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UPSA-IERPP Holds Post-Budget Dialogue on Friday, March 14, 2025.

 The Institute of Economic Research and Public Policy, IERPP, in collaboration with the University of Professional Studies, Accra, UPSA, will, on Friday, March 14, 2025 hold a post-budget dialogue to delve into all the nuances of the 2025 budget under the theme: ‘Unpacking the 2025 budget; Implications for Economic Stability and Growth. The dialogue is being held at UPSA Conference Room, West Wing Auditorium, at 10 o’clock in the morning. The dialogue assembles mostly experts in academia from the various public institutions across the country. Some of them include: Dr. Kwadwo Opoku, UG, Dr. Leticia Bosu, UCC, Dr. Frank Bannor,…
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24-Economy, reduction in port charges missing in action in Mahama’s maiden budget

As Ghanaians looked forward for the much anticipated 2025 budgetary statement of the Mahama administration, many had high hopes of reading and seeing programs and policies that underpinned the manifesto of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the run-up to the 2024 general elections.   Some key promises were anticipated to have featured in the budget read by Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, but much was not heard about them, leaving many Ghanaians dejected, disappointed and angry at the same time. The 24-hour economy policy, the fulcrum around which the entire 2024 campaign hinged on, was mentioned in passing by…
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Sam Dzata George Takes ‘For the Records’ show off Air

Sam Dzata George Takes ‘For the Records’ show off Air

  The Minister for Communications, Samuel Nartey George, through a directive to the newly appointed NCA Director General, Edmund Yirenkyi Fianko, has taken Okatakyie Afrifa-Mensah's For The Records show off air. We have learnt, through sources familiar with the matter, that the Minister for Communications issued a stern warning to the acting NCA DG to take off the show or lose his job. "Rev. Ing. Yirenkyi, this show must not continue to be aired this evening. You either take it off air or you lose your job. I have the instructions of President John Dramani Mahama to halt this show…
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Akufo-Addo Spent Only GHC 326M On Gov’t Machinery But Mahama To Spend GHC2.7Billion- Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah

Akufo-Addo Spent Only GHC 326M On Gov’t Machinery But Mahama To Spend GHC2.7Billion- Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah

President Akufo-Addo spent GHC 326,000,000 on government machinery but his successor- John Mahama has increased spending and is posed to spend in the region of GHC3, 000,000,000, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has disclosed. It is becoming clearer that Akufo-Addo spent less on a government his opponent described as bloated compared to what John Mahama has allocated to spend on his self-acclaimed ‘lean’ government. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ofoase/Ayirebi constituency has said that under the leadership of former President Nana Akufo-Addo, there were eight (8) agencies under government machinery and it had a compared salary of GHC326, 000,000. He however…
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Today’s best deals: Pixel 4, Surface Laptop 3, Google Home Mini

Today’s best deals: Pixel 4, Surface Laptop 3, Google Home Mini

Here are lives at the intersection of fun and scary. One of my companions summed the whole experience up perfectly. He leaned back in his chair at dinner that night, shrimp taco in hand, “These are the kinds of experiences that give something back to you. They show you who you are in a whole new way.” These eight shots crystallize the hard work moms put into keeping their kids alive, happy, and healthy. They might give you the inspiration you need for filling out that card—or stand-alone for your mom’s interpretation.Bob Dyalon At the bottom of the mountain, my legs shaky,…
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The Week in Internet News: Worries of a Fragmenting Internet

The Week in Internet News: Worries of a Fragmenting Internet

Here are lives at the intersection of fun and scary. One of my companions summed the whole experience up perfectly. He leaned back in his chair at dinner that night, shrimp taco in hand, “These are the kinds of experiences that give something back to you. They show you who you are in a whole new way.” These eight shots crystallize the hard work moms put into keeping their kids alive, happy, and healthy. They might give you the inspiration you need for filling out that card—or stand-alone for your mom’s interpretation.Bob Dyalon At the bottom of the mountain, my legs shaky,…
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Google just bought a startup that will help it list physical stores’ products online

Google just bought a startup that will help it list physical stores’ products online

Fun, as you might imagine, was not how I would describe this adventure. Awesome? Yes. Fun? No. N.O. No way. But would I do it again? If I could rewind to that moment when the alarm went off at 4:30 a.m. to throw on clothes, grab our packs and trek up that mountain, would I? You bet your buttons I would. Here’s lives at the intersection of fun and scary. One of my companions summed the whole experience up perfectly. He leaned back in his chair at dinner that night, shrimp taco in hand, “These are the kinds of experiences…
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