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Bright Simons

Date of Birth: November 1981


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Cash flows in but debt talks drag on

Bright Simons of the IMANI Centre for Policy and Education in Accra questions whether the stakes acquired by the minerals income investment fund could be diluted in the future...


The economy will tilt the election

Bright Simons of IMANI an Accra-based think tank reckons that Bawumia and the NPP still have a path to a presidential win if the NDC cannot get its own 'Akan heartland' strategy...


Questions on electioneering budget

Bright Simons of the IMANI Centre for Policy and Education in Accra says this reliance on T-bills in effect inflicts a borrowing cost on the government in excess of 30% a year and could during 2024 reverse this year's reduction in its domestic debt service payments...

Bright Simons of the IMANI Centre for Policy and Education in Accra argues that the BoG's significant loss in credibility has already undermined its monetary policy including its ability to conduct open market operations...


Governor in the firing line

Bright Simons Vice-President of the IMANI Africa think-tank argues that 'of these four reasons only the last [interest expense on monetary policy operations] can be adduced to support the BoG's innocence but it accounts for only 6% of the losses...


The ruling party could benefit from its IMF U-turn

Because it may stop the drift to hyperinflation and help stabilise the cedi (which is currently the fastest appreciating emerging market currency according to Bloomberg News) the IMF deal could give the NPP a fighting chance in the 2024 elections says Bright Simons of the Accra-based IMANI Centre for Policy and Education...


Deeper reforms needed after the bailout

Bright Simons of the IMANI Centre for Policy and Education in Accra argues that while the gold purchase programme should in theory represent a boon for small-scale gold miners 'gold-for-oil' effectively amounts to purchasing dollars (for oil product imports) at a more expensive rate...


Banks count the cost of debt restructuring

Bright Simons of the IMANI centre think tank in Accra argues that unlike troubled banks in the United States and Europe Ghana's banks are unlikely to face a swift withdrawal of deposits and a collapse of lending...


Penalise the plunder, say protestors

The analyst and activist Bright Simons says there is a 'sweetheart deal' in place which hugely advantages Genser in what he calls 'a case of possible fiscal recklessness on the part of the GNPC'...


Monumental disputes

' ‘The procurement abuses and the poor project planning and management means that either the project will fail or it will cost as much as eight times its original estimate of $100 million creating massive financial losses to the state ' said Bright Simons of Accra think-tank IMANI Africa...


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