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Think Tank predicts ¢6.45 against dollar by end of year

The Ghana cedi will hit ¢6.45 by the end of this year, according to projection by economic and finance think tank, Center for Economics Finance and Inequality Studies CEFIS’ Cedi Outlook Report. The Center is also projecting that the Ghanaian local currency will by the middle of this year hit GH¢6.24. According to the think tank, the projection is based on the fact that the expected rebound of the economy will not be strong enough to support the stability of the cedi for 2021. It argued that “the immediate effect of the covid-19 pandemic will linger beyond 2021, which will also affect the cedi’s firm stability going forward” . It also expressed worry that the cedi’s fortune will be affected by some financial commitments that government made in the run-up to the 2020 election, and that will be felt this year. This will consequently put some pressure on the Ghanaian local currency. This excess liquidity without a corresponding output, will destroy most of the gains especially the exchang

Massive disinfection carried out at Kotoka International Airport

  The Ministry of Aviation (MoA) and Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) are leaving nothing to chance in their effort to ensure that the country’s airports are safe and secure in the midst of the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) It is the light of the above that the two state entities engaged waste management and disinfection experts, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), to undertake a massive disinfection exercise at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). The two-hour exercise, which was carried out from Thursday, January 14, around 11:30 p.m., to Friday, January 15, 1:30 a.m., was to help rid the airport of Covid-19 tendencies. All facets of the airport including its open spaces were thoroughly disinfected. In addition, the Zoomlion disinfection crew dusted all touchable surfaces and gadgets of the airport. Speaking to the media, the Head of Vector Control Unit of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Reverend Ebenezer Kwame Addae, explained that the disinfection of the KIA had been necessitated by