of Nana Dr. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, and Nana Mrs. Irene Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu as Sompahene and Sompahemaa of Suame Municipality respectively. After 21years of dedicated service to the people of Suame Constituency as …

Dennis Miracles Aboagye, a member of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) communications team, believes that the nation’s electrical grid should be decentralized. He emphasized that the Electricity Company of Ghana’s (ECG) monopoly in the power sector should be broken up since it is not beneficial for ECG to have complete …

Beginning on November 1, 2022, about 100,000 graduates will perform their required one-year national service. In an endeavor to increase internal revenue and achieve self-sufficiency, the National Service Scheme (NSS) management will post around 20,000 of the total to the private sector. Osei Assibey Antwi, the NSS’s Executive Director, who …

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, vice president, expressed his delight with the advancement of the Agenda 111 Hospital projects in the Northern Region. However, he has imposed a fee on the project’s contractors to expedite construction in order to guarantee their timely completion. By December 2023, all eight of the district hospitals …

In the midst of Ghana’s galamsey problems, former Afigya Kwabre South New Patriotic Chairman Odeneho Kwaku Appiah said, “I will not be surprised if years from now the country will have to import water. We are destroying our lands, cutting down our cocoa trees, and the behavior of some politicians, …

In an effort to combat unlawful small-scale mining, the pressure group OccupyGhana (OG) has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to impose a state of emergency in each mining region in Ghana (galamsey). The group wants the administration to bring the facts and events leading to the declaration of the …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) claims it is unable to confirm or deny whether or not a hack into its prepayment system occurred. The managing director, Samuel Dubik Mahama, said at a news conference in Accra, “All I can say is that is left to the proper investigations for …