DOSSIER: Eurobond and other Government bonds

All stories relating to bonds issued by government

• Eurobonds: A simple explanation of what they are (2020-08-19)
• Supreme Court dismisses US$2.25bn Eurobond suit against Ofori Atta (2020-05-05)
• Economist advises government on how to efficiently use 'borrowed' US$3 billion Eurobond (2020-02-24)
• How will you pay depositors funds? - Seth Terkper to govt (2020-02-22)
• Business stories that made headlines in week 3 of Feb 2020 (2020-02-21)
• 2.25bn Eurobond case: SC to deliver judgment April 22 (2020-02-18)
• US$3 billion Eurobond hits Bank of Ghana’s accounts (2020-02-17)
• Databank, others revealed as co-managers in Ghana’s US$3 billion Eurobond (2020-02-10)
• 350% Eurobond over subscription testament to buoyant economy – Ofori-Atta (2020-02-05)
• Flashback: Ghana will not default on Eurobond payments (2020-02-05)
• Government borrowed GH¢4.2bn in December 2019 (2020-01-14)
• Ofori-Atta to raise over US$3 billion in diasporan bond (2020-01-04)
• Gov't reveals number of job created from 58 one district, one factory projects (2019-12-14)
• Supreme Court adjourns judgement on ‘controversial’ $2.25b Eurobond to June 4 (2019-05-14)
• Feature: Ghana’s Eurobond : An Incomplex Breakdown & Analysis. (2019-04-22)
• Debt crisis looms if Eurobond not invested wisely - IMF report (2019-04-11)
• ‘Family and friends’ will pocket $1.61bn of Ghana’s eurobond – Adongo (2019-04-04)
• $1.62bn of $3bn Eurobond will be consumed by 'family and friends' – Adongo (2019-04-04)
• Ghana borrows $10.6bn to pay for consumption - Adongo (2019-03-29)
• Over-subscribed bond a solid vote of confidence in Ghana’s economy – IMANI (2019-03-28)
• Our politicians sometimes take us for fools - Kwesi Pratt (2019-03-25)
• Red card! Ghanaians roast government for celebrating ‘hat-trick’ with kenkey party (2019-03-24)
• 'Celebrate tangible achievements not loans' - Gabby Quaye to Ken Ofori Atta (2019-03-23)
• 6 times oversubscribed $3bn Eurobond 'vote of confidence' in Ghana's economy – Government (2019-03-21)
• Eurobond success vote of confidence in Ghana’s economic resurgence – Government (2019-03-21)
• Government bags $3bn in Eurobond; 7 times oversubscribed (2019-03-20)
• Government borrows GH¢5.7b bonds, notes (2018-12-16)
• $50b century bond: ‘Wicked’ Akufo-Addo will go to hell - Akua Donkoh curses (2018-12-12)
• We’ll only accept century bond after a national referendum – Haruna Iddrisu (2018-10-29)
• Investors ditching bonds - Standard Bank report (2018-10-26)
• $50billion century bond to be captured in 2019 budget - Ken Ofori Atta (2018-09-26)
• Government targets $10bn century bond sale by end of year (2018-09-26)
• 100-year $50bn bond will boost economy, shore up cedi – Ofori-Atta (2018-09-25)
• Stop confusing Ghanaians; $2bn bauxite deal is a loan – Minority (2018-09-11)
• Ghana’s ultra-long-term bonds: Financing our industrialisation (2018-09-08)
• Economist cautions government over $50bn Century Bond (2018-09-05)
• Akufo-Addo's $50bn bond will have dire consequences on Ghana's economy - Ato Forson (2018-09-05)
• Long-term borrowing without development plan ‘dangerous’ – John Gatsi warns government (2018-09-04)
• Century bond to check overpriced projects – Prof Quartey (2018-09-04)
• Our economy cannot support $50 billion bond – Ato-Forson (2018-09-04)
• $50bn Bond: Akufo-Addo government visionless – Adongo (2018-09-04)
• $50bn Bond: Akufo-Addo government visionless – Adongo (2018-09-04)
• $50billion century bond too high for Ghana’s economy - Avedzi (2018-09-04)
• Century Bond could provide cheaper, longer-term financing for Ghana – Oppong Nkrumah (2018-09-03)
• Finance Minister floors CHRAJ over $2.25bn Bond (2018-08-27)
• Court quashes CHRAJ findings on $2.25bn bonds (2018-08-27)
• Public debt to reach 72.4% of GDP – Moody’s (2018-08-10)
• Government sells $98m of local bonds at 18% yield (2018-07-30)
• $2.25 bn bond: Attorney General can represent Finance Minister – Supreme Court (2018-07-12)
• A-G can represent Ofori-Atta in asset declaration case - Supreme Court rules (2018-07-11)
• A-G cleared to represent Finance Minister; given 7 days to file amendment of case (2018-07-11)
• AG can represent Ofori-Atta in asset declaration case – Court rules (2018-07-11)
• $1bn 30-year bond to support mortgage industry (2018-05-14)
• Government raises $2bn Eurobond (2018-05-14)
• $2bn Eurobond to improve public infrastructure – Finance Minister (2018-05-13)
• Ghana targets interest costs, raising revenue after bond sale (2018-05-13)
• Eurobond: Ghana raises $2bn at lowest interest rates (2018-05-11)
• Ghana raises $2billion at lowest rates (2018-05-11)
• Ghana sells $2bn Eurobonds at issuer-favoured yield (2018-05-11)
• Historic Eurobond show: Ofori-Atta smells $750m to support budget (2018-05-11)
• Court adjourns hearing in $2.25 bn bond case against Ofori-Atta (2018-05-10)
• Government completes successful Eurobond roadshow; Deal to be announced soon (2018-05-10)
• Ofori-Atta faces off with DYMOG at Supreme Court today over $2.25bn bond (2018-05-10)
• Supreme Court adjourns Eurobond case against Finance Minister (2018-05-10)
• ESLA pays GHC500m interest to investors (2018-05-04)
• Government begins Eurobond roadshow to raise $2.5b (2018-05-03)
• Ghana’s debt nears distress levels – World Bank (2018-04-20)
• Government targets GHC11.3bn for second quarter bonds, treasury bills sale (2018-04-10)
• Ghana to sell 7-year local Bond (2018-04-10)
• Government targets $1.5bn sovereign bond in April (2018-04-03)
• Supreme Court to hear $2.25bn case against Ken Ofori Atta with or without CHRAJ (2018-03-30)
• $2.25bn Bond: Ken Ofori-Atta goes to court today (2018-03-29)
• Government sells 3-year bond for GHC1.57bn (2018-03-27)
• Don’t borrow for another government to pay – Terkper to government (2018-03-26)
• Ghana to borrow more to pay public debts – Economist (2018-03-26)
• Parliament approves government’s $2.5bn Eurobond (2018-03-25)
• Government gets approval to raise ¢2.5 billion in Eurobond, Sovereign bond sale (2018-03-24)
• Government gets GHC1.57m in a 3-year-bond sale; far more than targeted (2018-03-22)
• Government appetite for debt swells; plans to raise US$3.36bn despite IMF caution (2018-03-20)
• Cutting 2018 Eurobond will affect gov’t projects - Economist (2018-03-06)
• Eurobond receives keen Asian interest (2018-02-21)
• Gov’t must diversify sources of Eurobond fund — Economist (2018-02-13)
• NDC MPs are plotting Ken Ofori-Atta’s downfall - Ken Agyapong (2018-02-12)
• Government raises GHC1.99bn bond at 16.5% (2018-02-09)
• Ken Ofori-Atta must tell himself he’s incompetent - Isaac Adongo (2018-02-06)
• We are dazed by Finance Minister’s ‘miracles’ - Isaac Adongo (2018-02-06)
• Ken Bond saga: Finance Minister will not resign – Oppong Nkrumah (2018-02-05)
• Franklin Cudjoe backs Ofori-Atta’s legal action against CHRAJ (2018-02-05)
• Ken Ofori Atta most ‘dangerous’ person to Ghana’s financial future – Adongo (2018-02-04)
• NDC MPs behind CHRAJ petition against Ofori-Atta – Casely-Hayford (2018-02-04)
• Investors to ditch Ghana over calls to remove Minister (2018-02-02)
• CHRAJ exceeded its limit in $2.25b bond investigation – Lawyer (2018-02-02)
• NDC chases Ofori-Atta over $2.25bn bond (2018-02-01)
• Ofori-Atta ‘most dangerous’ Finance Minister - Adongo (2018-02-01)
• Resignation plot: Minority fighting a lost battle – Majority (2018-02-01)
• Ken Ofori-Atta heads to Court over CHRAJ report (2018-02-01)
• $2.25bn bond: Ofori-Atta to sue CHRAJ (2018-02-01)
• Ofori-Atta 'magic' dazing NDC – Hamid (2018-02-01)
• Danquah Institute's Director taunts Minority; tells them to be serious (2018-02-01)
• CHRAJ goofed on Ken Ofori Atta’s asset declaration saga - Government (2018-02-01)
• $2.25bn Bond Saga: Resign! Minority to Ofori-Atta (2018-01-31)
• NDC presents Finance Minister with three daggers; resign, get sacked, face court (2018-01-31)
• Ofori Atta’s business empire has so much influence on gov’t agencies - Minority (2018-01-31)
• 2.25bn Dollar Bond: Brogya Genfi to file a motion at the Court of Appeal (2018-01-15)
• Economist urges Ken Ofori Atta to resign over $ 2.25bn bond (2018-01-04)
• Bond saga: CHRAJ erred in clearing Finance Minister - Law lecturer (2018-01-04)
• NDC will take on government because we're citizens, not spectators – Ayine (2018-01-03)
• Analysis of the CHRAJ report – My views as an upcoming auditor (2018-01-01)
• CHRAJ has shattered NDC’s 'half-baked, shallow boxing antics' – NPP Man (2017-12-31)
• $2.25billion bond: A bruised Minority, a drain on our coffers (2017-12-31)
• FULL REPORT: CHRAJ on Ofori-Atta Bond (2017-12-30)
• I’m studying CHRAJ ruling - Brogya Genfi (2017-12-30)
• Ken Ofori-Atta will collapse the country – NDC MP (2017-12-30)
• CHRAJ report grounds for Ofori-Atta’s removal – Brogya Genfi (2017-12-30)
• Bond saga: CHRAJ hasn’t cleared Ofori-Atta – Minority (2017-12-29)
• Media reportage on CHRAJ ruling misleading; Minority says decision vindicates their position (2017-12-29)
• Ofori-Atta breached processes in issuance of $2.25bn bond – CHRAJ (2017-12-29)
• Bond Saga: CHRAJ has vindicated us – Minority (2017-12-29)
• Resign or be forced out – Minority to Ken Ofori-Atta over ‘damning' $2.25bn bond findings (2017-12-29)
• Finance Minister did not benefit from bond deals – Michael Boadi (2017-12-29)
• ESLA bond: Be hard on government – Minority to media (2017-11-13)
• ESLA Plc could raise bonds offshore (2017-11-13)
• Finance Ministry dismisses Minority’s claims on energy bond (2017-11-11)
• Government gets $221m in second domestic dollar bond (2017-11-11)
• ESLA Bond: Minority’s claims fraught with 'factual untruths' - Finance Ministry (2017-11-10)
• Energy Bond: GhC80m blown on air tickets, hotel – Minority (2017-11-10)
• Energy bond: Minority displayed ‘gross ignorance’ – Bawumia’s Adviser (2017-11-10)
• IMF unreasonable – Kwaku Kwarteng (2017-11-10)
• Energy bond not ‘total failure’ – Professor Bokpin (2017-11-10)
• Bawumia is behaving like a 'hernia infected testicle' - A.B.A Fuseini (2017-11-10)
• Finance Ministry rejects Minority claims against Energy Bond (2017-11-09)
• Minority blasts government over GHC6bn energy bond (2017-11-09)
• Bond failure 'no confidence vote' in goverment – Minority (2017-11-09)
• $2.5bn Bond: IMF not God – Kwaku Kwarteng (2017-11-09)
• Adongo unfit to question Bawumia’s economics expertise – Dr Boako (2017-11-09)
• Write-off 40% of energy debt – Government to banks (2017-11-09)
• Energy bond struggled due to low interest rate – Finance Ministry (2017-11-09)
• ESLA Bond brought us great results - Oppong Nkrumah (2017-11-09)
• Minority presser on energy bond unnecessary, misleading – Government (2017-11-09)
• Low patronage of GH¢10 billion Energy Sector bond due to low interest rate (2017-11-09)
• Bawumia only confuses Ghanaians with 'big grammar'; knows nothing – Minority (2017-11-09)
• Government blew GHc177 million on ‘failed’ energy bond – Minority (2017-11-09)
• Minority manufacturing figures in Energy Bond critique – Oppong Nkrumah (2017-11-09)
• Minority mocks government over $2.5bn Energy Bond (2017-11-09)
• GHC177m blown on energy bond - Minority (2017-11-09)
• Bawumia's Advisor challenges Minority on ESLA cost details without figures (2017-11-09)
• Minority chases Ofori-Atta over Energy bond ’embarrassment’ (2017-11-08)
• 2018 budget must address unemployment, economic growth – TUC (2017-11-08)
• 'Bawumia knows nothing' – Adongo (2017-11-08)
• Minority chases Ofori-Atta for causing GHC1.2b financial loss to the state (2017-11-08)
• ‘Bawumia is only confident, he knows nothing’ - Minority (2017-11-08)
• Government to pay 19% on 7-year energy bond (2017-10-28)
• Why an ESLA-backed Energy Bond must not be 'pure' public debt - Seth Terkper (2017-10-22)
• Roadshow for GHC10bn energy bond starts today (2017-10-19)
• Banks demand expedited issuance of energy bond (2017-10-13)
• Haruna Iddrisu's integrity being challenged - Nana Boakye (2017-09-09)
• Government issues 5-year bond (2017-07-29)
• Declare Issuance of $2.25bn bond 'invalid' - Apaak prays Supreme Court (2017-07-28)
• Minister calls on CHRAJ to expedite hearing on $2.25bn bond petition (2017-07-23)
• Minister fires CHRAJ over bond report (2017-07-21)
• Minority to go to Supreme Court over $2.25 billion bond (2017-07-08)
• $2.25bn bond controversy: Minority steps up pressure with Supreme Court suit (2017-07-06)
• $2.25 billion bond controversy: Minority steps up pressure with Supreme Court suit (2017-07-06)
• Bond saga: Ofori-Atta ‘should have resigned’ – Adongo (2017-07-05)
• $2b bond: Minority petitions Luxembourg's CSSF (2017-07-05)
• Minority files petition in Luxembourg against Ken Ofori-Atta over $2.25bn bond (2017-07-05)
• Ghana to issue $2.5 billion energy bond (2017-07-01)
• Government dragged to Supreme Court over 2.25bn dollar bond (2017-06-15)
• Government settles on Fidelity, StanChart as joint Energy bond managers (2017-06-15)
• Kwaku Baako exposes minority on controversial $2.25 billion bond (2017-06-12)
• Bond critics hurting economic recovery efforts – Ofori-Atta (2017-06-12)
• $2.25bn bond saga: Finance Ministry’s response to CHRAJ demolishes petitioner – Baako (2017-06-12)
• Ofori-Atta’s response on $2.25bn bond issue disappointing – Pelpuo (2017-06-12)
• I never said $2.25bn bond was issued in dollars – BoG man clarifies (2017-06-11)
• Bond saga: NDC should stop political joke – Franklin Cudjoe (2017-06-11)
• What are you hiding? - Ablakwa to Finance Minister (2017-06-10)
• $2.25bn bond: Be silent if you can’t praise - Ofori-Atta to Minority (2017-06-09)
• 2.25bn bond saga: We're happy NPP government is now taking us serious - Ablakwa (2017-06-09)
• Ken Ofori-Ata has caused GHC5bn financial loss to Ghana – NDC MPs (2017-06-09)
• Finance Minister accused of contempt of Parliament (2017-06-09)
• US SEC begins probe into $ 2.25bn bond issue (2017-06-09)
• Bond issue not illicit activity, provide names – MP demands (2017-06-08)
• Finance Minister justifies $2.25 billion bond issue (2017-06-08)
• GHC9.7 billion bond was above board - Ofori-Atta (2017-06-08)
• US$2.25bn bond didn’t add to Ghana’s debt – Ofori-Atta tells Minority (2017-06-08)
• $2.25bn bond: Ofori-Atta contradicted himself – Minority (2017-06-08)
• Government 3-year bond offers respite for cedi - RMB (2017-06-07)
• Patronage of $2.25 billion local bond showed high investor confidence - Ofori-Atta (2017-06-07)
• Bond saga: Ofori-Atta’s explanations unsatisfactory – Minority (2017-06-07)
• Integrity crisis is being manufactured over $2.25bn bond – Ken Ofori-Atta (2017-06-07)
• Ken Ofori-Atta answered his own questions on $2.25bn bond submission – Minority (2017-06-07)
• Petition against Finance Minister 'bogus' - Attorney-General (2017-06-05)
• Lawyer threatens to sue Attorney General over $2.2bn bond (2017-06-02)
• Attorney General shouldn’t be defending Ofori Atta in $2.25bn saga – Amaliba (2017-06-02)
• Claim of conflict of interest over $2.2bn local bond imaginary – Government (2017-06-01)
• Minority to ‘vehemently’ resist $2.4bn bond – John Jinapor (2017-05-31)
• We didn’t beg NDC to drop $2.2bn local bond case – Council of State (2017-05-30)
• $2bn bond: I've no details – Attorney General to Adawudu (2017-05-26)
• Ofori-Atta wants more time to respond to CHRAJ on $2.25bn bond (2017-05-21)
• Minority’s petition to US SEC on $2.25m bond needless – Economist suggests (2017-05-17)
• Minority misfired in US bond petition - Former SEC boss (2017-05-16)
• Okudzeto petitions US body over $2.25bn bond on Minority’s behalf (2017-05-16)
• $2.25bn bond petition is not vote of no confidence in CHRAJ – Ablakwa (2017-05-16)
• Minority petitions US SEC over $ 2.25bn bond (2017-05-16)
• Coupon rate should tell whether US$2bn bond was right – World Bank rep. (2017-05-10)
• US$2.25 bond: CHRAJ directs Finance Minister to respond to petition (2017-05-08)
• Domestic bond saga: Let CHRAJ investigate…we’re unshaken – Government (2017-04-29)
• Government unshaken by petition over bond issue – Oppong Nkrumah (2017-04-28)
• Government to issue $2bn bond to pay energy debts – Oppong Nkrumah (2017-04-27)
• Bond saga: CHRAJ confirms receipt of petition (2017-04-27)
• BoG clears Finance Minister over $2.3bn bond (2017-04-26)
• Bond saga: Minority to petition CHRAJ (2017-04-24)
• Bond saga: Summon Finance Minister or go to CHRAJ – Minority told (2017-04-24)
• Explain processes leading to issuance of $2.25 billion bond —-Minority demands (2017-04-24)
• Government to issue 15 year bond to clear $ 2.4bn energy debts (2017-04-21)
• Attacks on $ 2.25bn bond baseless- Ministry of Finance (2017-04-20)
• Ensure fiscal discipline – IMF to Ghana (2017-04-19)
• Akufo-Addo government chases 14 billion dollar loan (2017-04-08)
• Government breaks another election promise (2017-04-06)
• Ghana to pay 18.75 % interest on first 5 year bond in 2017 (2017-01-28)
• Small businesses still ignored – Sage report (2017-01-26)
• Govt to issue 17.4 billion cedis in debt securities (2017-01-17)
• Eurobonds have come to stay – Terkper (2016-10-04)
• Issuing eurobond with short term maturity strategic – Terkper (2016-09-09)
• Economic rebound will attract ‘good’ interest for Eurobond – Terkper (2016-08-22)
• We haven’t abandoned 2016 Eurobond issue - Terkper (2016-08-18)
• Eurobond setback calls for renegotiation of IMF deal - Prof Quartey (2016-08-10)
• Eurobond letdown bad for economy? (2016-08-09)
• Bad economic management cause of failed Eurobond - Nana Addo (2016-08-08)
• Failure to raise Eurobond proof of ailing economy - Akoto Osei (2016-08-06)
• Ghana fails to raise $1bn from bond market (2016-08-06)
• Ghana puts ice on 4th Eurobond sale (2016-08-05)
• Bawumia vindicated as government scraps Eurobond (2016-08-05)
• Suspended Eurobond reflects low investor confidence – Ken Thompson (2016-08-05)
• Government delays raising $1 billion Eurobond (2016-08-04)
• Terkper leads finance team in London, NY to issue Eurobond (2016-08-03)
• Government plans US$1 billion Eurobond sale next week (2016-08-01)