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You recover before you collapse – Prof. Lord Mensah blasts banking cleanup decisions

“You recover before you collapse.” That was the criticism from Professor of Financial Economics at the University of Ghana Business School, as he criticised...

Was there any GH¢5.7bn debt owed by Duffour and Unibank? – Evans Mensah analyzes

It has been one of the biggest controversies over the last week. It started with a statement by the Attorney General's office, and that...

Importers and Exporters urge Bank of Ghana to address forex access crisis

The Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana is calling on the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to urgently address the persistent foreign exchange (forex) access...

President Mahama’s tax waiver will ease our burden – Peasant Farmers Association

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has welcomed President John Mahama’s recent announcement of tax waivers on agricultural imports, describing it as a...

Cedi appreciates by 40.7% to US dollar in seven months of 2025 – BoG

The Ghana cedi appreciated by 40.7% against the US dollar in the first seven months of 2025. According to the Bank of Ghana’s July 2025...

Minority bemoans challenges faced by businesses due to dollar shortages

The Minority in Parliament has raised alarm over the adverse impact of persistent dollar shortages on Ghanaian businesses, accusing the government of mismanaging the...

Morocco donates 2,000 tons of fertilisers to Ghana

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture, on Monday, took delivery of 2,000 tons of fertilisers donated by the Kingdom of Morocco to support agricultural...

NPRA urges SSNIT to deepen reforms, diversify investments after DDEP

The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) is calling on the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to intensify governance reforms and diversify its...

Ghana’s soaring wage bill threatens fiscal health – Controller and Accountant-General warns

Controller and Accountant-General, Kwasi Agyei, has raised alarm over Ghana’s escalating public sector wage bill, cautioning that it poses a serious threat to the...

Keep a tight policy stance – IMF tells BoG

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised the Bank of Ghana to keep a tight monetary policy stance to consolidate recent gains in reducing...

Decisions taken must support ongoing economic recovery – Dr. Asiama tells MPC members

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Dr. Johnson Asiama has charged members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to ensure that their...

Government to announce new producer price for cocoa before August 7, 2025

The government is expected to announce a new producer price for cocoa before August 7, 2025. Joy Business understands that this came out after the...

Cedi ranked 4th best-performing currency in Africa in July 2025

The Ghana cedi was ranked as the 4th best-performing currency in Africa in July 2025. According to the Forbes Currency Converter, the local currency traded...

GRA boss tours Coca-Cola Ghana to deepen tax compliance, industry collaboration

Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Anthony Kwasi Sarpong, has led a high-level delegation to the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Ghana in Tema...

Ghana bagged $370.62m from crude oil in first-half of 2025

Ghana earned $370.622 million from crude oil in the first half of 2025, the First-Half Petroleum Semi-Annual Report has revealed. Out of that, the country...

NLA Boss Mohammed Abdul-Salam wins leadership award

The Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Mohammed Abdul-Salam, has been honoured with a prestigious Gold Award at the 8th Ghana Business Leaders...

Ecobank-JoyNews Habitat Fair opens in Tema

The much-anticipated Ecobank-JoyNews Habitat Fair kicked off its second clinic on Friday at the Ecobank Head Office in Tema Community 7 Traffic Light, marking...

France becomes first country to grant Ghana relief under debt restructuring programme

Ghana and France have signed a bilateral agreement to officially grant Ghana debt relief under the country's external debt restructuring programme. France becomes the first...

I may relocate office to Tema Port over massive revenue leakages – Finance Minister

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has threatened to relocate his office to Tema Port as part of drastic measures to combat what he...

JAPTU Ghana pays courtesy call on IGP Yohuno, POMAB members [Photos]

The Joint Association of Port Transport Unions (JAPTU) Ghana, the umbrella body for all port-based transport unions, has paid a courtesy visit to the...

Mid-Year Budget: Trade expert calls for single-digit inflation to strengthen economy

Associate Professor and Director of the Trade Growth Network, Prof. Evans Akwasi Gyasi, has urged the government to work towards achieving single-digit inflation. According to...

NPP gov’t was living ‘champagne lifestyle on Akepeteshie budget’ – Ato Forson

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has taken a swipe at the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, accusing it of reckless and unsustainable...

‘Those who validate ghosts will pay’ – Finance Minister declares war on public sector payroll fraud

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has warned public servants who aid in the validation of non-existent employees, commonly referred to as “ghost names”,...

‘We will not default’ – Ato Forson assures bondholders as GH¢20bn DDEP payment plan unfolds

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has assured Ghanaians that government remains fully committed to honouring all its domestic debt obligations under the Domestic...

Debt restructuring programme was poorly structured – Ato Forson

finance minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has taken a swipe at the Akufo-Addo administration’s debt restructuring programme, describing it as poorly designed, cancerous, and...

Ghana deserves better than b-rating – Finance Minister tells rating agencies

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson says he expects international credit rating agencies, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s (S&P), to soon upgrade Ghana’s sovereign...

4.5 billion IMF funds used 6 days before Mahama administration began – Finance Minister

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has revealed that the GH₵4.5 billion disbursed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was utilised between January 1...

Mid-Year Budget Review: Inshallah, President Mahama will deliver – Ato Forson assures Ghanaians

Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has expressed confidence in President John Dramani Mahama’s ability to fulfil his promises to the Ghanaian people, assuring...

Mid-Year Budget: Gov’t bans award of contracts in foreign currency

The government has announced a ban on the pricing and awarding of public contracts in foreign currency as part of efforts to stabilize the...

Mid-Year Budget Review: Ghana adds $2.14bn to reserves without external borrowing – Ato Forson

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has announced that Ghana has increased its gross international reserves by $2.14 billion within the first half of...

Mid-Year Budget Review: Ghana saves GHC4.9bn as T-Bill rates drop sharply – Ato Forson

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has reported strong gains in Ghana’s fiscal performance, highlighting significant reductions in Treasury Bill (T-Bill) rates and savings...

Mid-Year Budget Review: We inherited a broken economy, but… – Ato Forson

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has attributed the economic hardship caused by the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) to what he described as...

We will take decisive measures to halt dollarisation of the economy- BoG Governor

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Dr. Johnson Asiama has assured that decisive measures will be taken to help halt dollarisation of...

NPA holds second stakeholder consultation on draft petroleum consumer complaint guidelines

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has convened a second stakeholder consultation session to deliberate on a draft guideline designed to streamline how Petroleum Service...

22% of Ghanaian adults borrow from mobile money – World Bank report

Twenty –two percent of adults in Ghana borrow from mobile money providers. According to the World Bank’s 2025 Global Findex Report, 74% are formal borrowers. “In...

Prices of some imported goods could be reduced in coming weeks – GIFF assures

The Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) has revealed that prices of some imported goods could be reduced in the coming weeks following new...

Ghana likely to end 2025 with inflation rate in single digit – Deloitte

Ghana is likely to end 2025 with an inflation rate in single digits, below the Bank of Ghana's revised end-2025 target of 12%, Deloitte...

IMF backs removal of COVID-19 levy as new tax reforms receive high approval rate

The government's move to remove the COVID-19 levy from the country’s tax laws has received a strong endorsement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF),...

Bond market: Activities declined marginally to GH¢2.06bn

Activities in the secondary bond market declined by 2.63% week-on-week to GH¢2.06 billion. Trading remained concentrated in the General Category bonds, with the February 2027...

Ghana’s cocoa export volumes fall sharply by 50% despite rise in earnings in 2024 – Auditor General report

Ghana recorded a steep drop in cocoa bean exports in 2024, even though total earnings from the commodity rose significantly. This is according to...