Parliament has approved a $35 million facility from the World Bank for the Emergency Response Efforts of government against the novel coronavirus pandemic. READ ALSO:COVID-19: Health Minister ‘misspoke’ on treatment of VIPs at BoG hospital – Oppong Nkrumah The proceeds from the facility will account for part of the $100 million announced by the government … Read more
A Ghanaian chief, Nana Opare Kwafo I, demonstrated bravado when he rescued a Japanese woman who attempted to commit suicide by jumping from the 13th floor of the Yokohama Isezakicho Washington Hotel on Friday, August 30, 2019. The woman, believed to be in her late 40s, could not fall straight onto the ground but hanged … Read more
About 56 per cent of Ghana’s human capital will go waste in the next 18 years because of the poor quality of the country’s education system, the latest Human Capital Index (HCI) report by the World Bank has revealed. The report made a stunning revelation that only 44 per cent of children born in the … Read more
After cleaning up the banking sector, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) is now set to raise GH¢7 billion from the government to support distressed savings and loans companies and other finance houses. In an exclusive interview with the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison, at the ongoing Spring meetings of the IMF … Read more
The World Bank Vice President for Africa, Dr Hafez Ghanem, has praised the Ghana Government for its revolutionary decision to provide Free Senior High School education to Ghanaian youth, and has pledged the Bank’s support for its sustenance and improvement. The Bank has also pledged its support for Ghana’s ongoing economic programmes and policies, especially … Read more