International credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings has upgraded Ghana’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating from ‘B-’ to ‘B’, citing sharp improvements in the country’s debt position, stronger economic growth, rising international reserves and continued fiscal consolidation.
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) recorded a steep decline this week, shedding GH¢12.5 billion in market capitalisation as a broad-based selloff swept through the Accra bourse in the trading week ended Friday, May 8, 2026.
The Managing Director of the Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC), Dr Wisdom Kofi Dogbey, has called on industry players in Africa to increase investment in value addition and downstream processing to enable the country to tap into high-value sectors beyond chocolate production.
FIDELITY Bank Ghana has launched the second cohort of its Orange Inspire programme, in partnership with ALX Ghana, a leading talent accelerator, to equip emerging creative businesses with the skills, mentorship and industry exposure needed to transform creative ideas into sustainable enterprises.
AFRICA must move beyond expanding access to financial services and focus on creating real economic value from digital finance, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, has said.
A former member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Energy, Paul Apreku Twum Barimah, has welcomed the decision by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) to reduce the floor price of petroleum products.
Letshego Africa Holdings Limited has entered into binding agreements to sell 100 per cent of its issued share capital in five East and West African subsidiaries, including Letshego Ghana Savings and Loans PLC, as part of a broader portfolio optimisation strategy aimed at sharpening the Group's focus on its core Southern African markets.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF), Justina Nelson, has led a team from the Fund to pay a working visit to Newmont Corporation’s Ahafo North Mine in the Ahafo Region.
The recent reporting around the World Bank’s April 2026 Commodity Markets Outlook, which projects cocoa prices to fall by more than 50 percent in 2026, has understandably caused anxiety among Ghanaian cocoa farmers, licensed buyers, and the wider public.
For weeks, the airwaves have been thick with a familiar pre-tournament noise. The "brouhaha," as it has come to be known, revolves around the Black Stars’ expenditure ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Ghana has returned—once again—to the fraught question of a national carrier, but this time with a noticeably sharper commercial edge.
The strong financial performance recorded by the Ghana Gold Board in 2025 offers an encouraging signal about the country’s ability to harness value from its mineral resources.
Ghana entered 2025 in a state of fragile stabilisation. The economy had endured one of the most turbulent periods in its recent history, and although early signs of recovery were visible, the underlying conditions remained deeply stressed.
Ghana's headline inflation rate rose marginally to 3.4 per cent in April 2026, up from 3.2 per cent in March, as rising non-food prices offset continued moderation in food inflation, according to new data released by the Ghana Statistical Service.
Stanbic Bank Ghana, in partnership with PrymeAds, has launched a digital skill training programme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to help them remain competitive and expand their market reach in an increasingly digital economy.
