Gov’t takes final step in external debt restructuring

The banking industry has an unhealthy concentration of bad loans in two sectors of the economy, where it channelled a bulk of its credit in 2025, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Ghana has revealed, just as the fall in interest rates pares the profit cushion that once absorbed such losses.

 Development Bank Ghana (DBG) has disbursed GH¢2.5billion to about 1,000 businesses across all 16 regions over the past five years - with more than half the beneficiaries being women-led enterprises, the bank’s Chief Executive Officer Prof. Randolph Nsor-Ambala has disclosed.

The Managing Director of Ghana's number one bank, GCB Bank, Mr. Farihan Alhassan, has been honoured with the Special African Leadership Commendation Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Ghana's banking sector and his role in driving institutional growth, innovation and financial inclusion.

An Accra High Court has dismissed an interlocutory injunction application seeking to restrain the implementation and enforcement of the Ghana Shippers' Authority (GSA)

Government has entered the final phase of its external bonded debt restructuring following the successful exchange of all outstanding SADEREA Notes, the Ministry of Finance has announced.

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has reintroduced a fully government-funded free fertiliser and agro-input distribution programme for cocoa farmers, expanding a broader reform agenda that combines production support with pricing, financing and governance changes aimed at reviving Ghana’s cocoa sector.