Ghana hoping for IMF agreement by next week: finance ministry official

ACCRA, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Ghana’s economic recovery efforts could be delayed and complicated if a visiting team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) leaves without a staff-level agreement next week, a finance ministry official said on Wednesday. An IMF team is visiting Ghana until Tuesday as the country aims to negotiate a relief package

First Bank partner JA Africa in high school Entreprenuership competition

FirstBank has partnered with JA Africa on Company of the Year (COY) Competition, Africa’s largest high school entrepreneurship competition scheduled to take place in Lagos, Nigeria from 7th to 9th December under the theme, “Fueling Changemakers.” The JA Africa Company of the Year (COY) is a program which equips senior secondary school level students with

See the debt scheme Ghana is implementing to fix its economic instability

Ghana is currently faced with a deteriorating economy and the country is in desperate need of creative solutions. In this quest, the government recently launched a domestic debt exchange program. Ken Ofori-Atta, the finance minister of Ghana noted on Sunday in a video that the program would commence as soon as Monday. He disclosed that

Built With Bitcoin Opens Bitcoin Technology Center In Ghana – Bitcoin Magazine

The Built With Bitcoin Foundation (BWB) has opened a new Bitcoin Technology Center in Ejisu, Ghana, a city in Greater Kumasi, as a legacy for the inaugural Africa Bitcoin Conference. The center will be run by Ghanaians, for Ghanaians, according to a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. BWB Founders Ray Youssef and Yusuf Nessary

Budget Ghana presented last month will require revisions

Ghana’s budget presented last month is a “pre-debt exchange budget” and will require revisions after a debt exchange programme is launched, the director of the treasury and debt management, Samuel Arkhurst said on Monday. (Reporting by Cooper Inveen Writing by Sofia Christensen Editing by Bate Felix)  

Ghana’s Swoove says set to deliver growth after startup contest

ACCRA, Dec 5 (Reuters) – As a pair of motor-cyclists from Ghanaian startup Swoove zipped along Accra’s back streets with deliveries last week, a team of software engineers tracked their progress on screens. Swoove’s founders say because it started out during tough times, the firm is well placed to weather the economic fallout of the