The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has held a two-day training workshop for selected business and financial reporters in Tamale, Northern Region.

The training workshop was held from 26th-27th August 2022.

The training workshop held under the theme, “Sustaining the recovery: The role of the journalist in building confidence “was aimed at equipping journalists with a better understanding of monetary issues.

The topics included Monetary Policy formulation and Inflation Targeting, Forex Trading and the Foreign Exchange Market, Balance of Payments and the BoG's eCedi.

“It is my pleasure to join you at this media training workshop organised by the Bank of Ghana. First, let me thank the executives of the media groups including Journalist for Business Advocacy (JBA), Private Newspaper Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG), and the Institute of Financial and Economic Journalists (IFEJ) for tirelessly working with the Bank of Ghana to organise this training programme”

The training workshop was part of efforts by the Bank to build a strong pool of financial and business journalists who will help the public to appreciate and understand the Bank’s programmes and policies.

The Head of Research, Dr. Philip Abradu-Otoo, who represented the First Deputy Governor of BoG, Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari, delivered the keynote address at the workshop.

The participants at the workshop were drawn from the Northern, Upper East, Upper West and Regions.

The Bank in June 2022, organised a workshop for journalists in the Southern zone.

On their part, the media groups expressed their gratitude to the BoG for making time to educate journalists in the country.

“This training will go a long way to help journalists equip themselves to ask relevant questions. Monetary policy issues are special areas that require training to fully understand”