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When you default payment on TV license fees in Ghana

By Nana Yaa Ofori Atta

The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation [GBC] (www.GBCghana.com), has been directed by its Governing Board not to pursue any prosecution of people who may default on the non-payment of TV license fees. Responding to the outcry and criticism that met the renewed efforts of the State Broadcaster to ensure compliance with the law,…

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The Writing Is On The Wall: Ghana's big push to attract investment from Asia - Japan, Singapore and China - is well underway, by Nana Yaa Ofori-Atta

Headline news. Ghana's big push to attract investment from Asia - Japan, Singapore and China - is well underway, by Nana Yaa Ofori-Atta

At a breakfast meeting held in Accra on Friday, December 15th, 2017, the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, announced that "we are today examining the possibilities of arranging for a total of US$300 - 500 million Ghanaian debt issuance on Asian capital markets." The second ambition he said, is to…

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Building the Ark

By Nana Yaa Ofori Atta

At a breakfast table in the noisy restaurant of a hotel in Shenzhen, I met Kwame Song Dongshong, now President of the Powerchina International Group Limited. The company that built the iconic Three Gorges in China, is a behemoth by its own description in 'planning, survey, design, engineering, through finance,…