Roundup: Ghanaian businesses pressured by fast depreciating currency: experts

STORY: Roundup: Ghanaian businesses pressured by fast depreciating currency: experts SHOOTING TIME: May 21, 24 and 27, 2024 DATELINE: May 31, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:54 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ghana Independence Square 2. various of Accra airport 3. various of Accra central business district 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOSEPH OBENG, President of the Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA) 5. various of Accra central business district 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOSEPH OBENG, President of the Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA) 7. various of Accra central business district 8. various of Accra airport 9. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JOSEPH OBENG, President of the Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA) 10. various of Accra central business district 11. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): SAMUEL BEDIAKO-ASANTE, Chief executive officer of Sambed Financial Services 12. various of Accra central business district 13. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): ERNEST ADDISON, Bank of Ghana Governor STORYLINE: Th

GHANA-ACCRA-SHOPS-CLOSURE

GHANA-ACCRA-SHOPS-CLOSURE

(221020) -- ACCRA, Oct. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man closes his shop in Accra, Ghana, Oct. 19, 2022. A large number of traders in Ghana temporarily shut down their shops Wednesday, calling for the government to deal with the rising cost of doing business in the country. Most of the traders were members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), which has been voicing strong dissatisfaction over the depreciating local currency and surging inflation over recent days. (Photo by Seth/Xinhua)