By Adnan Adams Mohammed Emerging from a series of global macroeconomic shocks, the African continent is projected to maintain a resilient and steady economic growth trajectory from 2026 through 2028. …
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Ghana to host prestigious World Cocoa Foundation partnership meeting next year
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsGhana has officially been announced as the host nation for the highly anticipated 2027 World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) Partnership Meeting, positioning the country at the centre of the global commodities …
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ECOWAS hosts media sensitization workshop to advance regional biometric identity card rollout
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan Adams By Adnan Adams Mohammed In a major step toward strengthening regional security and advancing West African integration, the ECOWAS Commission is convening a high-level Media Sensitization Workshop today, …
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Economy and Finance
BoG orders banks to chase defaulters on ‘written-off loans’ …to avoid ‘moral hazard’
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has directed commercial banks to aggressively pursue borrowers of fully provisioned loans, warning that completely erasing bad debts from their books …
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Business, Small BusinessEconomy and Finance
Ghana chases Africa’s 1.4 billion market as Trade Minister courts Chinese and Gulf investors
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed In an aggressive push to transform the nation’s industrial landscape and accelerate economic growth, Trade Minister Hon. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare is leading a high-powered Ghanaian delegation to …
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By Toma Imirhe Even ahead of last week’s decision by the Bank of Ghana’s Monetary Policy Committee not to cut the benchmark Monetary Policy Rate any further from the 14% …
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Lending, deposit rates to remain unchanged …as BoG maintains 14% policy rate for next 2 months
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Toma Imirhe The Bank of Ghana has put its aggressive monetary easing cycle on hold, with its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) deciding last week to maintain the benchmark Monetary …
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Banking sector performance improves significantly as total assets expand to GH¢493.9 billion
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed Ghana’s banking industry has demonstrated robust growth and resilience, with the sector’s total assets expanding by an impressive 26.6 percent to reach GH¢493.9 billion. The strong …
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Business, Small BusinessEconomy and Finance
BoG set to license first Non-Interest Bank soon …as two industry experts are appointed to NIFAC
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is set to issue its first operational license for a non-interest banking institution before the end of 2026. The milestone follows …
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COCOBOD rejects claims of officials engaging in private cocoa buying …as it overhauls financing with new domestic bond model
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has vehemently dismissed allegations that its officials are participating in private cocoa purchasing activities. The industry regulator insisted that all cocoa …