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Beginning the Year Right: Financial education key to fighting poverty – Kwabena Obeng Darko

Entrepreneur, engineer and author, Kwabena Obeng Darko, has urged Ghanaians to prioritise financial education and effective planning as key tools for achieving financial freedom...

BoG Governor defends Gold-for-Oil cancellation

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Johnson Asiama, has defended the central bank’s decision to cancel the Gold-for-Oil programme in March...

GRA sets GH₵225 billion revenue target for 2026 with new VAT reforms

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has set an ambitious revenue target of GH₵225 billion for 2026, underpinned by wide-ranging VAT reforms aimed at improving...

BoG orders external audit into Gold-for-Oil Programme after GH¢2.2bn losses

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has commissioned an external audit of its controversial Gold-for-Oil and Gold-for-Reserves programmes as part of reforms aimed at improving...

Passenger arrivals at Airport drop marginally in 9 months of 2025 – BoG

Passenger arrivals declined marginally by 1.3 percent in year-on-year terms to 102,078 in September 2025, according to the November 2025 Monetary Policy Report. This was...

BoG loses GH¢7.1 billion on Domestic Gold Purchases, cites strategic benefits

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has disclosed that it has incurred billions of cedis in losses under the Domestic Gold Purchase Programme (DGPP) since...

Labour Market Information System developed to provide job info – Rashid Pelpuo

The Minister of Labour, Jobs and Employment, Dr Rashid Pelpuo, says the government has developed a Labour Market Information System to help job seekers...

CDM condemns job losses and rising cost of living one year into Mahama’s presidency

The Centre for Democratic Movement (CDM) has condemned what it describes as worsening economic hardship and job insecurity under President John Dramani Mahama, one...

‘No Ghana Card, on forex transaction’ — Government rolls out new AML measures

The Ghana Card has once again been positioned as a critical tool in the fight against fraud in the financial sector, as the government...

BoG issues AML/CFT/CPF agency banking guidelines for banks, others

The Bank of Ghana has issued the Anti-Money Laundering, Combating the Financing of Terrorism & Combating the Proliferation Financing of Weapons of Mass Destruction...

Report to FIC all sales, purchases of foreign currencies with threshold of GH¢20,000 – BoG

The Bank of Ghana has urged all forex bureaus to report to the Financial Intelligence Center (FIC) all sales and purchases of foreign currencies...

T-bills auction: Investor interest soars; government exceeds target by 20%

Investor interest in government treasuries shot up as total bids tendered exceeded the target by about 20.41%.   According to auction results by the Bank...

Forest Reserve destruction threatening our livelihoods – Obuasi Carpenters Association

The Obuasi Carpenters Association has raised concerns about the destruction of forest reserves through illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, warning that widespread deforestation...

Stakeholders clash over spare‑parts cost impact on transport fares

Contrary to concerns of the motoring public, a member of the Spare Parts Dealers Association, Kwabena Owusu‑Ansah, has stated that prices of spare parts...

IMF is real driver of Ghana’s stability, not government genius, says Tia Kabiru

The macroeconomic stability Ghana is currently experiencing is driven more by the IMF programme than by any exceptional policy brilliance of the government, Walewale...

Gideon Boako hints at new GoldBod losses in Bank of Ghana audited accounts

Tano North Member of Parliament, Dr. Gideon Boako, has warned that further losses linked to GoldBod could soon appear in the Bank of Ghana’s...

GoldBod losses are not a design problem but an exchange rate policy issue – Gideon Boako

Tano North Member of Parliament, Dr. Gideon Boako, has attributed reported losses by GoldBod not to flaws in the gold trading framework, but to...

Asantehene urges Bank of Ghana to accelerate interest rate reductions to boost domestic investment

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called on the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to fast-track measures to reduce interest rates, warning that Ghana’s...

Asantehene urges Bank of Ghana to lower interest rates to boost investment

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called on the Bank of Ghana to fast-track measures aimed at reducing interest rates, warning that Ghana’s...

Ghanaians divided over proposal for president to pay taxes

Some Ghanaians have expressed mixed reactions to a proposal by the Constitutional Review Consultative Committee (CRCC) for the Presidents of Ghana to pay taxes...

It is my prayer lending rates will not exceed 10% – BoG Governor

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Johnson Asiama, has reiterated his commitment to ensuring that lending rates in Ghana fall to...

Asantehene pays courtesy call on BoG Governor

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, on Wednesday, January 7, visited the Bank Square in Accra to pay a courtesy call on the Governor...

GRA and GUTA agree on measures for smooth implementation of new VAT Act

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Ghana Union of Traders’ Association (GUTA) have reached an agreement on measures to ensure a smooth rollout...

NPA commits to sustainable development through effective petroleum regulation – Tamekloe

The Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Mr. Godwin Kudzo Tamekloe Esq., has highlighted the Authority’s pivotal role in promoting sustainable development...

Inflation drops to 5.4% in December

Ghana’s inflation rate ended 2025 at 5.4 per cent, extending its downward trajectory for a 12th straight month, according to the Ghana Statistical Service...

New VAT regime already bringing down prices for consumers – GRA Boss

The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Anthony Sarpong, says the implementation of the revised Value Added Tax (VAT) regime is already having...

IMF-reported $214m gold trading loss occurred after my exit from PMMC – Nana Awuah

Former Managing Director of the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC), Nana Akwasi Awuah, has clarified that the $214 million trading loss reported by the...

Former PMMC boss advises GoldBod against repeat of past trading losses

Former Managing Director of PMMC, Nana Akwasi Awuah, has cautioned the new GoldBod management to adopt strict and pragmatic measures as it prepares to...

PMMC made no losses under my leadership – Nana Akwasi Awuah

Former Managing Director of the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC), Nana Akwasi Awuah, has rejected claims that the company incurred losses during his tenure...

PMMC turned around from crisis to record profits by 2024 – Former MD

Nana Akwasi Awuah has revealed that PMMC transitioned from a severe financial crisis to sustained profitability during his tenure as Managing Director from 2021...

Insist on VAT receipt to ensure full benefit of reduced taxes – GRA appeal to shoppers

The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Anthony Kwasi Sarpong, is making a passionate appeal to shoppers and consumers to insist on Value...

VAT cut puts GH¢6.5bn back in shoppers’ pockets as prices fall, says GRA

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says recent VAT reforms are easing pressure on consumers, with about GH¢6.5 billion returned to households following a drop...

VAT cut puts GH¢6.5bn back in shoppers’ pockets as prices fall

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says recent VAT reforms are easing pressure on consumers, with about GH¢6.5 billion returned to households following a drop...

TEN oil field partners agree to buy FPSO, cut costs from 2026

Partners in Ghana’s Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme (TEN) oil fields have agreed on final sale and purchase terms to acquire the floating production, storage...

Cedi appreciation began under NPP, not NDC – Kojo Oppong Nkrumah

The Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has stated that the recent appreciation of the cedi did not begin under the NDC...

BoG to review Domestic Gold Purchase Programme with stakeholders – Dr. Asiama

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Johnson Asiama, has announced plans for the Central Bank, in collaboration with the Gold Board...

Bond market: Liquidity eases at start of 2026; Turnover declines 42% to GH¢1.59 billion

The secondary bond market liquidity eased at the start of 2026, with turnover declining 42.04% week-on-week to GH¢1.59 billion. Trading activity was concentrated on the...

Jobs replace economy as voters’ top concern – Global InfoAnalytics

Global InfoAnalytics Executive Director Mussa Dankwah says voters now rank job creation above the economy. Speaking on the JoyNews AM Show on January 6, during...

SMEs optimistic about business growth in 2026

Some Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis have expressed optimism about the economic prospects and growth of businesses in 2026. Desmond Tyro,...

PMMC recorded $460 million loss in 2024 under NPP government – Agric Minister

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has revealed that the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC) incurred a loss of about 460 million...