2017budget Archives - Apt News Ghana

Many more people could be paying taxes in the current government tax schemes – John Benjamin…

March 4, 2017 Apt News Desk 0

A regular news commentator on Melody FM in Takoradi, Jon Hayfron Benjamin has said the current tax schemes being proposed by the Akufo Addo government […]

IMANI’s quick picks from Ghana’s post 2016 election budget

March 3, 2017 Apt News Desk 0

Yesterday, Ghana’s Finance Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta presented his maiden budget to Parliament. The minister christened his budget “Asempa Budget” in the Twi language, loosely […]

Africa: The 99% Don't Need a Billionaires' Forum. They Need Democratic Power January 30, 2026
[allAfrica] Last week, the rich and powerful gathered once again at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Swiss ski resort that has hosted an annual meeting of the world's super-rich for more than half a century. The setting was familiar, and the guest list predictable. The language was emptier than ever.
Ghana: Rejoinder - National Air Pollution Policy in the Offing - Desmond Appiah January 30, 2026
[Ghanaian Times] I wish to respectfully clarify aspects of your recent story headlined "National air pollution policy in the offing - Desmond Appiah", published on January 16, 2026, which reported on remarks attributed to me at the recent workshop for clean air reporters in Accra.
Liberia: Chocolate Profits, Vanishing Forests January 30, 2026
[Liberian Observer] Liberia's remaining tropical rainforests, among the last intact stretches of the Upper Guinean forest ecosystem, are facing an accelerating threat driven not from within the country alone, but from Europe's insatiable appetite for chocolate. That is the stark warning from Charlie Hammans, a forests investigator with the international watchdog Global Witness, following an […]
Mozambique: Severe Weather Affects Sasol's Mozambique Operations but Gas Supplies Remain Uninterrupted January 30, 2026
[Daily Maverick] Heavy rains in Mozambique have disrupted Sasol's condensate transport and forced a temporary reduction in gas production, but the company says supplies to customers remain uninterrupted and operations are not materially affected.
South Africa: Many Nets, One Ocean - What SA's Fishing Debate Has Taught Us January 30, 2026
[Daily Maverick] After months of conversations with people who live from the sea - or live with the consequences of how it's managed - one thing is clear: SA's fishing industry is not a single story. It's a web of competing realities, bound together by a shared dependence on a finite, living resource.

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