Category: Business

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...

 The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has strongly dismissed a series of allegations circulating about its recent procurement activities, describing them as “fabricated claims” and “fake news.” In a detailed statement issued by its Media Relations Officer, Prince Kwame Minkah, the Gold Board addressed accusations ranging from inflated laptop purchases to claims of sole-sourced contracts and...

 Ghana’s Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, has held high-level talks with Mr. Paschal Donohoe, Managing Director and Chief Knowledge Officer of the World Bank, on the country’s economic transformation and future development agenda. The Minister noted that 2025 was dedicated to resetting the economy and placing it firmly on a path to sustainability. He emphasized...

President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday commissioned a new liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vessel for Sahara Energy Resources in Ulsan, South Korea, describing it as a significant milestone in Ghana’s energy security and infrastructure development. The vessel, named MT Asharami Ghana, was built for Sahara Energy by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Limited. Mahama, who is...