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South Africa steps in to resolve Gov’t-MultiChoice dispute [Listen]

South Africa has waded into the ongoing standoff between Ghana’s Ministry of Communications and MultiChoice Ghana over DStv subscription fees, as diplomatic efforts intensify...

Ghana’s Diaspora Affairs office, Nigeria’s Presidential Economic Advisory Council laud AfriCanada Expo 2025

The Diaspora Affairs Office at the Office of the President of Ghana and the Presidential Economic Advisory Council of Nigeria have endorsed the upcoming...

Ghana’s mining shake-up: Engineers & Planners takes over Black Volta and Sankofa Gold projects

The long-dormant Black Volta and Sankofa gold projects in Ghana’s Upper West Region are set for revival after Engineers & Planners (E&P), one of...

T-Bills oversubscribed by 15.8% after four weeks of missing target

The government has recorded a 15.8% oversubscription of treasury bills after four consecutive weeks of missing its target. This follows an increase in yields on...

BoG assures importers of sufficient forex for Christmas imports

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has reassured business owners, particularly importers, of sufficient foreign exchange availability to support Christmas importations. Director of Research at the...

False! Ghana cedi NOT world’s worst-performing currency

Claims suggesting that the Ghana cedi is the worst-performing currency in the world have been circulating on both social media and news media platforms....

Explainer: Why the Cedi is slipping

The cedi has had one of its most dramatic years in recent memory. It opened 2025 at GH₵14.7 to the dollar. By February it...

Freight Forwarders raise alarm over frequent ICUMS downtimes at Tema Port

Freight Forwarders operating at the Port of Tema have expressed growing frustration over repeated and unannounced downtimes of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS),...

MTN Ghana announces shutdown of 2G and 3G services

MTN Ghana has revealed plans to phase out its 2G and 3G networks gradually, assuring subscribers that the transition will be carefully managed to...

COCOBOD pays GH¢2bn in coupon settlements on restructured cocoa bills

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has settled coupon payments worth GH¢2 billion to investors holding its restructured cocoa bills. Joy Business understands that the payments...

Ghana’s inflation drops to 11.5% in August, lowest in nearly four years

Ghana’s headline inflation dropped to 11.5% in August 2025, down from 12.1% in July, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has reported. This marks the eighth...

Cedi falls on strong demand amid weak forex support; one dollar equals GH¢12.70 at forex bureaus

The Ghana cedi depreciated across both the interbank and retail markets last week following strong demand amid weak support for foreign exchange. It declined in...

CEOs, Executives, and Entrepreneurs set to gather for transformative leadership dialogue in Ghana

The CEO’s Breakfast and Networking Meeting is set to return for its second edition, bringing together business leaders, entrepreneurs, and industry experts for a...

Ghana investigated 2,283 forgery cases from 2019 to 2023, 115 charged for money laundering

Ghana investigated 2,283 forgery cases from 2019 to 2023, with 115 charged for Money Laundering (ML), the 2025 Anti-Money Laundering Report has revealed. According to...

Some OMCs adjust prices; diesel now GH¢13.90, petrol GH¢12.99

Some Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have begun revising fuel prices in line with industry projections, with petrol prices edging upward while diesel records slight...

Ghana maintains 5th position in Africa’s IMF debt ranking

Ghana was ranked 5th in Africa for outstanding debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as of August 2025, unchanged from July 2025 data. According...

Ghana Link assures stakeholders of ICUMS performance enhancements

Ghana Link Network Services Ltd, operators of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS), has reassured stakeholders of ongoing efforts to strengthen the platform and...

Price of petroleum products expected to go up from September 1

The price of petroleum products is set to go up by some significant margin per litre from Monday, September 1, 2025. This is based on...

BoG designates digital credit services as non-bank financial service

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has formally designated Digital Credit Services as a Non-Bank Financial Service under the First Schedule of the Non-Bank Financial...

TUC urges gov’t to address rising debt, warns of possible drastic measures

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Ghana has called on the government to take immediate steps to address the country’s rising debt, which it...

Greater Accra Region records 115 out of 140 investment projects in 2024

The Greater Accra Region accounted for 115 out of 140 projects registered as investments by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) in 2024. According to...

Ghana records slight decline in unemployment; youth joblessness remains high

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has released the July 2025 edition of its Quarterly Labour Statistics, showing a marginal drop in the national unemployment...

Bono East Regional Minister urges loan repayment to sustain rural banks

The Bono East Regional Minister, Francis Owusu-Antwi, has called on customers and shareholders of banks, particularly rural and community banks, to honor their loan...

Cedi’s current pressure is a short-term blip; things will normalise soon – BoG Governor assures

The governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Johnson Asiama, has described the current pressure on the cedi as a short-term blip and...

BoG directs mining firms to route forex through commercial banks

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has instructed mining companies to channel their foreign exchange inflows through commercial banks instead of directly to the central...

10 million youth to join labour force by 2040: Finance Ministry calls for bold fiscal reforms

Chief Director of the Ministry of Finance, Patrick Nomo, has warned that Ghana must radically rethink its approach to public financial management as the...

BoG to strictly enforce foreign currency transfers; warns travellers against carrying more than $10,000

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced amendments to its guidelines on the importation and exportation of foreign currency as part of efforts to...

BoG bans dollar pricing for school fees, rent, airline tickets, and more

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has warned the public that all unauthorized foreign exchange transactions—including black market dealings, pricing, quoting, advertising, issuing receipts, and...

BoG revises rules on foreign currency imports and exports

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced amendments to the rules governing the import and export of foreign currency, effective September 1, 2025, as...

Ghana, Japan strengthen SME cooperation as GEA CEO Margaret Ansei engages in talks at TICAD 9

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA), Margaret Ansei, has held bilateral talks with Japan’s Small and Medium Enterprises Agency on...

Forex scarcity fuelling mafia-style auctions at our ports – IEAG warns of mass action

The Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana (IEAG) has expressed serious concern over what it describes as a “mafia” system of illegal auctions at...

Cedi still wobbly despite appreciation – Abena Osei Asare

Former Deputy Finance Minister and Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Abena Osei Asare, has expressed concern over the continued instability of the...

Ghana open for Business 24/7 under new economic strategy – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has assured international investors that Ghana is “open for business round the clock” as the government rolls out its ambitious...

Cedi crosses GH¢11 to US dollar amid supply pressures

The Ghana cedi has crossed GH¢11 to the US dollar, according to commercial bank quotes. Checks by Joy Business show that while some banks are...

NPA engages industry players on Draft Petroleum Bill

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) convened a stakeholder forum in Accra on Monday, August 25, to deliberate on the draft NPA Bill, as part...

Ghana poised to expand partnerships in textiles, automotive, and green economy

Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has called on Japanese businesses to scale up their investments in Ghana, positioning the country as...

Expert panel calls for urgent reforms to Ghana’s PPP framework

An expert panel of policymakers, academics, private sector leaders, and civil society organizations has called for urgent reforms to Ghana’s Public-Private Partnership (PPP) regulatory...

MiDA backs Trump-era MCC strategy, pledges commitment despite past $190m setback

The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), the agency responsible for implementing the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) programmes in Ghana, has pledged full support for the...

Bank of Ghana scales back forex interventions amid cedi appreciation

The Bank of Ghana has scaled back both the size and frequency of its foreign exchange interventions in the forex market. During the second quarter...

Modified taxes, digital surveillance to transform Ghana’s tax system – GRA

Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Anthony Kwasi Sarpong, says Ghana’s tax landscape is set to be transformed by two key interventions: modified...