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Ghana's 14% policy rate sits 8.5 points above 5.5% inflation as the MPC meets

Inflation has been below the Bank of Ghana's 6% floor for 11 months. Rate-setters meet on Monday with room to cut, and a fare rise to explain away.

Expressway account holds US$2.2bn and GHS 9bn: enough for the road, not the US$1bn saving

2027 Budget prices oil at US$74.93 a barrel; Brent is 23% higher at US$92.14

GoldBod's 88 tonnes beat the big miners but trail its 3-tonne weekly minimum

Ghana's 2027 Budget Omits 24-Hour Economy Incentives Worth GHS 4.2 Billion

Ghana offers to repay GHS 29 billion of DDEP bonds three months early and plans to clear the US$590 million January Eurobond by 31 December

Ghana's 2027 Budget commits US$10 billion over four years to the New Economy programme and targets 8% growth by 2030

71% of KPMG/UNDP survey respondents want jobs put first in Ghana's 2027 Budget, while only 36% call power supply reliable

A GHS 10,000 loan at 15.94% costs GHS 1,594 a year, GHS 821 less than in August 2025

The last official average bank loan rate is 15.94%, from August, not October as the Budget says. Savers still earn less than inflation.

GHS 50 note portrait disputed by Theodosia Okoh's nephew

Bank of Ghana's Heritage Series cedi banknotes enter circulation on 1 December 2026, with existing notes staying legal tender

Bank of Ghana bars payment firms from using merchant funds and orders seven safeguards on settlement accounts

Bank of Ghana registers 46 money transfer operators and bars banks from using unlisted firms

SEC Targets Low-Cost Investment Schemes to Expand Ghana’s Financial Inclusion with GHS 4.2 billion Potential

Ghana Seeks AfCFTA Expansion to Caribbean with $3 Trillion GDP

7 Companies Shortlisted for Keta Port Project Worth GHS 4.2 Billion

Ghana's fake goods trade worsens as crime index score rises to 5.5

Ghana scored 5.5 out of 10 for trade in counterfeit goods in the 2025 Global Organized Crime Index, up 0.5 from the previous edition, with Makola and Abossey Okai named as Accra markets where fake products are commonly sold.

Mahama Allocates GHS100m for Nsawam Remand Block

46.7kg of cocaine seized in Beirut from passenger flying in from Accra

Ghanaian twins plead guilty in alleged $9 million US romance fraud, face up to 20 years

GSE-CI closes at 13,996.43, up 59.6% this year; cedi 0.43% weaker on the week

The Ghana Stock Exchange added 0.21% on the week and is up 59.6% this year. The cedi is 0.43% weaker than a week ago.

91-day bill at 4.56% now pays less than 5.5% inflation; one-year bill still beats it

GSE Composite Index ends October up 63.08% for the year as share turnover rises 58.9% to GHS 345.2 million

Ghana Fixed Income Market Sees GH¢2.08bn Trading Volume

Ghana's T-bill auction draws GHS5.01 billion, 41.5% above target, as yields ease

Ghana's fixed-income market trades GHS48.13 billion in October as share trading falls 38.6%

Ghana bond trading falls 44.87% to GHS5.03 billion in a week as 2027 to 2030 notes take 57.83%

GSE turnover jumps to GHS42.33 million as Ecobank Transnational and GCB dominate trading

Ghana to procure its own vaccines by 2030 as Gavi support ends, Mahama says, with about 50% already self-funded

President Mahama told the Ghana Medical Association that Ghana is being weaned off Gavi support and is expected to procure its own vaccines by 2030, saying the country already buys about 50% of its vaccines.

Korle Bu emergency beds to more than double from 65 to at least 150 under four-hospital expansion, Mahama says

Ghana plans a 1,450MW state-owned thermal plant and 600MW of solar to end US$1.4 billion a year in energy-sector bailouts by 2030

The 2027 Budget commits the state to build, own and fund a 1,450MW gas-fired plant in the Central Region from December 2026 and a 600MW solar plant with 2,000MWh of battery storage, phase out emergency power by December 2030 and cut generation costs from about 16 US cents to 8 cents or less per kWh.

Tema Oil Refinery says it cut negative equity by a third to GHS 5 billion by end-2025

Budget data put Ghana's oil output at 117,171 barrels a day, not 122,000

Ghana and Tullow agree roadmap to settle US$393 million tax bill upheld in arbitration, Mahama says

Ghana Records New Offshore Oil Discovery Worth $1 Billion Annually

GHS 0.38 Reduction in Fuel Prices Ahead of November 16 Review

Ghana's petroleum receipts rise 52% to US$561 million in first half of 2026, PIAC report says

Iran Reports 2 Tanker Fires in Strait of Hormuz, 17.1 Million Barrels Per Day Exported

Ghana ICT Boom Fails to Drive Economic Growth, Report Finds GHS 1.9 Trillion Mobile Money Transactions

Ghana's ICT sector grew 20.5% annually from 2014 to 2022, but its contribution to GDP growth remained below 1.2 percentage points, according to a new report

Ghana, US Explore $30 Million Data Centre Investment and Cloud Computing Partnerships

Cyber incidents cost Ghana GHS209.7 million in nine months, over nine times 2025 losses

Ghana ICT Boom Delivers Limited Gains Worth GHS 21 Billion

MTN Ghana Invests US$202 Million in 5G License

MTN Ghana Mobile Money transaction value grows 44.4%

Zeepay Sues MTN for GHS15 Million Over Alleged Contract Breach

MTN Group CEO Reaffirms Commitment to Ghana's Digital Infrastructure

Mercury in Ghana's Pra and Ankobra rivers is more than 55 times the US stream average, USGS baseline study finds

A US Geological Survey baseline study of eight mining-affected communities on the Pra and Ankobra rivers found mercury in sampled river water more than 55 times the average for US streams, and river sediments two to 25 times higher. All drinking-water samples were below US EPA and WHO limits.

Improved drinking water reaches 92% of Ghanaian households, up from 60.7% in 2000

Ghana's maternal deaths fell 37.9% in a decade and life expectancy reached 65.1 years, GSS says

Ghana is now 58.7% urban, with 30.8% of city dwellers in slums or informal settlements, GSS says