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Gambia Sets Aside a Third of Budget for Debt

The Gambia’s National Assembly passed the 2027 Appropriation Bill on Tuesday 27 October, authorizing D48.6 billion (US$666.5 million) of government-funded spending from 1 January 2027. National debt service takes D16.17 billion (US$221.8 million) of that total, a third of the budget and more than education and…

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Tanzania Wants Private Firms to Fund US$24B

The National Development Plan is the government’s yearly spending and investment programme, set inside a five-year plan for 2026/27 to 2030/31 and the Vision 2050 long-term goals. The Bank of Tanzania is the central bank, and the National Bureau of Statistics produces the…

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Ghana Sets Budget Day for 12 November

A primary surplus is government revenue minus spending before interest payments, shown as a share of gross domestic product (GDP). Ghana’s amended Public Financial Management Act requires a primary surplus of at least 1.5% of GDP each year and a public…

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Two Ghanaians plead guilty in US$100m romance scam

Two Ghanaian nationals have pleaded guilty to their roles in an international criminal organisation that defrauded victims of more than US$100 million through romance scams and business email compromise schemes across the United States. Isaac Oduro Boateng, also known as…

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