Amid public debates about financial responsibility and Ghana's mineral wealth-sparked by the recent controversy surrounding Sammy Gyamfi's viral dollar-spending video-banking consultant Richmond Atuahene has offered a broader economic perspective.
Speaking on Asaase Radio, he explained that the recent stability of the Ghanaian Cedi is not a coincidence, but rather the result of global shifts and local economic advantages. "At the beginning of the year, you know, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, made some decisions.
Decisions like breaching the World Trade Organisation by imposing new tariffs.
And because dollar had been the base currency, everybody, most countries were saving a base currency, which is the dollar," Atuahene said.
