TAGG raises alarm over alleged extortion by Ghana Customs Task Force in Ashanti Region
By: Benjamin Nii Nai Anyetei The Traders Advocacy Group Ghana (TAGG) has raised serious concerns about what it describes as ongoing extortion by some members of the Ghana Customs Task Force operating in the Ashanti Region. At a press conference on Monday, TAGG leadership said the Task Force, created to verify the movement and valuation […]
Dakar: Credit Policy- A tool for state led development – Professor Daniela Gabor
MAVIS OFFEI ACHEAMPONGBY: The importance of reshaping credit policy as a key driver of state-led development in emerging economies has been the point of discussion at an economic forum in Dakar, Senegal. An Economist Daniela Gabor underscored the State’s role in steering credit toward strategic and green sectors, noting that targeted financing can accelerate growth, […]
Prof. Elsie Effah Kaufmann joins Royal Academy of Engineering Fellows
In a historic milestone for Ghana and African engineering, Prof. Elsie Effah Kaufmann, Dean of the School of Engineering Sciences, has been officially inducted as an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) at a distinguished ceremony in London. Her induction marks a proud moment as she becomes the first Ghanaian to receive […]
DAKAR: African countries urged to invest in natural resources to build strong domestic revenue systems
BY: MAVIS OFFEI ACHEAMPONG Decades of fixed exchange-rate regimes, centralised control over foreign reserves, and restrictive credit allocation policies have locked African economies into cycles of dependency shaped largely by the interests of the Global North. On the sidelines of Youth Scholars Meeting in Dakar, Senegal, the Africa Regional Director for Research and Policy at […]
