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Tuesday, September 29, 2020 Vol. No. 004. GH¢2.50

COCOA – US$2,617 per ton

CRUDE OIL (BRENT) – US$ 41.00 per barrel

GOLD – US$ 1,878.34 per ounce

• Dr Ernest Addison, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana

• Ken ofori-

Attah, Minister

for Finance

New data released by the Bank of Ghana yesterday

indicates that Ghana’s economy is on course for

a rebound after suffering an unprecedented 3.2

percent contraction, measured year on year

during the second quarter of 2020.

• Continued on Page 3


Tuesday, September 29, 2020

SA Rand among best post

COVID emerging market

currencies — Goldman Sachs

LEadING global

investment Bank

Goldman Sachs has

marked out the

Mexican Peso as its top

emerging market (EM) currency

pick “once the dust settles” from

the coronavirus pandemic.

In a note last Thursday, Goldman

strategists suggested that while it may be

too early to engage with high-yield EM bets,

with risks still prevalent and the dollar on

the move, it is not too early to start

thinking systematically about

opportunities once the crisis subsides.

attractive among “high cyclical beta,

high carry longs.” It was closely followed by

the South african rand (ZaR) and Russian

ruble (RUB).

Co-Head of Global Foreign Exchange

Kamakshya Trivedi and Head of EM Crossasset

Research Caesar Maasry, along with a

team of strategists, identified the peso as

the most potentially strong currency in the

aftermath of COVId 19.

a currency carry trade is where

investors borrow in a high-yielding

currency to fund a trade with a low-yielding

currency, aiming to capture the difference

between the two rates. Cyclical beta is the

currency’s sensitivity to the broader

economic cycle and market returns.

“The peso remains our top choice in

this group: while it appears to have less

‘room to run’ than some other EM highyielders,

this week’s sell-off means that

USd/MXN still stands well over 10 per cent

higher than its pre-corona crisis level of

roughly 19,” Trivedi and Maasry said in the

note.

“From a medium-run perspective, the

peso’s combination of currency-supportive

macro fundamentals and still-high yields

make it an attractive choice.”

The USd/MXN was hovering at around

22.2 last Friday morning.

Relative to the peso, Goldman analysts

suggested that the rand

and ruble both have

more room to run, with

ZaR “deeply

undervalued” and RUB

having retraced less of

its year-to-date sell-off.

“Given significant

domestic risks,

however, including

South africa’s October

mid-term budget

announcement for the

rand, and a

combination of stillvolatile

political

headwinds and

slowly-fading

macroeconomic

tailwinds for the ruble, the key

question for each currency is whether high

global betas can (eventually) trump

domestic headwinds,” they said.

However, Goldman is optimistic about

this prospect, as the rand is sensitive to

Chinese data, which has been suggesting a

continued recovery.

• South African Rand bank note

Trivedi and Maasry suggested that with

the US election potentially keeping US-

Russia headlines in the spotlight through

the first half of the fourth quarter, the

“potential for cyclical upside is arguably

higher for the rand.”

G7 wants extension of G20 bilateral debt freeze

G7 FINaNCE Ministers

have reaffirmed their

commitment towards

implementing an

official bilateral debt

relief for the world's

poorest countries amid

the Covid-19 pandemic.

"Covid-19 has

exacerbated existing

debt vulnerabilities in

many low-income

countries, highlighting

the importance of debt

sustainability and

transparency to longterm

financing for

development," the

Ministers said in a joint

statement released by

the US Treasury

department last

Wednesday, news

agency IaNS reported.

"We are committed

to implementing the debt

Service Suspension Initiative

agreed by the G20 and the Paris

Club, by suspending official

bilateral debt payments for the

poorest countries to year-end

2020 and possibly longer,

providing those countries fiscal

space to fund social, health, and

other measures to respond to

the pandemic."

Given the importance of

private financing for

sustainable development, the G7

Ministers welcomed the

leadership by the Institute of

International Finance (IIF) in

coordinating private sector

participation, and look forward

to follow-up, Xinhua news

agency quoted the statement as

• The G7 countries’ leaders

saying.

The Ministers also said they

look to the

internationalfinancial

institutions to step up efforts to

provide technical assistance to

reduce public debt

vulnerabilities, strengthen debt

management capacity, and

enhance debt reporting

practices.

"I welcome the continued

strong support among the G7 for

helping low-income countries

address the impacts of Covid-19,

including through participation

in the debt Service Suspension

Initiative," US Treasury

Secretary Steven Mnuchin said

in a separate statement.

He added that the Ministers

agreed to convene on a regular

basis to work together on

critical economic issues to

restore their respective

economies.

"I look forward to making

significant progress to review

with the G20 Ministers at the

meeting in July," he said.

In april, G20 Finance

Ministers and central bankers

agreed to "support a time-bound

suspension of debt service

payments for the poorest

countries that request

forbearance" following a

teleconference meeting.


Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Economy on

course for

rebound

• Continued from front Page

The latest Composite Index of

Economic activity recorded year

on year growth of 3.6 per cent

over the 12 months to July, a

complete reversal of the record

10.6 per cent contraction

recorded by the index for the 12

months up to May.

This indicates that actual

Gross domestic Product growth

will be positive for the period as

well.

The BoG ‘s CIEa measures

changes in the quantum of

economic activity while

economic growth, as measured

by the Ghana Statistical Service

tracks changes in the value of

the economy as measured by

GdP. While the two are by no

means the same, they tend to

move in the same direction.

The first warning of the 3.2

per cent contraction in GdP for

the 2nd quarter came from the

10.6 per cent contraction in the

CIEa up to May.

according to the BoG however,

its survey shows that consumer

spending, industrial

consumption of electricity and

construction activities have all

reached pre-lock down levels,

while tourist arrivals and port

and harbor activity are gradually

edging upwards.

One the downside however,

imports, exports and private

sector contributions to social

security remain below pre

lock down levels.

Importantly, the BoG’s

Monetary Policy Committee

chose to retain the

benchmark Monetary Policy

Rate at 14.50 per cent despite

the fact that inflation

remains above the target

band of eight percent plus or

minus two percent (inflation

for august was 10.5 per cent)

in order to support economic

growth through relatively

cheap and accessible credit

for private enterprise.

The economic rebound is

being underpinned by

improving confidence from

both businesses and

consumers according to the

latest surveys of both

The economic

rebound is being

underpinned by

improving confidence

from both businesses

and consumers

according to the

latest surveys of both

economic segments

by the central bank.

economic segments by the

central bank. The latest

consumer confidence survey

indicates that consumer

confidence is bouncing back

strongly and is currently above

pre lock down levels.

Business confidence also

increased but is yet to match pre

lock down levels. However about

95 per cent of businesses

surveyed showed strong

optimism, reflecting the

improving macroeconomic

condition, stability in the

exchange rate, lower input prices,

moderation in lending rates and

positive industry prospects.

The BoG also points to other

indicators of an economic

recovery. according to dr Ernest

addison, the BoG ‘s Governor:

With the exception of workplace

clusters, which still remained

below baseline, all other

indicators embodied in the

google mobility data –

commuting and travelling, visits

to supermarkets and

pharmacies, and residential

activity have moved above

baseline.”

Furthermore, the Ghana

Purchasing Managers index,

which gauges the rate of

inventory accumulation by

managers of private sector firms

and measures dynamics in

economic activity, points to a

steady rise in business activity

since april 2020.

Instructively, the BoG now

reckons that Ghana can achieve

GdP growth for 2020 as a whole

of between 2.0 percent and 2.5

percent. This is more than double

the 0.9 percent growth projected

by the Ministry of Finance in

July.

dr addison admits that the

adverse effects of COVId 19 may

have been overestimated by

economic analysts, policy

makers and business regulators.

• Dr Ernest Addison, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana

Govt grapples

with fiscal deficit

pressures

GOVERNMENT recorded a

fiscal deficit of 7.4 per cent

of Gross domestic Product

for the first seven months of

2020 ie January to July.

This is marginally

higher than the 7.2 per cent

target for the deficit over

this period and suggests

that even the record high

fiscal deficit target for this

year, forced upon

government by the

extraordinary

circumstances and impact

of COVId 19, may be hard to

achieve.

It is instructive that the

higher than targeted fiscal

deficit was the result of

higher than budgeted

expenditure rather than

revenue shortfalls.

Between January and

July this year, total revenue

and grants amounted to

GHc27.7 billion which is

higher than the GHc26.8

billion expected over the

period.

However, total public

expenditure and arrears

clearance amounted to

GHc56.2 billion, which is

higher than the GHJc53.3

billion targeted.

Consequently, the

primary balance deficit of

3.7 percent was significantly

higher than the 3.4 percent

deficit targeted for the first

seven months of the year.

The out turn is

confirming the fears of

some economists and public

policy commentators that

even the record high fiscal

deficit targeted for 2020, in

order to cope with the

unprecedented debilitating

effects of COVId 19 will not

be achieved.

This year government is

aiming for an 11.4 per cent

fiscal deficit - more than

twice the temporarily

suspended ceiling on the

deficit of five percent of GdP

– because of the inevitable

effects of COVId 19 on

public revenues and the

need to increase

expenditures drastically to

meet health costs and

provide economic stimulus

for the economy in the

wake of necessary socioeconomic

restrictions

imposed to curb the spread

of the viral infection.

However public policy

analysts had warned that

the unusual circumstances

were also giving

government an excuse to

engage in extra budgetary,

general election related

spending; in short spending

to woo voters disguised as

social interventions to

ameliorate the effects of

COVId 19 on vulnerable

segments of the populace.

They warn that all sorts

of vested interests have seen

the opportunity to squeeze

money out of government,

who they believe will accede

because of the peculiar

circumstances.

For instance last week –

in response to loud protests

and election threats from

affected members of the

electorate - government

accepted to replace the zero

interest five year bond

issued to depositors of

liquidated banks and other

deposit taking institutions

with three year bonds that

have a coupon rate of 19 per

cent per annum and are

discountable on the

secondary market.

Questions are being

asked as to where the

GHc3.5 billion

in unbudgeted funds used

for this came from.

Worries are increasing

that these circumstances

will worsen further ahead of

the december polls.

already, Ghana’s public

debt has risen to 68.3 per

cent of GdP – GHc263 billion

– as at the end of July, from

62.4 per cent of GdP

(GHc208.2 billion) as at the

end of december 2019. If the

off balance sheet debt

resulting from financial

sector clean up and legacy

energy sector debts are

added on – as the

International Monetary

Fund suggests – then

Ghana’s public debt would

go above the 70 percent of

GdP upper limit for debt

sustainability.

Instructively the BoG

says the size of the fiscal

deficit is the major reason

why it ios not increasing its

monetary easing to support

flagging economic growth

due to COVId 19.


Tuesday, September 29, 2020

KEEP DEFICITS

WITHIN TARGET

AS hoped for by private enterprise and supply side

economists alike, the Bank of Ghana’s Monetary Policy

Committee has opted to keep the benchmark Monetary

Policy Rate (MPR) at 14.5 per cent for the next two

months. The Business Analyst advocated for this over the

past week and is satisfied with the decision.

Again Ghana’s central bank has shown its capacity for

formulating monetary policy based on the peculiarities of

the country’s macro-economic circumstances rather than

received classical economic doctrine or the rigid policy

solutions offered by the International Monetary Fund,

which curiously recommends demand management for

troubled emerging market economies even as it supports

supply side economics in the developed economies which

finance its activities.

The retention of the MPR at 14.5 per cent will be

important in the effort to continue the economic rebound

that Ghana has started enjoying. The central bank’s

Composite Index of Economic Activity rose by 3.2 per cent

over the 12 months up to July, a reversal of the

unprecedented 10.6 per cent contraction suffered in May,

due to the effects of socio-economic restrictions imposed

to curb the spread of COVID 19.

Now, the BoG is forecasting full year economic growth

of between 2.0 per cent and 2.5 per cent for 2020, which

is more than twice the 0.9 per cent forecast by the

Ministry of Finance as recently as July. BoG Governor Dr

Ernest Addison happily admits that Ghana’s economic

managers, himself included over-estimated the eventual

effects of COVID 19 on Ghana’s short term economic

performance.

It is refreshing to see the BoG seemingly putting

economic growth before its traditional core strategy of

inflation targeting this time around. But to be sure this

does not indicate a change of core strategy by the central

bank. Rather, the BoG is correctly considering that

because the Ghanaian economy is currently operating

significantly below its actual capacity, growth oriented

factors that would normally generate inflationary

pressures will not at the current time.

Indeed, the BoG further admits that if not for Ghana’s

huge fiscal deficit being incurred this year because of the

peculiar circumstances, it could have eased monetary

policy even further to support a rebound in economic

growth.

The other key conditions are ripe for further easing.

For one thing, since 2018, the share of foreign investors’

holdings of Ghana’s public cedi denominated domestic

debt has declined from over 30 per cent to barely 18 per

cent. This means Ghana does not have to offer as high as

hitherto yields on its medium to long term bonds, just to

provide compensation to those foreign investors for the

foreign exchange losses they stand to incur from the cedi’s

depreciation during the tenor of the bonds.

Secondly, the United States Federal Reserve Bank has

declared that it will support economic growth with close

to zero interest rates for the next couple of years, which

means that even lowered yields on Ghana’s medium to

long term cedi denominated sovereign bonds will be

hugely competitive for international investors.

However the BoG is not taking advantage of all this

because it fears the potential inflationary effects of the

fiscal deficit which now looks like ending the year

considerably higher than even the record high 11.8 per

cent being targeted. By July it was 7.4 per cent which was

higher than the 7.2 percent targeted for that time. Worse

still government is showing a penchant for giving in to the

demands of vested interest groups which will push the

deficit higher still.

The government holds the key to further monetary

easing that would promote faster economic growth. It

simply has to keep the deficit within target, political

exigencies notwithstanding.

Time to revisit

diaspora bonds

issuance

BY TOMA IMIRHE

BEFORE the

sudden and

entirely

unforeseeable

arrival of the

COVId 19 pandemic, the

Ministry of Finance and the

Bank of Ghana had begun

work towards issuing

Ghana’s first ever diaspora

Bonds.

This is in fulfillment of

long-discussed plans to

issue bonds specifically

aimed at Ghanaians and

possibly other africans and

people of african descent

domiciled in the western

hemisphere.

Minister of Finance, Ken Oforiatta

had announced his hopes to

begin a phased issuance of

diaspora bonds before the end of

2020 with the entire issuance

programme aiming to raise up to

US$3 billion in proceeds.

Both the Ministry and the

central bank have been hoping

that a combination of competitive

interest rates and a desire to make

money while helping their

motherland will instigate interest

from Ghanaians living abroad.

The bonds would be designed

as medium term investments.

Indeed the planned bonds would

have particular appeal for

Ghanaians who plan to eventually

return home to Ghana to live, in

future.

Currently interest rates on

government bonds in the United

States are below two percent per

annum, a situation more or less

replicated in Western European

countries. Corporate bonds offer

slightly higher yields, but

nowhere near, what Ghana has

been willing to offer on its

Eurobond issuances, which offer

yields of between seven and 10

percent since issuances began in

2007.

Government is calculating

that diaspora bonds issued to

individuals can offer significantly

lower coupon rates than the

Eurobonds it issues which are

subscribed to by institutional

investors, who buy larger blocks,

often at longer tenors.

While this will however

analysts have

indicated that foreign

participation “Market

in the

domestic market since

the coronavirus

emerged has witnessed

a drastic fall, as has

been the trend in all

other frontier markets

the world over.

involve a higher cost of sales – it is

more expensive reaching lots of

individual investors than

reaching relatively fewer

institutional ones – interest rate

savings would more than make up

for this.

Even though individual

investors would buy smaller

amounts of issued bonds than

institutional ones, government

can expect to sell a large amount

cumulatively.

Inward remittances, largely

from Ghanaians living abroad

have increased from US$1.6 billion

in 2017 to over US$3 billion in 2019.

With the advent of COVId 19,

the issuance of diaspora bonds has

become even more important.

Ghana’s fiscal deficit for 2020 is

now targeted at a record high 11.4

percent of Gross domestic

Product, a consequence of both

• Ken Ofori-Attah, Finance Minister

revenue losses and

higher than planned expenditures

resulting from the impact of the

pandemic.

Returning the deficit to the

five percent cap set by the Fiscal

Responsibility act will take

several years – preliminary

estimates by the Finance Ministry

put it at 9.4 percent for 2021.

Ghana will need to finance

these deficits at a time that most

countries around the world will be

similarly seeking to finance

inordinately wide fiscal deficits for

much the same reason; therefore

financing terms on the Eurobond

market may become very tight.

Government has done well to

think outside the box with regards

to financing its huge deficit

without crowding the private

sector out of the credit market and

without pushing domestic

interest rates through the roof.

Indeed, it has even come up

with a strategy to finance

infrastructural development in

the gold mining and processing

industry without new borrowing

by monetizing incoming gold

royalties due to the state using a

special purpose vehicle – agyapa

Gold Royalties.

Issuing diaspora bonds would

amount to a continuation of such

innovative thinking, enabling

capital expenditure to continue

even as the fiscal deficit is reigned

in. The outbreak of COVOId 19 is

not a reason to abandon the plan

for issuing diaspora bonds. Rather

it is a reason why we should go

ahead with it urgently.


Tuesday, September 29, 2020

ACEP opposes independent Ghana Gas

NEW research and analysis, from

one of Ghana’s most reputed

specialized public policy think tanks

warns that the country presents a

high risk environment for upstream

investment and the power sector,

with the new agenda to make Ghana

National Gas Company a gas

aggregator.

an analysis paper issued by

africa Centre for Energy Policy

(aCEP) has raised key concerns on

the newly proposed policy changes

aimed to make GNGC a gas

aggregator for the country’s oil and

gas sector.

This reverses Ghana’s earlier

policy stance of putting Ghana Gas

under Ghana National Petroleum

Corporation and using the latter’s

much larger balance sheet as

leverage to obtain better private

counterparty investment terms

aCEP said, “Transferring the role

of an aggregator to GNGC also

introduces significant risks for

upstream investment and the power

sector. The weak balance sheet of

GNGC makes it unattractive to the

investor community which has

implication for exploration and

production.”

Throughout the proposal, GNGC

ignored its lack of capacity to

assume and manage the

obligations that come with

being a gas aggregator.

GNGC has proposed a

novation of relevant contractual

arrangements with both

upstream and downstream

partners from GNPC to it.

“The proposed novation of

contractual obligations within

the sector comes with risks and

this requires that the company

that wants to assume the

obligations show how they will

manage the risks,” aCEP said.

The coincidence of the policy

change with the challenging

global oil industry on the back

of COVId-19 further exposes the

country to high investment

risks.

The Gas Master Plan

recommended that GNGC

becomes a subsidiary of GNPC,

with GNPC performing the role of a

gas aggregator. according to the

master plan. “The decision to

appoint GNPC as the aggregator of

gas and making GNGC a fully owned

subsidiary of GNPC will improve

coordination in the sector and

facilitate infrastructure investment

• Mr. Ben Boakye, Executive

Director, ACEP

and

financing.”

This in addition to the security

requirement by the Off-Shore Cape

Three Point (OCTP) partners

informed government’s decision in

2015 to make GNGC a subsidiary of

GNPC which was subsequently

implemented in July

2016. However the

consolidation only lasted

for five months and was

subsequently abandoned

after a change of

government at the start of

2017.

In view of this, aCEP

protests that the proposal

to make GNGC the gas

aggregator is therefore

not in line with the

country’s Gas Master

Plan, which is a product of

institutional and

stakeholder consultation

with support from

USaId.

“This should not be

altered at the wish of one

party in the value chain.

abandoning the Gas

Master Plan deflates the

confidence of

development Partners in financing

future policy development,” the

energy think tank adds.

aCEP recommends that making

GNGC a subsidiary of GNPC as a

strategy for the implementation of

the Gas Master Plan, would be the

optimal option for achieving results

in the oil and gas sector for Ghana.

In effect, this would be pursuant

to the top-down integration model

with GNPC at the top as an anchor.

It would allow GNPC to support

subsidiaries along the value chain

with the strength of its own balance

sheet.

“This also requires that GNPC is

refocused to invest its money in the

core oil and gas business as has been

done by other integrated national oil

companies,” aCEP says.

aCEP further argues that,

although the designation of a

national aggregator is a policy

decision within the control of

government, GNGC’s proposal for

relevant gas contracts to be novated

from GNPC to GNGC should not be a

unilateral decision,

“The OCTP partners agreed with

government to make GNPC the gas

aggregator as a condition for

developing the project because of

GNPC’s financial position. any

decision to novate the existing gas

agreement has to be agreed to by the

upstream investors.

In the light of the foregoing, it is

not difficult to predict on the basis of

GNGC’s financial position that no

Exploration and Production (E&P)

company will novate their Gas Sales

agreement to GNGC,” the think tank

said.

Ghana gets crucial

Competition Law

GHaNa is speeding up the processes

to pass into law its Competition

Policy which has become urgent as

a necessary condition for the

implementation of Phase Two of

the africa Continental Free Trade area (afCFTa)

next year.

Phase two was originally slated for

december this year but has been postponed in

line with the postponement of the

commencement of phase one from July 2020 to

January 2021.

Ghana’s Competition Law is now at

consideration stage by Cabinet.

Its passage is critical to the various

implementing parties because Ghana has to

meet the expectedly mid-2021 deadline for

implementing the second phase of afCFTa. The

Competition Law is listed as one of three

protocols set to be implemented to safeguard

that phase of the agreement which also

includes Investment Policy and Intellectual

Property Rights.

The preparations follow the most

recent african Union Commission (aUC) and

European Commission (EC) meeting held in

Ethiopia early this year where the latter stressed

the importance of the second phase

negotiations of the agreement and entreated

member states who have not yet instituted

competition policy to institute measures aimed

at implementing the policy.

Ghana has accepted the need for a

competition law (known in many jurisdictions

as anti-trust law), but has

not prioritized drafting a

law, until now.

Several industries

have near monopolies

with regard to market

share, which will be

affected by passage and

implementation of a

competition law.

For instance, MTN,

the pioneer of Mobile

Money in Ghana still has

a dominant market

share of over 90 percent

despite competition

from both airtelTigo and

Vodafone. MTN’s lesser

dominant share of nearly

60 per cent with regard to voice telephony and

data has already persuaded the National

Communications authority(NCa) to invoke its

anti-monopoly powers by designating it a

Significant Market Player (SMP) which allows

the industry regulator to force it to adjust its

tariffs to curb predatory pricing.

Instructively though, while dominant

market share has given MTN the opportunity to

use preferential intra-network pricing on its

mobile money services to keep customers, it has

declined to exploit this opportunity to its

advantage.

Indeed, the tendency of many large firms to

refuse exploiting monopoly or near monopoly

market

shares to increase profit margins at the expense

of their customers is a major reason why

government has not bothered with a monopoly

law up till now.

The Phase Two protocols aim to enhance

the investment policy climate as well as address

risks facing businesses and investors on the

continent. already, the two Commissions have

agreed on the need to prioritize regional

infrastructure as an underpinning element of

afCFTa.

The impending law will need to contain

elements that give opportunity to competitors

with very small market shares to increase them

and also to ensure that where a competitor has

an overwhelmingly large market share, it does

not take advantage to set extortionist product

prices.

Globally, a market share of 70 percent or

more requires anti-trust regulations to kick in.

The Competition Policy is expected to

protect, maintain and develop free, fair

and equal competition in the market

space by making it illegal for businesses

to abuse a dominant market position.

Having such a regime will also ban

anti- competitive agreements between

firms who have instituted agreements to

fix prices or to carve up markets.

For instance, Small and Mediumsized

Enterprises (SMEs) will have a level

playing field to be able to compete with

their multinational business

counterparts and this measure would

encourage enterprise efficiency, create

wider choice for consumers, curb

monopolist or oligopolistic pricing and

ensure the need for producers to improve

the quality of their products in the

market.

With the absence of this law, some

businesses engage in restrictive trade practices

such as bid-rigging, price-fixing and abuse of

dominance through monopolistic and

oligopolistic product pricing; and when these

occur, consumers do not receive optimal value

propositions.

Currently, about 23 african countries have

competition laws enforced, but 17 have no

competition laws in place, while 10 have

instituted competition laws, but have no

authority to enforce them. Four countries have

competition laws in advanced state of

preparation.


Tuesday, September 29, 2020

The e-government agenda

makes great strides

THE President Nana

akufo-addo admistration

has, since assuming

office in January 2017,

done a lot to digitize

government’s public services and

the activities of the economy as a

whole. The COVId 19 outbreak has

justified this focus and encouraged

it to do more. The BUSINESS aNa-

LYST documents these efforts and

the rationale behind them.

When the incumbent administration

assumed office in January

2017, one of its immediate priorities

was the creation of a digital database

for the efficient delivery of

public services through digital

channels.

Initially, there was considerable

public circumspection about this

initiative, instigated largely by the

political opposition which accused

it of spending too much money on

it when there were more pressing

expenditure needs.

However the new government was

undeterred, keeping its eyes on the ultimate

prize – more efficient, better targeted delivery

of public services and even more importantly,

its ultimate ability to spread its tax net wider

encompassing the hitherto largely ignored

informal sector. Indeed, the game plan was

that the latter would eventually more than

pay for the cost of digitization.

TIN

Today, the state is on the brink of

recouping its costs – the introduction of Tax

Identification Numbers for all taxable

individuals and enterprises, linked to the

ongoing national identification card rollout

and the digital addressing system which was

one of the very first public projects embarked

on, has set the foundation for the extension

of the tax net to virtually every taxable entity,

whether individual or corporate.

Indeed, everything is in place for this to

commence – the delay in implementation is

primarily for political reasons as elections are

around the corner, although government is

understandably loath to admit this.

Positive results

But digitization is already yielding clear

positive results with regards to improved,

better targeted public service delivery.

at the very centre of the administrations

digitization agenda is the National

Identification Card Scheme

. The scheme, which is currently being

implemented at last, in phases, after several

false starts over the past two decades, enables

identification of Ghanaian residents, both

nationals and foreigners, through a unique

number, and is designed to become the

anchor, by integrating with other databases,

for formalizing the economy.

By the middle of this year, over 14 million

people have been registered. Majority of

residents are expected to have been

registered by the end of 2020.

dd

digital address system

But before this, indeed being the first

initiative on the akufo-addo

administration’s digitization agenda was

the National digital address System.

Unlike the Id card initiative which it

inherited from predecessor

administrations, the digital addess

initiative is clearly that of the incumbent

government.

The National digital address System

was launched in 2018. Every property in

Ghana is now identified by a digital

address. Ghana Post, Municipal and district

assemblies, and the Land and Spatial Use

authority, are working together to generate

unique digital and street addresses for every

property, residential and commercial, in

Ghana. This process is scheduled to be

completed in 2020, along with the start of the

process of placing on each property, it’s

unique plated digital and street address

which will be completed in 2021

Integration

Its integration into the National

Emergency Command Centre system is also

enabling emergency services locate people

who need services.

While those two initiatives are the

foundation for the rest of the digital agenda,

plenty more has been done across virtually

every type of public service, with lots more to

come.

The government has been equally busy

everything is

in place for this to

commence “Indeed,

– the delay

in implementation is

primarily for political

reasons as elections

are around the corner,

although government

is understandably

loath to admit this.

facilitating the

introduction and

maintenance of

digital platforms

for products and

services offered by

the private sector,

such as e-

commerce and

digital payment

platforms.

But it is the ones

for provision of

public services that

have had the

biggest effect on the

efficiency of

government itself.

For instance, there is the digital driver’s

licence and vehicle registration by the driver

and Vehicle Licensing authority (dVLa)

which has been fully implemented.

So too has a process for online application

for Passports been fully Implemented

3. a Government Machinery That Works/

NO. PROMISES WHaT WE HaVE

dONE SO FaR

Biggest initiative

But the biggest initiative for private

enterprise has been the introduction of the

Paperless Port System, the brain child of Vice

President dr Mohammudu Bawumia, who

indeed has been the main driving force

behind the incumbent administration’s

ambitious digitalization agenda as a whole.

“We promised to: automate the process

for clearing goods and vehicles, and reform

and benchmark port clearing systems to

make them efficient to support import and

export trade” he enthuses.

“This has been implemented under the

Paperless Port Project under which we have

eliminated the Customs Long Room which

had become a bottleneck, streamlined

inspections, enhanced enforcement, and

resulted in the faster turnaround time in the

clearing of goods.”

a major proportion of the digitalization

effort has indeed gone towards making it

easier to conduct business in Ghana

especially with regards to obtaining requisite

approvals and operating permits from

government regulators.

One such initiative has been the

deployment of a Construction Permit

platform at accra Metropolitan assembly and

Tema Metropolitan assembly to automate

the permit processes at the assembly level.

The system enables citizens submit

permit applications digitally/online and has

helped reduce permit issuance turnaround

time from 90 to 30 days.

Business operating permit

as well as this government has automated

and digitized the Business Operating Permit

(BoP) and license processing, which has been

implemented in 29 MMdas in the Greater

accra Region, resulting in the reduction of

cost and turnaround time

The system has been integrated with the

e-services platform of the Registrar General’s

department and this enables the 29

MMdas identify all new businesses in their

jurisdictions.

a digitised Procurement Platform for the

Public Procurement authority has also been

Implemented which digitises the


Tuesday, September 29, 2020

procurement processes for the public

sector. This includes the Common User

average Price List, which makes

pricing for goods and services

transparent.

an array of other digitalization

initiatives are directed at speeding up

and improving the quality of socioeconomic

services provided citizens

by the public sector.

For instance the Ghana.Gov

Platform seeks to allow Mdas to offer

digitised services to citizens from a

single portal. It is currently being

piloted with 15 Mdas. all Mdas will

eventually be on-boarded on the

platform.

Ghana.gov enables payment for all

government services digitally.

Implementation of Ghana.gov is

expected to increase government

revenue by at least 50%.

NEW PaTRIOTIC PaRTY

dEVELOPMENT IN FREEdOM

1.3. a Government Machinery That

Works/Services

NHIS

Then there is the digitisation of

the renewal of National Health

Insurance Scheme (NHIS) with the

result that all NHIS members can

now renew their membership using

their mobile phones

add to this the digitisation of the

Births and deaths Registry which is

nearly complete.

digitisation of the National Lotteries

authority has involved the

Implementation of a digitised, shortcode

mode of accessing the services of

the National Lotteries authority

digital reforms in courts

administration have included an E-

Justice System for online filing

processes; an Electronic Case Tracking

System to enable electronic tracking of

cases; and Electronic Case distribution

system for fair, equitable and

transparent distribution of cases among

judges

Motor Insurance

a digitised motor insurance database

has been implemented to eliminate fake

insurance certificates, while enabling

the police and commuters check the

insurance status of a vehicle through

their mobile phones.

With regards to the purchase of

power for household s, enterprises and

institutions alike, the Electricity

Company of Ghana (ECG) has a

new app which currently allows about

2.8 million ECG customers to buy units

for their meters through their mobile

phone at any time of the day or night.

This app will be available to all ECG

customers by the end of 2020 Services

NO. PROMISES WHaT WE

HaVE dONE SO FaR

The on-line filing of Taxes

commenced in 2019 and pensions

applications are now processed within

two weeks.

In the public health sector, Patient

Records Management Systems (E-

HEaLTHSOLUTION) have been

introduced to completely digitise and

link all facilities within the health

sector nationwide.

Beyond the introduction of this array

of digital applications for public service

delivery, government has also facilitated

the establishment of the requisite

national platforms for two private sector

delivered services, both of which are

absolutely crucial for the transformation

of the Ghanaian economy into a cashlite

one.

This is why government has used its

own institution – Ghana Interbank

Payments and Settlement Systems - and

public purse financing to establish the

platforms on which they run.

Interestingly though it was

introduced initially by a private operator,

which subsequently attracted

competition. In both cases, recognizing

their transformational potentials,

government used GhIPSS, the wholly

owned subsidiary of the Bank of Ghana

mandated to develop and deploy

electronic payments systems, to set up

national, interoperable platforms usable

by all the customers of the erstwhile

competing operators.

another is the Mobile Money

Payments Interoperability System

which allows customers of the three

different mobile money platforms to

transact with each other. It also enables

interoperability between bank accounts,

e-Zwich accounts, and mobile wallets

across all banks and telcos, it is a major

step towards financial inclusion and

cashless payments for services.

More recently, under government’s

instructions and financing, GhIPSS has

also established a Universal QR Code

Payments System which replaces the

several different platforms deployed by

• The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia

various different banks for their own

customers.

Rollout has started. This makes it

possible for retailers to receive payments

on their mobile phones without the

need for a traditional Point of Sale

device. Ghana is the only country in

africa, and one of the few in the world,

with a Universal QR COdE payment

system Combined, all these digital

initiatives are transforming the way

government interacts with individuals,

households, enterprises and institutions

in the delivery of and payment for its

goods and services.

In doing so government is creating a

“Digital reforms in courts

administration have

included an E-Justice

System for online filing

processes; an Electronic

Case Tracking System to

enable electronic tracking

of cases; and

Electronic Case

Distribution system for

fair, equitable and

transparent distribution

of cases

among judges

database that enables faster, more

efficient, better targeted delivery of

public goods and services and which

imminently will facilitate the expansion

of the income tax net to cover the vast

informal sector for the first time ever.

Combined with the ability of digital

channels to reduce, if not completely

eliminate the widespread corruption

which has bedeviled manual

transactions between the public and

government officials, the extension of

the income tax net to the millions of

tax-eligible individuals and thousands

of tax eligible informal sector

enterprises will dramatically increase

government’s tax revenues which up to

now have been notoriously low, with

Ghana’s tax to Gross domestic Product

ratio at barely 12 per cent, which is just

half of the 25 per cent global average for

middle income countries

Transfornation

These platforms and initiatives have

worked together to transform the lives

and businesses of citizens and corporate

Ghana, and is helping transform and

reshape how our economy works.

The benefits of reducing

inefficiencies, tracking inputs and

outflows more accurately, shortening

urnaround time, and ease of access

to required information and services

translate intangible time into tangible

currency and increased productivity.

“One of the key lessons from

ongoing COVId 19 pandemic is that a

robust digital economy is absolutely

critical for growing economies like ours,

not only to enable us to drive growth,

but also to manage critical systems,

from health through manufacturing

and delivery systems in times of crisis”

asserts President akufo-addo “The

Mobile Money Payments

Interoperability System turned out to

be a critical lifeline to individuals and

small businesses, including e-commerce

firms, to send and receive money and

payments, which helped cope with the

disruptions caused by the containment

measures.

“The Ghana Card, the digital address

System, the Mobile Money Payments

Interoperability System, the Ghana.Gov

Payments Platform, and the Universal

QR Code are key enablers if Ghana is to

harness the potential of digital

technologies. Our goal is to link the

Ghana Card and digital address System

databases to the “Birth and death

Registry”, closing the final loop in

identification of citizens and residents.”

The next step is to create a digital

services economy through the

expansion of the Ghana Innovation Hub

project to nurture start-ups to accelerate

the development of applications

software, provide regional e-backroom

services, and enterprise-level software.

If re-elected for a second four year

term, the administration hopes to

leverage on the existing digital

infrastructure and make the necessary

investments and policies to establish

firmly Ghana as the digital services hub

of West africa.


Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Mechanical Lloyd

to delist from GSE

MECHaNICaL Lloyd PLC

its announced the

intention to de-list

from the Ghana Stock

Exchange, which is

subject to shareholders approval, and

approval from the GSE and the Securities

and Exchange Commission (SEC).

at the end of the process, this will

bring the total number of companies

de-listed from the bourse over the

past three years to seven – some

voluntary, some enforced. Even more

worryingly for stock market

managers and regulators, this will be

the second delisting in a one year

period, with PZ Cussons now in the

last stages of its own delisting. This

will reduce the number of companies

listed on the bourse to 30.

Currently, PZ Cussons Ghana

Limited is in its advanced stage of delisting,

with the commencement of

the settlement of successful tenders

as part of the de-listing process from

the bourse.

Mechanical Lloyd’s proposed delisting

marks a departure from passed

voluntary exits from the GSE, all of

which involved companies majority

owned by foreign multinationals.

In the other cases, accra Brewery and

PZ, the foreign majority owner opted for

…following on the

heels of PZ Cussons

delisting in order to see major new long

term investments through – including

reinvestment of profits for several years

• Mechanical Llod office

thus meaning no, or minimal, dividend

payouts -which would not secure

minority shareholders approval

However Mechanical Lloyd is a largely

indigenous Ghanaian company, without a

controlling foreign institutional

shareholder. So far no specific reasons

have been offered for the decision to

delist nor have plans for the future of the

company been revealed.

The company is a leading vehicle

distributor in Ghana which the franchise

to distribute Land Rover and BMW

vehicles as well as some brands of

agricultural machinery.

Its performance on the GSE has been

fairly good, and though not actually

regarded by investors as a blue chip stock,

it has nevertheless been generally

regarded as a good equity investment.

a statement issued by Mechanical

Lloyd to its shareholders indicate that

as part of the upcoming annual

General Meeting scheduled on

October 15, 2020, a resolution will be

put before them with regards to the

proposed de-listing.

Currently, Mechanical Lloyd has a

total of 50.10 million shares issued on

the bourse, with a total market

capitalization of GHc 4.51 million.

“The proposed de-listing is in line

with Mechanical Lloyd’s strategy to

review its business model and

structures to re-position the

Company going forward. The

proposed de-listing will not impact

job security, day-to-day operations

and relationships with stakeholders,”

the statement said.

Mechanical Lloyd will provide

shareholders and the general public

with further information on the delisting

if the resolution to de-list is passed

by the Company’s shareholders

age 3

3-Year Bond fails to raise expected GH¢1.5b

GOVERNMENT’S

EXPECTaTION of realizing

GH¢1.5 billion from its latest

three-year bond issuance could

not materialize as it fell short

by about GH¢676.36 million.

It was able to raise

GH¢823.64 million for the cedidenominated

debt instrument

which was auctioned at an

interest of 19.0 per cent and

this would be paid semiannually

till it matures in 2023.

according to analysts,

government’s expectation

could not be met because of the

tight conditions visited on the

market by the global pandemic.

Since the outbreak of the

coronavirus pandemic the

government has, been

accepting all bids for all bonds

so far issued.

….at 19% coupon rate.

• Ken Ofori-Attah, Finance Minister

The three-year debt

instrument was issued to help

the government to finance its

fiscal operation to the tune of

GHc1.5 billion. The government

may possibly re-open the issue

through a tap opening before

the end of the year. However to

attract more subscription from

investors, the offered yield may

have to be raised.

Market analysts have

indicated that foreign

participation in the domestic

market since the coronavirus

emerged has witnessed a

drastic fall, as has been the

trend in all other frontier

markets the world over.

The yield to maturity for

this bond is also higher than

the interest rate for the twoyear

bond auctioned in august.

Investors thus have adopted

a risk adverse position and

asked for more interest on

Government of Ghana

securities because of the risk to

the economy, even though a

book building approach is used

for the pricing of the

instruments.

The joint book runners for

the government instrument

were absa, databank, Fidelity,

IC Securities and Stanbic.

as at the end of June this

year, government’s debt had

shot up to about GH¢255.7

billion representing 66 per cent

of Gross domestic Product.

Close to GH¢26 billion is

billed to be spent on interest

payment for this year, after it

was reviewed from GH¢24

billion initially.


Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Commerce

Ghanaian businesses use

e-commerce to penetrate

Africa’s single market

anumber Ghanaian

companies looking to

develop export markets

by leveraging on the

african Continental

Free Trade agreement will now have

the opportunity to explore the

african marketplace effectively

following the operationalization of a

tool that provides business data and

The new tool is the first ever to offer

online africa-wide analysis of business-toconsumer

(B2C) marketplaces, detailing the

characteristics of more than 630 e-

commerce marketplaces across the

continent.

The online market tool dubbed: africa

Market Explorer, has been developed by the

International Trade Centre (ITC) and the

amsterdam University of applied

Sciences to explore the e-commerce

marketplace ecosystem in africa and as

such, addresses the lack of comprehensive

information about marketplaces on the

continent.

There is an increasing need and demand

for markets to be developed and product

orders to be made online through e-

commerce channels as a result of the

analyses of e-commerce

marketplaces all around the

continent.

This is coming at a most

opportune time as Ghanaian

businesses have seen their plans for

customer market expansion across

the continent through afCFTa

threatened by COVId 19 related

travel restrictions.

Coronavirus pandemic which is making it

difficult for people to transact business

physically.

Many businesses in Ghana and beyond

are therefore using online commerce to

remain in business and this is expected to

deliver comprehensive benefits to both

counterparties in commerce transactions.

However, the greater challenge facing

african e-commerce firms has always been

getting adequate information to enable such

firms explore the various market

opportunities that abound.

Since data and analyses on local

marketplaces are hard to come by or in some

instances are highly incomplete, the ITC

insists that with the operationalization of

the market explorer, african entrepreneurs

in the e-commerce sector will have better

businesses in

Ghana “Many

and beyond

are therefore using

online commerce

to remain in

business and this is

expected to deliver

comprehensive

benefits to both

counterparties in

commerce

transactions.

information on how to sell goods online in

regional markets and neighbouring

countries where effective demand exist.

although e-commerce is growing in

africa, information for entrepreneurs

remains inadequate. according to the ITC,

the tool aims to build the world’s largest

community of e-commerce entrepreneurs

engaged in the sustainable development of

small businesses online by facilitating

shared learning, innovative solutions,

collaboration and partnerships.

“This comprehensive set of data provides

an important contribution for

understanding how the development of e-

commerce can be supported in africa”, ITC’s

acting Executive director, dorothy Tembo

noted during the launch of the new tool.

The tool reveals that just one per cent of

africa’s e-commerce marketplaces are

responsible for 60 per cent of the

marketplace traffic on the whole continent.

Only 11 per cent of the marketplaces

websites actually enable financial

transactions which limits the possibilities of

selling internationally.

The african Union Commission has

incorporated an Electronic Commerce (ecommerce)

protocol into the pan african

trade agreement. It is now scheduled to be

addressed under the third phase of the

agreement’s rollout.

The acceptance of the e-commerce

protocol came about during the 33rd aU

Ordinary Session held early this year in

Ethiopia. Phase III protocol is expected to

kick-in immediately after conclusion of

Phase II negotiations, which include

competition policy, intellectual property

rights and investment protocol.

Importantly, the Executive Council of

the aU has directed the aU Commission to

embark on preparations for the upcoming

negotiations and mobilise resources for

capacity building for african trade

negotiators to be involved in the

negotiations of e-commerce legal

instruments for afCFTa.

“Member States must critically review

approaches that are being made to them by

bilateral partners to enter into bilateral e-

commerce legal instruments with them in

order to ensure that africa is able to

negotiate and implement an afCFTa

protocol on e-commerce such as data and

products being traded under e-commerce.

“This will promote the emergence of

african owned e-commerce platforms at

national, regional and continental levels”,

says an aU report

Initially, the e-commerce was not added

to the protocols for negotiations. But

following a summit convened by the World

Economic Forum (WEF) and the

International Trade Centre (ITC) last year,

steps were initiated to have e-commerce

protocol incorporated into the agreement.

This follows a release of the african E-

Commerce agenda – an eight step action

plan - put forward by the WEF and ITC as

they unveiled a roadmap on e-commerce for

african governments to realize its vast

economic potential benefits for the

continent.


Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Global commodity prices

changing in Ghana’s favour

IN recent months the

prices on global

commodity markets

of two out of the

three major primary

commodities that make up

Ghana’s main traditional

exports have been moving in

the country’s favour

according to the latest data

released by the Bank of

Ghana at the week end.

However price hedging

by exporters from Ghana

have led to slightly different

results with regards to all

three commodities.

Cocoa spot market prices

This was largely due

to backwardation in

both New York and

London as fears of

supply chain

disruptions due to the

COVId 19 pandemic

which led traders to

begin quoting lower

prices for future

delivery inevitably

serving to drag spot

market prices

downwards as well.

Consequently, global

market spot prices

began a prolonged

descent, falling as low

as US$2,2O6.8 per tonne

by July. Since then

though a price rally of

sorts has set in, which

has seen the spot

market price rise to

US$2,482.1 by the end of

august.

However Ghana

sells its own premium

quality cocoa beans on

the futures market

rather than the spot

market, a strategy that

enables COCBOd to

borrow a minimum of

US$1.3 billion every year

from an enthusiastic

consortium of

international banks at

rebounded in august to reach

US$2,482.1 which was still 1.4

per cent lower than the start

of year price of US$2518.4 per

tonne.

This is good news

nevertheless; after a full year

rise in spot market price of

11.6 per cent during 2019 and

a further strong price rally in

January this year which took

the spot market price to

US$2,673.1 per tonne, and

more of the same in February

which propelled the privce to

US$2,825.9 per tonne, a price

slump set in.

rates considerably lower

than those demanded

by investors on

government’s own

Eurobond issuances.

But this year, futures

market sales have come

at a price due to the

backwardation pricing

strategy used by many

cocoa traders.

The futures market

price was US$ 2,283.6

per ton, by august

which was lower than

the spot price and 2.4

per cent lower than the

opening futures market

price for 2020 of

US$2,442.4 per ton.

In 2019, the futures

market price rose by 9.8

per cent and 2020

started well with

January ending at

US$2,462.4, a 0.8 per

cent further increase in

year to date terms.

However during the

following months prices

were bearish, falling to

US$ 2,145.2 per tonne by

July, this being 12.2

per cent lower than the

opening futures market

price for this year.

“Although gold pricing

strategy is entirely in

the hands of private

producers in Ghana,

they rely on price

hedging to some

extent, which generally

tends to work in the

sellers’ favour...

despite the slightly lower

futures market price for cocoa as at

august, compared with the spot

market price, Ghana has generally

benefitted from comparatively

positive price movements on the

former this year as compared with

the latter. during the first eight

months of 2020, prices on the

futures market have risen during

five months and fallen during

three months. On the other hand

spot market prices have risen over

just two months and fallen during

six months.

GOLd

Gold prices are enjoying their

strongest price rally to date.

By august, the gold price set on

global commodity markets through

a process known as the gold fix was

US$1,971.1 per fine ounce,

producing expectations that the

US$2,000 mark could be passes on a

sustained basis before the end of

this year.

The price as at end of august

was an unprecedented 33.1 per cent

increase on the price at the start of

2020. Indeed, the gold price has

risen steadily through every month

of 2020 so far, with little sign of a

reversal of this trend, even though,

analysts are beginning to suspect

that the price may peak just short

of the US$, 2000 per ounce mark.

This has come on the back of an

18.0 per cent rise in the gold price

to US$1,480.1 during the whole of

2019.

However as with cocoa, market

strategy has not allowed Ghana to

reap the full rewards of this huge

price rally.

although gold pricing strategy

is entirely in the hands of private

producers in Ghana, they rely on

price hedging to some extent,

which generally tends to work in

the sellers’ favour during periods of

falling prices but works against

them during periods of rising

prices as has been the case

throughout this year.

Indeed, by august Ghana’s

realized price for gold exports was

US$1,915.5 per ounce, translating

into a price increase of 29.4 per cent

since the beginning of the year, a

little below the gains on the spot

market.

CRUdE OIL

Ghana’s oil is premium quality

light crude which means it is

priced similarly to

Brent crude oil, the

benchmark for that

type of crude.

Ghana, like the

rest of the oil

exporting countries

all around the

world, has suffered

the effects of supply

chain disruptions

brought about by

the eruption of the

coronavirus

pandemic as well as

lower global demand

due to lower levels of

global economic

activity, another

consequence of

COVId 19.

By the end of

august Brent crude

was trading at US$45.0 per barrel,

down 30.9 per cent from its price at

the start of the year. This is a

reversal of then 13.0 per cent

increase in the price enjoyed

during the whole of 2019 which

took the price to US$65.2 per barrel

by the turn of the year.

Indeed, the price of oil fell

during the first four months of

2020 reaching a trough of US$26.6

per barrel by the end of april. This

was 59.1 per cent below its opening

price for the year. However it has

recovered somewhat since then as

economies re-open and return to

normal following COVId 19

instigated lock downs all around

the world.

as with gold, price hedging by

producers in Ghana has meant a

slightly different turn out for crude

oil exports from Ghana, as

compared with spot market

pricing.

By the end of august Ghana’s

actual realized price was US$44.6

per barrel, this down by 31.3 per

cent compared with the opening

realized price.

This came on the back of a 12.8

per cent increase in Ghana’s

realized price through the whole of

2019.

as with spot market prices,

Ghana is now enjoying upward

movement with regard to its

realized prices, which bottomed

out at US$28.2 per cent in March,

which was 56.7 per cent lower than

the opening realized price for the

year.


Tuesday, September 29, 2020

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September 25, 2020

GHANA FIXED INCOME MARKET TRADING RESULTS

Government of Ghana Treasury Yields: 28-Sep to 02-Oct

Ghana Interbank Fx Rates: September 25, 2020

Ethical Fund

REAL ESTATE Fund


Tuesday, September 29, 2020

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