As part of efforts to address the high youth unemployment rate in Ghana, Government announced an ambitious entrepreneurial programme in the 2022 budget known as YouStart, with the objective of building an entrepreneurial nation and creating at least 1 million jobs for the youth in the next 3 years (2022 – 2025).
Government Commencing Engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Subsequent to the directive by the President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the Ministry of Finance, hereby announces the commencement of engagement...
Finance Minister Calls for More Education Investment in Central and Western Africa
Ghana’s Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has called on Governments of West and Central Africa to scale up investment in the education of its youth to ensure economic prosperity.
Government is Focused on Enhancing Workers Prospects for Re-Entry into the Labour Market—Ken Ofori-Atta
Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has stated government’s plan to ensure smooth re-entry of current cohort of workers who lost their employment or were under-employed because of the COVID-19 pandemic into the labour market.
2021 Annual Report on the Management of the Energy Sector Levies and Accounts
The Year 2021 was an extraordinary year, as the country journeyed towards recovery from the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of measures to mitigate the impact of the pandemic, Government’s medium-term fiscal policy was broadly focused on improving macroeconomic stability through fiscal consolidation, increased revenue mobilisation, and ensuring efficiency and effectiveness of public finances to achieve value for money.
Ghana Signs USD24.98M Credit Facility for Agriculture Implement Assembling Plants
Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has signed a USD24.98 million credit facility on behalf of the Government of Ghana with the Indian Government for the construction of assembling plant to boost the agriculture sector.