Africa Economy

Between 2017 and 2020 Ghana recorded an average GDP growth rate of 7%, among the highest in the world. In 2020 – when the global economy and sub-Saharan Africa’s contracted by 3.5% and 2.1%, respectively – Ghana was one of the few countries that registered positive GDP growth. This is a testament to the government’s Ghana Beyond Aid vision. While Covid-19 infection rates and...

In December 2020 Ghanaians went to the polls to elect a president and members of Parliament. The incumbent head of state and leader of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), President Nana Akufo-Addo, was re-elected in the first round of voting over former President John Dramani Mahama, the candidate for the main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC). This...

LANGUAGE: English is widely spoken in the country and is the language for government and business affairs. However, knowledge of basic words in Twi – Meda wo ase (Thank you); Wo ho te sen? (How are you?) – or other local languages will be highly valued.

TANG PALACE HOTEL Borstal Ave, Airport Residential Area, PO Box 20133 T: (233) 243 500 692/95 www.tangpalacehotel.com.gh/en info@tangpalacehotel.com.gh Rooms: More than 100 rooms, including a presidential suite, a ministerial suite, an executive suite and junior suites, as well as superior and executive rooms, and duplex rooms for families or...