Ghana | - Part 3

IMF Says Ghana Needs More Revenue, Fewer Spend Cuts for Goal

ACCRA (Capital Markets in Africa ) – Ghana needs to improve revenue collection and can’t keep reducing spending on capital items to achieve its fiscal targets, the International Monetary Fund said. That’s one of the recommendations made by the Washington-based lender during a review of the nation’s $1 billion extended credit-facility program, country representative Natalia Koliadina said. Under the plan that started in April 2015 and is due to end in December, Ghana committed to implementing reforms…

Ghana President Pledges to Build on Economic Progress of 2017

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ACCRA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said efforts to stabilize the economy are beginning to yield results as the rate of debt-growth slowed while the government exceeded targets for keeping spending under control. The West African nation wants to avoid another bailout from the International Monetary Fund after the current credit facility ends this year, Akufo-Addo, 73, told lawmakers Thursday in the capital, Accra. Ghana’s budget deficit probably narrowed to 5.6 percent…

Ghana Seeks Investors for $2.4 Billion Railway and Inland Port

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ACCRA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Ghana is looking for private investors to build a $2.4 billion railway line and inland port project that will ease the transportation of goods to and from the West African nation’s northern neighbors. The railway line from Tema, Ghana’s biggest harbor, to the second-biggest city of Kumasi will cost $1.8 billion, while the stalled Boankra inland port will need $600 million to be revived, Transport Minister Kweku Ofori Asiamah said…

Ghana Cuts Key Rate to Three-Year Low as Inflation Slows

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ACCRA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Ghana cut its benchmark interest rate to the lowest in more than three years as inflation slows toward the central bank’s target. The Bank of Ghana reduced the rate to 20 percent, Governor Ernest Addison, told reporters in the capital, Accra, on Monday. Of the eight economist surveyed by Bloomberg, four forecast the move. Ghana will meet the inflation target of 6 percent to 10 percent “at worst” by the second quarter of…

Tullow Rises After Boosting Output Forecast on Africa Fields

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ACCRA (Capital markets in Africa) Tullow Oil Plc jumped to a five-month high in London trading after raising its oil-production forecast for the year. The company expects net production of 85,000 to 89,000 barrels a day from its West African operations, up from 78,000 to 85,000 barrels a day, according to a statement. Performance from the Jubilee and Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme fields off Ghana has been “strong,” it said. It raised its free-cash-flow estimate to about…

Ghana Misses $816 Million Bond Target After Extended Bidding

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ACCRA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Ghana missed its target to sell 3.6 billion cedis ($816 million) of non-sovereign bonds to settle the debt of energy utilities as demand for the securities fell short even after the offer was extended by a week. The West African nation placed 2.3 billion cedis of the 10-year bonds at 19.5 percent after receiving 2.8 billion cedis in bids demanding a yield of as much as 20 percent, joint deal…

Ghana Bond: A Guide to the 19.5% Debt Ghana Can’t Get Yield Hunters to Buy

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ACCRA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Ghana is having a hard time selling $820 million of local-currency debt. They aren’t sovereign notes, which is part of the problem. The second-biggest economy in West Africa attracted just a quarter of the 3.6 billion cedis of 10-year bonds up for sale last week at about 19.5 percent. Investors were willing to take on 2.4 billion cedis of seven-year notes paying just half a percentage point lower. The…

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