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Ghana is expected to have single-digit inflation of 8% by year’s end according to IMF projections for 2025. This is in line with the government’s goal for that same time frame. According to the government, Ghana’s end-year inflation target will decrease from 23 to 15 percent and then sharply to …

First phase of the 150 megawatt Kumasi One Thermal Power Plant and the Genser Energy Kumasi Pipeline, located in Anwomaso in the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area, have been put into operations by President of the Republic Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Genser Energy has built the Anwomaso Gas Pipeline in an …

The government is making every effort to secure Sedina Tamakloe Attionu’s extradition to Ghana for her 10-year prison sentence, according to Deputy Attorney General Alfred Tuah-Yeboah. Sedina Tamakloe was sentenced to ten years in jail with hard labor by the High Court on Tuesday, April 16. The previous Chief Operating …

The government has been urged to privatize the Volta River Authority (VRA), Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo), and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) by Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. He believes that privatization them will restore these institutions to their proper functioning. “It’s about time that the government realizes …

Four charges of stealing and dishonestly receiving have been brought against the four people who were detained for stealing the Electoral Commission’s Biometric Voter Registration kits. They have been remanded into Police custody. Out of the accused, three work for the Electoral Commission, and one is a student. Three members …

The National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) resistance to the Ameri Power Plant’s renaming has prompted a response from Nana Akomea. On Wednesday, April 17, 2024, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will officially open the power plant in an effort to alleviate the energy crisis. The facility will enhance the power supply …

President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo has named Kwasi Agyei, a chartered accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana, as the next acting Controller and Accountant-General. Kwasi Kwaning-Bosompem, the Controller and Accountant-General (CAG) for almost five years, resigned, and he was appointed in her place. Following a brief handover …

On Monday, April 15, 2023, the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, unveiled a new policy document outlining the broad framework for transforming the National Service Scheme into a world-class institution that prepares service personnel for success in the professional world, rather than just a program for mobilizing …

The Electoral Commission (EC) has stated that the loss of its Biometric Verification Devices (BVDs) would not jeopardize the integrity of the elections in 2024. Five Electoral Commission employees have been placed under arrest in connection with the purported theft of several Biometric Verification Devices (BVDs). The suspects have been …

Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu, the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), who is on the run, and Daniel Axim, the head of operations who was placed under arrest, were both sentenced to a total of 15 years in prison. Judge Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe …