2019 budget: 92% of DKM claims paid – Ofori Atta

Government has taken measures to repay deposits of all customers of defunct DKM microfinance company, the Finance minister has revealed. Ken Ofori Atta told Parliament during the presentation of the 2019 budget Thursday that over...

Gov’t reviews 35% tax on income earners above GHS10k

The government has reviewed its policy of imposing a 35% tax on income over 10, 000 Ghana cedis. The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, in July this year announced that a new band rate needs to...
FLASHBACK: Ken Ofori-Atta delivering Budget 2018

Gov’t not proud of hardships in Ghana – Ofori Atta

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has admitted that there are hardships in Ghana, noting however, that government is not proud of  it. In his initial commentary while presenting the 2019 budget statement in Parliament Thursday,...
Ken Ofori Atta

Budget 2019: Our achievements are remarkable – Ofori Atta

The Minister of Finance has touted what he terms “remarkable achievements” of the two-year-old New Patriotic Party (NPP) government. Presenting the 2019 Budget in Parliament Thursday, Mr. Ken Ofori Atta said the Akufo-Addo led administration...
John Mahama speaking to the delegates

Open Kejetia Market for business – Mahama to gov’t

Former President John Dramani Mahama is raising questions about the inability of the government of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to start the second phase of the Kumasi Kejetia Market. Then President Mahama in 2015...

AirtelTigo celebrates first anniversary with an eye on growth

This month, AirtelTigo, the country’s second-largest telecommunications operator is marking its historic one-year anniversary with a long-term strategy to pursue growth, innovation and transforming lives in communities. In a message to employees, the Chief Executive...
Ken Ofori-Atta and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia at Parliament for the 2018 Mid-Year Budget review

Budget 2019: Focus on job creation, poverty reduction – GN Research

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta will be presenting the 2019 Budget Statement in Parliament today, Thursday November, 15, 2019. Ahead of the presentation, GN Research is advising the government to focus more on job creation which...

Adwuma budget was not good for business – Labour unions

The  Ghana Federation of Labour and other Labour unions have bemoaned living conditions in the country despite the excitement that heralded the 2018 budget nicknamed 'Adwuma budget' by the government. “This year has not been...
Minister for Foreign Affairs Shirley Ayorkor Botchway and Mr. Ali Shareef Alamadi, Qatar Minister for Finance signing an agreement on the avoidance of double taxation

Ghana, Qatar sign five Memoranda of Understanding

Ghana and Qatar have signed five Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of partnerships between the two countries. This signing ceremony took place on Tuesday, 13th November, 2018, when President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo,...
Ken Ofori Atta is the Finance Minister

Ghana implements IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System

Ghana has implemented the recommendations of the IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS) by publishing critical data through the National Summary Data Page (NSDP). The e-GDDS was established by the IMF in 2015 to...