Category: Business

 President John Dramani Mahama has praised Chief of Staff, Hon. Julius Debrah, for his visionary role in conceiving the Kwahu Business Forum and steering its growth into a prominent platform for business and economic engagement in Ghana. Speaking at the 2026 edition of the Forum, President Mahama outlined ambitious plans to elevate the event further,...

 Ghana has taken another decisive step in its debt restructuring journey, as Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson signed the country’s 11th bilateral agreement, this time with EXIM India. The agreement forms part of ongoing efforts to stabilize the economy and reduce the nation’s debt risk profile. Dr. Forson emphasized that Ghana is “moving steadily...

 Ghana’s Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has assured investors and financial stakeholders that the country’s economic fundamentals are strengthening, as he hosted the nation’s first investor town hall engagement since 2021. The event brought together bankers, bond market specialists, and investors to reaffirm confidence in Ghana’s recovery trajectory. Dr. Forson highlighted key indicators of...

GoldBod has stepped up its drive to reshape Ghana’s gold sector, engaging small-scale miners in Kumasi at a stakeholder forum focused on advancing reforms and rolling out District Gold Buying Centres. Addressing participants, CEO Sammy Gyamfi outlined both progress and challenges in the reform process, while inviting input from miners to ensure effective implementation. The...

 At the Bank Square today, the Bank of Ghana officially relaunched its Cyber and Information Security Directive, reaffirming its commitment to safeguarding Ghana’s rapidly evolving digital financial ecosystem. Delivering the welcome address, First Deputy Governor Dr. Zakari Mumuni stressed the importance of resilience in the financial sector. “The Bank has taken deliberate steps to strengthen...

 The Bank of Ghana has taken a major step in strengthening its cybersecurity framework with the commissioning of a new Security Operations Centre (SOC) at Bank Square on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. The facility, inaugurated by Chief of Staff Hon. Julius Debrah alongside Governor Dr. Johnson Pandit Asiama and First Deputy Governor Dr. Zakari Mumuni,...

 The World Bank Group, led by its Managing Director and Chief Knowledge Officer, Mr. Paschal Donohoe, has paid a courtesy call on the First Deputy Speaker and leadership of Parliament to strengthen collaboration on Ghana’s development agenda. The meeting brought together heads of Parliamentary Committees benefiting from the capacity-building initiative financed by the World Bank...

Parliament has approved the Ghana Deposit Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which seeks to amend the existing Ghana Deposit Protection Act, 2016 (Act 931). Moving the motion for the second reading, Deputy Minister of Finance, Hon. Thomas Nyarko Ampem, explained that the amendment was necessary to strengthen Ghana’s financial safety net. He noted that the changes...

 The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has signed a landmark agreement with the Ghana Geological Survey Authority (GGSA) to conduct geological investigations in three mineralized areas — Funsi, Atuna, and Bensere East — as part of Phase One of a national mining initiative. The project, valued at GHS27.5 million, will run over a four-month period and...

 The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Johnson Pandit Asiama, today opened the 129th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meetings, highlighting steady improvements in the country’s macroeconomic environment. Speaking at the opening session, Dr. Asiama reported that headline inflation fell to 3.3 percent in February, marking the 14th consecutive month of decline. “We are now...