Editorial: Gold pushes merchandise trade exports surplus to record high!

The Ghana Stock Exchange’s (GSE) record-breaking rally could face an adjustment of as much as 30 percent if Treasury bill yields stage a significant rebound, analysts have warned, as recent trading points to growing profit-taking and weaker investor participation after months of rapid gains.

Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Bank Plc, Dame Dr. Adaora Umeoji, Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), has been honoured with the prestigious Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe (Zik) Pan-African Award for ‘Transformational Leadership in Banking and Financial Innovation.’

Stanbic Bank Ghana has been named Ghana’s Best Investment Bank at the prestigious Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2026, contributing to Standard Bank Group’s impressive tally of 17 awards across Africa.

Access Bank has signed a strategic financing partnership with Mantrac, the authorised dealer of Caterpillar equipment, to expand access to capital for contractors and mining companies across the country.

For more than three decades, Ghana has pursued various reforms to improve the performance of its electricity distribution sector. Despite significant investments in generation capacity, transmission infrastructure, and distribution networks, persistent challenges—including high technical and commercial losses, unreliable revenue collection, aging infrastructure, and mounting financial pressures—continue to undermine the sector’s sustainability.

The Central Securities Depository (CSD) has launched an online investor portal, in an effort to simplify the trade of securities in the country.