The 43.1 percent inflation rate in Ghana is high and does not augur well for the economy, Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana Professor Peter Quartey has said. He noted that persons cannot live with an inflation rate of 43.1 percent. Speaking on the Business Focus on TV3 with Paa ...

The University of Ghana (UG) has been urged to consider introducing forensic investigation programmes in its curriculum. This according to Alfred Aryee, partner at chartered accountancy firm Makers and Partners, would enable students to acquire the requisite skills needed to help address fraud-related issues in Ghana. Forensic investigation is the gathering and analyzing of all physical evidence related to a ...

In the first half of 2023, MTN Group delivered resilient results, advanced its strategy by partnering with Mastercard on the MTN fintech business, and progressed plans to exit Afghanistan. This was achieved in a difficult operating environment marked by elevated inflation, weaker local currencies and regulatory developments across our 19 markets, the telecommunications company said in a statement. “We delivered ...

Black Stars winger Kamaldeen Sulemana could miss Ghana’s crucial game against Central African Republic (CAR) in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers due to injury. The Southampton forward is battling with a muscle injury which has kept him out of the Saints first two games in the English Championship. It is feared that he would not recover in ...

The Minority Chief Whip Kwame Agbodza has told renowned economist and former Rector of the Ghana Institue of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Professor Stephen Adei that the Minority would not sit down and allow incompetent people to destroy the economy. This comes after Prof Adei said the Minority did not know what they were talking about when they called ...

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo says Africa needs a new generation of farmers on the continent to resolve the yawning gap of food insecurity. He decried the current situation where approximately 40 million Africans according to a U.N report go to bed without food even though the continent has the largest population of youth capable of producing more food. The ...

Minority Chief Whip Governs Kwame Agbodza has descended heavily on Advisory Board member of the Bank of Ghana Professor Stephen Adei. This follows the hard criticism by Prof Adei of the Minority’s demands on the Bank of Ghana Governor and his two deputies to resign. After the Minority’s 21-day ultimatum to Governor Ernest Addison and his two deputies to lay ...

Member of Parliament for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has told the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to stop the warmongering attitude relative to its measures to tackle the coup situation in Niger. He rather wants the regional body to adopt a diplomatic and constructive dialogue approach to resolving the issues. “ECOWAS leaders ought to stop the warmongering ...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has justified her action against some officers of the passport officers She sacked the officers for aiding middlemen (Goro boys) to charge between GHS2000 and GHS3000 for passports. This is in spite of the fact that standard and expedited services for passport acquisition cost GHS100, and GHS150 cedis respectively. ...

The National Democratic Congress candidate for the Ayawaso West Wuguon constituency, Mr John Setor Dumelo has offered insights on the contest that unfolded between him and his close friend, Fred Nuamah. Speaking in an exclusive interview with host, Alfred Ocansey on Ghana Tonight on TV3, Dumelo, who had previously vied for the same constituency in the 2020 elections, described the ...