Ghana’s path to economic recovery in the wake of recent crisis is receiving a renewed hope from three major global financial and development institutions on debt operations. The three institutions – International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank Group and the Group ... Read More

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has donated midwifery training tools and equipment to the Nursing Department of Midwifery, at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The items worth $30,000, is part of the Funds’ efforts at contributing ... Read More

Kristalina Georgieva -IMF Boss The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, is optimistic that the fund’s Executive Board would grant final approval to Ghana’s bailout request soon. Ms Georgieva said at the ongoing World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in ... Read More

Paulo Medas (left), Division Chief, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF, during the press launch of the Fiscal Monitor The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Ghana will need austerity measures in the coming months to bring inflation back to the single ... Read More

Kristalina Georgieva -IMF Boss THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised Ghana’s growth downwards in line with concerns that debt pressures and funding constraints would make it difficult for African economies to expand at full potential this year. The fund cut the ... Read More

The United Kingdom has included Ghana, Nigeria, Angola, and Cameroon among 54 countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers.  This announcement was made by the UK government in its revised code of practice ... Read More

The United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will push for immediate action on requests by Ghana and Zambia for restructuring their sovereign debts during the 2023 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank this week.  "During ... Read More

THE Paris Club, a group of bilateral creditors that helps with workable solutions to payment problems faced by debtor nations, will form an Official Creditor Committee this week to look into Ghana’s request for financial assurances. The assurances, which come with ... Read More

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the Feed the Future Ghana Fisheries Recovery Activity, has launched some supplemental livelihood programmes for the youth in coastal fishing communities. The programmes aimed at equipping the youth with employable skills and ... Read More

World Vision Ghana has introduced a livelihood adaptation measure targeting the improvement of women and men’s economic conditions, social and resources mobilization dubbed Savings for Transformation (S4T). The measure is under the Landscapes and Environmental Agility across the Nation (LEAN) Project ... Read More