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IMF staff mission to visit Ghana this week to track progress of Economic Recovery...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff are expected in Accra this week as part of a mission visit to track progress of...

Minority in parliament responds to IMF official

Former President John Mahama cannot be held responsible for the unsustainable energy sector debt, according to the Minority Caucus in Parliament.
The Fund

3-year IMF deal not enough – Finance Expert

Associate Professor of Finance at Andrews University, Michigan, USA, Prof. Williams Kwasi Peprah, says Ghana’s thirty-six month extended credit facility deal with...

IMF predicts Ghana to attain moderate risk of debt distress by 2028

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently disclosed in its Staff Report on Ghana that the country is projected to reach a moderate...
Free SHS - Govt of Ghana as source

IMF deal: Don’t touch free SHS – Kwame Pianim to govt

An Economist has advised government not to “touch” the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy in the quest to review flagship programmes. 

IMF: Independent Power Producers reject govt’s bid to restructure $1.58bn debt

Independent power producers have rejected a government's proposal to restructure $1.58 billion in arrears owed them by the state, the head of...

Full text: Akufo-Addo’s address on Covid-19, IMF

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday, May 28, 2023 addressed the nation on the government’s management of the Covid-19 pandemic.

IMF facility will not spell the immediate end of the difficulties we are in...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that the country’s recent agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will help to restore...

Akufo-Addo to address nation on Covid-19 fight, IMF deal tonight

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will address the nation tonight at 8:00 pm on the government’s management of the coronavirus pandemic.

IMF Bailout: Choices to make

On July 1, 2022, the Government of Ghana announced it was heading to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to seek an Enhanced...

Our programme is strong; it’ll fix Ghana’s crisis if implemented prudently – IMF

Resident representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dr Leandro Medina, says Ghana’s economic crisis will be fixed if the government goes...

Nchumuru chief sends all-important message to govt over IMF funds

The Paramount Chief of Nchumuru Traditional Area in the Krachi Nchumuru district, Nana Obrimpong Kanya ll, has called on the government to...

We’ll review all flagship programmes, including Free SHS – Govt assures IMF

Government has finally indicated that it is taking steps to review all flagship programmes as part of its objectives to strengthen fiscal...

Approval of Ghana’s IMF programme in 10 months is a record – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that Ghana’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout prorgramme which took 10 months to be completed...
Professor Ransford Gyampo

IMF perpetuating a cycle of African dependence on the West – Gyampo

A political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, is sceptical about the recommendations by the International Monetary Fund...

China will have access to Ghana’s mineral revenue, electricity sales in default of 4...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed details about how Ghana’s four collateralized loans from China have exposed the country to losing...

Our return to IMF has made ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ the butt of jokes –...

Former President John Dramani Mahama is concerned about the reputational damage he believes Ghana has suffered at the hands of the Akufo-Addo...
Free SHS - Govt of Ghana as source

Your Free SHS is poorly targeted – IMF tells govt

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has described government’s flagship Free SHS Senior High School (SHS) programme as poorly targeted.

Akufo-Addo speaks on IMF bailout and economic management

President Nana Akufo-Addo says certain conditions that prevailed in the country forced his government to run to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

The letter Ken Ofori-Atta and Dr Ernest Addison wrote to the IMF boss for...

As Ghana receives an IMF Executive Board approval, let’s look at the letter Finance Minister, Kenneth Ofori-Atta and Governor of Bank of...

BoG receives first tranche of IMF cash

The first tranche of the $3 billion International Monetary Fund Extended Credit Facility (ECF) has been credited to the Bank of Ghana’s...

IMF deal: We are not sure what ‘haircut’ external creditors will take – Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has expressed uncertainty about the extent of debt relief that external creditors will offer to Ghana as part...

IMF’s first tranche of $600M to hit BoG account today

Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Ernest Kwamina Yedu Addison, has revealed that the first tranche of $600 million from the...
Bank of Ghana (BoG)

BoG’s goal is to bring inflation to 6-10% target by 2026 – IMF

The Bank of Ghana’s (BoG) monetary policy goal is to bring inflation to 6-10% target by the end of the International Monetary...

Scrapping tax exemptions, adjustment of levies on fuel can boost revenue mobilisation – IMF...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has identified scrapping of tax exemptions, adjustment of levies on fuel, and an increase in income tax...
Bank of Ghana (BoG)

Bank of Ghana Act to be revised under IMF programme

Ghana's International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme will among other things revise the Bank of Ghana Act in a bid to strengthen the...

IMF deal will affect fiscal space for future govt – Haruna Iddrisu

The Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu, is worried about portions of the agreement entered into by the Government of...

This is what the IMF said after approving Ghana’s $3bn bailout request

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved Ghana's $3 billion bailout request to revive its struggling economy. The...

Govt exhibits commitment to improve governance, transparency under Fund -supported programme – IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the Ghana government has exhibited commitment to improve governance and transparency under the Fund-supported programme.

IMF executive board approves Ghana’s $3billion bailout

Ghana has secured the long awaited $3billion financial support from the IMF, deep throat sources have confirmed to Graphic Online.

IMF to publish details of Ghana’s programme after possible Board approval

The Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, has announced that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will publish...

Details of IMF deal to be made public by next week – Economist

Economist Dr Theo Acheampong says the details of Ghana’s IMF deal will likely be made public next week. This...

Cedi to record gains against dollar as expected IMF deal impacts market

The Ghana cedi is expected to record gains against the dollar and other major foreign currencies this week, as the progress of...
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta presents 2019 Budget

Ghana to receive first tranche of IMF cash by Friday

The first tranche of International Monetary Fund (IMF) cash to support the country’s balance of payment is expected to hit the Bank...

Ghana secures Paris Club financing assurance for 3bn IMF bailout

China and the Paris Club have agreed to provide the debt assurances required to aid Ghana’s request for a balance of payment...
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah

IMF bailout: Ghana almost there – Oppong Nkrumah [Play audio attachment]

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has announced that Ghana is set to receive a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Help us secure $3bn IMF deal – Akufo-Addo begs Japan’s PM

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is courting the support of Japan to help Ghana reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund...

GNAT supports CSOs’ petition to IMF on expenditure cuts in Ghana’s basic education sector

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is commending CSOs in education for their efforts in ensuring that children of the country...

Akufo-Addo appeals for concessionary loans from World Bank, IMF

Ghana has appealed to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for concessionary loans to revive the economy as private...

Ghana’s reserves almost empty; to end 2023 at nearly 3 weeks of import cover...

Ghana’s net international reserves will end 2023 at nearly three weeks of import cover (0.8 month), the 2023 International Monetary Fund Regional...