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GH¢3.5bn spent issuing cedi cash in 2018-25 as Minority asks what Heritage notes cost

Audited accounts show the yearly bill swung from GH¢1.01 billion in 2024 to GH¢471 million in 2025. The Heritage Series cost will only show in the 2026 accounts.

Bank of Ghana Clarifies Theodosia Okoh Portrait on GH¢50 Heritage Banknote

Ghana Needs $10 Billion Infrastructure Investment to Drive Growth

Banks' bad-loan ratio was 15.7% in August with seven weeks left to meet BoG's 10% cap

GH¢240 speeding fines arrive as Ghana's road deaths run at eight a day

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

GHS 50 note portrait disputed by Theodosia Okoh's nephew

GHS 70.4 billion sat outside banks in August as Heritage cedi notes near circulation

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

GHS 3.45 billion T-bill sale falls 38.1% short of the GHS 5.57 billion target

The government raised GHS 3,451.65 million at Friday's T-bill auction, 38.1% short of its GHS 5,572 million target, while the 91-day yield stayed below 5.5% inflation.

Cedi ends week at 11.69 per dollar, 0.43% weaker; 10.6% down this year

GSE-CI ends week 0.29% lower at 13,960.40; cedi firms to 11.69 on the day

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

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 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

Cooking gas tipped to rise 21% to GHS 23.17 a kg, adding GHS 58.54 to a 14.5kg refill

Motorists get cheaper petrol from Monday, but households that cook with gas face the opposite. On industry projections, a 14.5kg refill rises from about GHS 277 to GHS 336.

Petrol floor falls 11% to GH¢13.69 from Monday, not the 18% some posts imply, as cooking gas jumps 16%

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

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 refined 29% of small-scale gold exports at home by 20 October, against a 70% goal

The 2027 Budget wants 70% of small-scale gold refined locally by December 2027. GoldBod's figure to 20 October is 29.3%. A partial-October reading was 94.6%.

950,000 tonnes of rice imports are targeted for a 2030 ban, but new hubs cover under half

US$4,003.51 November gold average is 12.1% below the Jan–Sep level in the 2027 Budget

500,000 tonnes in Dangote cocoa talks would equal 65% of Ghana's 2025/26 crop

COCOBOD debt down 6% to GH¢30.55bn; Budget and MoF differ on roads by GH¢2.55bn

Cocoa down 11.5% in a week to US$4,906; gold US$3,891, Brent US$92 at Friday close

Cocoa at US$4,906 a tonne is 17% below the price the Budget calls a recovery

Forson says Ghana spends US$3.5bn a year on food imports

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

Half of Volta and Oti teenagers said a fizzy drink advert made it look healthy, UG study finds

Half of the teenagers in a University of Ghana study said a sugary fizzy drink advert made the drink seem a healthy choice. Of 667 young people aged 10 to 19 in the Volta and Oti regions, 334 (50.1%) gave that answer.

92% of women oyster workers at three Ghana estuaries live in food-insecure homes, UG study finds

63% of preterm babies' mothers at two Accra-region hospitals show signs of depression

"Free" maternity care still cost each woman about GHS590, UG study finds

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

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