Ghana regrets 7th May, 2020 publication by the European Commission (EC) proposing to the European Union Parliament to add Ghana to its list of high risk third countries with strategic deficiencies in their Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes on 1st October, 2020.
Government Launches new Policies to speed up Financial Inclusion and Digital Payments to Transform the Economy
The Ministry of Finance has launched three policy initiatives designed to deepen financial inclusion and accelerate the shift to digital payments. As part of the launch, the Ministry presented the government’s vision of building a highly digitized payment system that accelerates economic development and drives inclusive growth.
Re-Government Shared Different Macroeconomic Data with Ghanaians and IMF
Our attention has been drawn to a publication by factcheck-ghana.com of the Media Foundation for West Africa suggesting that Government has shared different macroeconomic data with Ghanaians and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). We wish to state that this assertion is false and misleading
Minister Commends the Invaluable Role of FBOs and other Institutions in Kumasi during Lockdown
Hon Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister for Finance has commended the leadership of Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) in the Ashanti Region and Ghana at large, for the efficiency with which they distributed food items to the poor and vulnerable during the lockdown.
Ken Ofori-Atta Reiterates Call for a New World Economic Order
Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has called for a new global economic order to salvage the world from the ravages being wreck on the economies of developing countries and the world at large.
Ken Ofori-Atta writes: "What does an African Finance Minister do now?"
It’s 5am and I stir. My stomach feels cramped. I have slept no more than four hours. My mind races. The problems cascade through. I hear the birds and do my meditation. My wife Angie and I are in the middle of an Easter study on the Book of Daniel, and I can’t help but think of the writing on the wall