Ghana’s commercial banking industry appears to have decisively turned a corner. Full-year 2025 financial statements released by leading banking institutions suggest that the sector has largely overcome the severe income …
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IMF signals rate hikes risk as Middle East tensions trigger inflation pressures
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has signalled that central banks may be forced to resume interest rate hikes if inflation surges again, as global risks intensify ahead of the 2026 …
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Investor demand for Treasury bills continued to weaken last week, with the government missing its issuance target by 29.85 percent. Latest data from the Bank of Ghana shows total bids …
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Three supertankers laden with oil have passed through the Strait of Hormuz amid the fragile truce between the United States and Iran, according to shipping data. Iran’s blockade of the …
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Feature / AnalysisInnovationsNationalSMEsTaxationTop Story
How GRA’s Modified Taxation Scheme is boosting tax compliance & SMEs competitiveness
The era, where many informal sector businesses and workers’ pay taxes when faced with threats of enforcement or coercion, rather than on voluntary basis, has become a collaborative regime between …
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EnergyInvestmentsNationalOil & GasTop Story
PIAC presses Explorco to release US$561m in unremitted oil revenues
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) is mounting pressure on the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation’s (GNPC) subsidiary, Explorco, to account for petroleum revenues totaling US$561 million and deposit the …
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Management of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) has strongly refuted claims that its Director-General, Alhaji Mohammed Abdul-Salam, reduced staff salaries or unlawfully increased his own earnings. In a press statement …
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Credit ratings agency, Moody’s has revised Ghana’s outlook to “positive” from “stable,” pointing to improving public finances as the country gradually recovers from its recent economic crisis. Despite the improved …
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Shippers’ Authority targets mandatory cargo insurance policy to boost trade, local economy
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA), has appealed to importers and key stakeholders to comply with government’s directive requiring all cargo imports to be insured locally, describing the move as key …
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The cedi was buying at 11.0145 to the dollar and selling at 11.0255 on Friday, April 10, according to data from the Bank of Ghana. The pound sterling was buying …
