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Gamal Nkrumah, Eldest Son of Kwame Nkrumah, Dies in Cairo

Gamal Nkrumah, Eldest Son of Kwame Nkrumah, Dies in Cairo

Gamal Gorkeh Nkrumah, the eldest son of Ghana’s founding President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, has died in Cairo, Egypt, following a prolonged illness. His family announced his death in a statement, indicating that he passed away peacefully at a rehabilitation centre where he was receiving care after suffering a stroke. Gamal was a distinguished journalist, writer and intellectual who devoted much …

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BoG Warns Exporters Against Withholding Foreign Earnings

BoG Warns Exporters Against Withholding Foreign Earnings

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has urged exporters to repatriate all export proceeds through the formal banking system, warning that failure to return foreign earnings weakens the country’s foreign exchange reserves and undermines efforts to stabilise the cedi and contain inflation. Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Matilda Asante-Asiedu, said unreturned export proceeds limit the country’s ability to …

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Ato Forson Confident Ghana Will Beat IMF’s 5.7% Growth Forecast

Ato Forson Confident Ghana Will Beat IMF’s 5.7% Growth Forecast

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has expressed optimism that Ghana’s economy will grow beyond the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) revised projection of 5.7% for 2026. The minister’s remarks follow the IMF’s upward revision of Ghana’s growth forecast from 4.6% in April, representing an increase of 1.1 percentage points. Reacting to the revised outlook, Dr Ato Forson said the government …

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