‘We have turned the tide’ – Ato Forson says Ghana is ready for take-off

“A road cannot tell you that there is a misfortune ahead.” – Kenyan proverb

Value Added Tax (VAT) compliance is receiving renewed attention in Ghana as the Ghana Revenue Authority intensifies efforts to improve domestic revenue mobilisation. In September 2026, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) launched the nationwide “Request Your VAT Invoice, Help Build Our Nation” campaign, ahead of a broader VAT invigilation exercise in October aimed at improving invoice issuance and compliance among registered businesses.

International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has highlighted United Bank for Africa (UBA) Ghana's strong capital position, improved asset quality and substantial liquidity buffers in its latest credit assessment, maintaining the Bank's Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘B’ with a Positive Outlook.

When Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa stood beside India’s external affairs minister in Accra on Tuesday and announced that the cabinet of President John Dramani Mahama had decided Ghana should formally apply to join BRICS, he chose his stage with care. India is the bloc’s current chair, it hosted the leaders’ summit in New Delhi only last month, and it is the founding member least inclined to see BRICS turned into an anti-western alliance.