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Good morning. It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to share with you some progress on the state of our economy after two years in government during which we have been implementing the policies that Ghanaians voted for. This occasion also provides the Economic Management Team (EMT) an opportunity to interact with the public and to answer questions on ...

The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) in collaboration with the Dubai Chamber of Commerce is organizing an investment promotion mission to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from the 6th to 13th April 2019. Partnered by the Ghana Free Zones Authority (GFZA) and the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) the mission is being held on the sidelines of the 9th Annual ...

Unconfirmed report reaching DGN Online indicate that two persons have been shot at Somanya roundabout in the Eastern Region during a demonstration against power outages popularly called dumsor in the local parlance. One person is said to have been hit on the chest by multiple bullets, forcing the Atua Government Hospital to refer him to the regional hospital for emergency ...

The member of parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has lambasted the Ghana Police service and the Director General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Maame Yaa Tiwaa for holding a press conference over Ahmed’s murder. According to the controversial member of parliament, the police service did nothing to apprehend the killers of Ahmed and added that God will ...

Some angry youth of Nuaso at Odumase Krobo in the Eastern region are protesting the continues power outage in the area particularly in the evenings. According to the residents, their lights have been going off consistently at 6pm for the past three days. The irate youth have blocked a major road and set fire into combustible items on the road ...

Government has slashed the cost of importation of products through the ports of the country by 50 percent, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has announced. The imports of vehicles however saw 30% reduction. The move, according to the Vice President, is to ensure that higher volumes of products being imported to the sub-region are channeled through Ghana instead of its neighbours. ...

Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has shrugged off opposition criticisms over the management of the economy insisting the difference, is as wide as “night and day.” Picking the management of the exchange rate to explain this difference the Vice-President, aided by graphs, showed the best performance of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government between 2012 and 2016 was 9.6% recorded in ...

Vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has argued the Cedi depreciation has been better managed by the New Patriotic Party than the National Democratic Congress. He said at a Town Hall Meeting organized by the Economic Management Team Wednesday that the Akufo-Addo government has put the economy on a sound footing. “Our worst is better than your best and you say ...

Former Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor feels vindicated by the struggles the Akufo-Addo administration is currently enduring with regards to the power sector. When asked what he would say to the Energy Minister over amid concerns over power generation challenges, Dr. Donkor said: “I will tell him I told you so.” “I will just have a very interesting laugh at ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has blamed the recent depreciation of the cedi on directives from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the Bank of Ghana. The cedi recently hit an all-time low recording a rate of GH¢5.86 to a $1. The depreciation of the cedi against the dollar, according to the Minority added some GH¢15.3billion to the country’s external ...