Ghana’s Finance Minister to Outline Economic Strategy at IMF Meetings

Ghana's Minister of Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, was elected President of the Board of Governors of the ECOWAS Investment and Development Bank (BIDC). The election was held on 14 April 2025 in Banjul, Gambia, during the 23rd ordinary session of the institution. An appointment that, for many, crowns a political and professional trajectory of a man engaged for many years for the economic development of his nation and West Africa. Born Aju…

GIISDEC eyes ESG-driven capital to boost iron and steel ambitions

The government is ramping up efforts to integrate sustainable financing into its long-term economic and industrial development strategy, particularly as it advances plans to develop the Ghana Integrated Iron and Steel Industry (GIISDEC). Speaking at the 5th CFO & Public Finance Conference 2025, Prince Ofosu Baakoh, Director of Finance at GIISDEC, emphasised the growing necessity of embedding environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles …

Ghana’s Finance Minister to Outline Economic Strategy at IMF Meetings

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-finance-minister-to-outline-economic-strategy-at-imf-meetings/Ghana’s Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, will hold critical talks with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva this week during the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C. The discussions will center on Ghana’s economic reforms, progre…

Finance Minister leads Ghana’s delegation to IMF Spring Meeting

Ghana’s Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, is leading the country’s delegation to the 2025 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings. This is the first such participation under the new National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration led by President John Dramani Mahama. The meetings come just one week after Ghana secured a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund on the fourth review of its IMF-supported programme. This agree…

Ato Forson leads Ghana’s delegation to the 2025 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings

Ghana’s Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, will this week lead the Ghana team to the 2025 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C. This will be the first time the minister will be participating in the meeting since the National Democratic Congress won the 2024 elections. In a social media post announcing this meeting, Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson indicated that “We are here to tell Ghana’s reset story—a story of hard choi…