Economics

Ghana Finance Chief Looks at Tax Base to Lessen Debt Risk

  • West African nation sold $3 billlion in Eurobonds this week
  • Reform of tax authority beginning to bear fruit: Ofori-Atta

Ken Ofori-Atta

Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
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Ghana’s efforts to raise domestic revenue are beginning to bear fruit and will help the country to be less dependent on debt, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said a day after the nation sold $3 billion in Eurobonds.