Ghana

🇬🇭 Bank of Ghana (BoG) Governor Dr Johnson Asiama has assured businesses and the public that the central bank has adequate reserves to stabilise the cedi, stressing that there is no need for panic. Source: ghana-business Country: Ghana

🇬🇭 A new Afrobarometer report has revealed a striking paradox in African public opinion: while support for free trade is growing across the continent, awareness of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) – the flagship agreement designed to boost intra-African commerce – remains remarkably low. The findings are contained in the 2026 African Insights … Read more

🇬🇭 Ghana’s year-on-year inflation rate declined further to 4.6 percent in July 2026, down from 5.3 percent in June, as easing food prices continued to drive down overall consumer price growth. The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) shows inflation fell by 0.7 percentage points from the previous … Read more

🇬🇭 Facebook owner Meta says an issue during an evaluation by an independent testing company allowed one of its artificial intelligence (AI) models to connect to the internet and hack another organisation’s system. Source: ghana-business Country: Ghana

🇬🇭 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Ghana can adopt a more flexible fiscal path from 2027, allowing increased development spending while still remaining on course to meet its long-term debt reduction targets. In its latest Article IV Consultation and proposed Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI) report, the Fund said improvements in Ghana’s debt position and … Read more

🇬🇭 According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), this relaxation is supported by substantial in-built safeguards in staff’s fiscal space framework, including a prudently calibrated debt anchor, set below the respective Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) thresholds to ensure a high probability that debt remains within safe bounds based on Ghana‑specific debt dynamics and allowing for … Read more

🇬🇭 The sale of gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA) for $55bn (£41bn) to a group of buyers including Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has been finalised. Source: ghana-business Country: Ghana

🇬🇭 Invest in Africa (IIA) has opened applications for the MicroGREEN Programme, an initiative aimed at empowering 1,000 young entrepreneurs in Ghana and Senegal to build sustainable businesses and create green jobs. Funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the programme targets young entrepreneurs aged between 18 and 35 operating enterprises within the agroforestry, fisheries, … Read more

🇬🇭 The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Johnson Pandit Asiama, has directed all regulated financial institutions to reduce their non-performing loans (NPLs) to not more than 10 percent by the end of December 2026, warning that high levels of bad loans continue to constrain lending and weigh on Ghana’s economic development. According … Read more

🇬🇭 The Ghana Reference Rate (GRR), the benchmark used by commercial banks to price loans, is set to rise marginally to 10.61% in August 2026, up from 10.59% in July. Source: ghana-business Country: Ghana