Israeli military kills two in gun battle in occupied West Bank
Israel’s Prime Minister has told the army to prepare for the full shut down of the occupied West Bank after a shooting near Hebron. Israeli forces killed two Palestinians suspected of carrying out a gun attack near a military checkpoint. Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim reports.
Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin raised the concern at a press conference on Thursday after Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson presented the 2027 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament. According to him, high food prices continued to put pressure on households and traders across markets in Techiman, Tamale, Kumasi, Winneba and Accra.
Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson says the government has directed the Ghana Export-Import Bank (EXIM Bank) to work with industries to make the country self-sufficient in poultry and poultry feed production. Read Also: Government to uncap Exim Bank levies to boost poultry production – Ato Forson “From 2027 to 2030, and beginning in 2027, the Ghana Exim Bank will dedicate at least 40% of the revenues from the Ghana Export and Import levy to the poultry sector, supporting poultry farmers and feed production to expand production and meet domestic demand,” he added.
Shares up 7% after announcement as Jaime Gilinski Bacal seeks exit three years after helping to rescue bank Metro Bank is putting itself up for sale three years after its near-collapse, in a move that could hand a £420m windfall to its Colombian billionaire investor, Jaime Gilinski Bacal. Metro Bank made the rare decision to publicly announce it was open to bids on Thursday, paving the way for a wider pool of suitors.
Akofa Dakwa’s election to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) A Fellow of ACCA (FCCA), Certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and Chartered Banker, Akofa brings more than two decades of experience in banking, financial management, treasury, enterprise risk management, corporate governance and strategic leadership across East and West Africa.
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The World Bank Group has convened Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Financial Health (UNSGSA), alongside senior representatives of government, regulatory institutions and the financial sector for a high-level roundtable on expanding savings opportunities, pension coverage and access to capital markets for informal-sector workers. She said Queen Máxima’s engagement came at an important time as the World Bank Group advanced its Country Partnership Framework for Ghana, providing an opportunity to align ongoing development…