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Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has said government has been able to accelerate Ghana’s economic growth just 10 months in power. According to him, through prudent economic measures, the economy is seeing significant growth which is impacting positively on businesses. “we are witnessing a stable economy and a return to robust growth with a real GDP growth of 7.8 percent in ...

The government plans to allocate some GH¢1.2 billion to the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme in 2018. The amount is three times higher than the GH¢400 million that was allocated to the programme in its first year of implementation in 2017. Next year’s allocation is to be announced Wednesday, when the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken ...

The Akufo-Addo-led government has managed to fix the economic challenges that were bedeviling the country, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said. According to him, the policies and programmes put in place by the government have started yielding results to bring relief to Ghanaians. “In March when I presented the ‘Asempa’ budget, I indicated to this House our commitment to take ...

The founder of Ashesi University College in Ghana and campaigner to raise the quality of higher education in Africa has won a major global education award. Patrick Awuah left Ghana in the 1980s with “$50 in his pocket” to take up a scholarship in the US. But after a career with Microsoft, he returned to found Ashesi University College, and ...

Residential and non-residential electricity consumers in the country will enjoy a 13% reduction in tariff beginning January next year, Finance minister Ken Ofori Atta announced in Parliament during the 2018 budget presentation Wednesday. Additionally, other composite charges in the tariff build-up of electricity have been reduced by the government. The reductions in electricity tariff as contained in the 2018 budget ...

President Akufo-Addo has told the story of the stress he went through to eventually become the President of the Republic. This was when some chiefs in the Brong-Ahafo Region, led by the President of the BA Regional House of Chiefs, Pimampim Yaw Kagbresse V, paid a courtesy call on him at the Flagstaff House yesterday. Their mission was to, among ...

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta is currently in parliament to present the 2018 budget. The 2018 budget is the second budget statement of the Akufo-Addo led administration since it took over affairs of the country in January 2016. The budget is expected to focus on about 10 key areas which include: infrastructure, macroeconomic stability, job creation, agriculture, entrepreneurship, business growth, ...

Finance Minister Mr. Ken Ofori Atta will today [Wednesday], November 15, 2017, present the 2018 budget to lawmakers. The budget will be the second for the Akufo-Addo administration since it took over the administration of the country in January 2016. The Government has so far released a document titled The Key Policy Initiative Performance which spells out the various achievements ...

The Institute of Human Resources Management Practitioners, Ghana, (IHRMP) have sworn-in Dr Edward Kwapong as the new President of the Institute. Mr Kwapong took over from Mr John Wilson, the out-going President of IHRMP. Other members who were sworn-in to form the new 8-member National Governing Council at their Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Friday, 10th November, 2017 at the ...

Gunshots rang continuously at three villages in the Yunyoo constituency of the Northern region, police sources and residents have confirmed to Starr News. Unknown armed men last Wednesday fired sporadically at Nawango and Yunyoo while the villagers were still asleep. No casualties have so far been recorded. Sources say police are patrolling the communities. It is still unclear what triggered ...