Marine insurance key to AfCFTA trade competitiveness - NIC             

Growth momentum cooled in April as a sharp deceleration in the services sector tempered the pace of economic expansion, although stronger performances in mining and agriculture kept the economy on a broad-based growth path.

A renewed fall in new orders contributed to a deterioration in overall business conditions for companies in Ghana at the midway point of 2026.

The insurance industry has called for an urgent amendment of the Public Financial Management Regulations (LI 2378) that allows insurers to issue advance payment guarantees for contractors and service providers executing government projects.

The latest Eurobond repayment by government has strengthened confidence in the country’s commitment to honouring its post-restructuring debt obligations, but investors and analysts say sustained fiscal discipline and continued macroeconomic improvements will determine whether the gains translate into lower borrowing costs and a return to international capital markets.

Government is stepping up efforts to tackle Ghana’s recurring urban flooding by mobilising state institutions, including the Bank of Ghana (BoG), alongside the private sector under a strategy that combines sustained sanitation campaigns with infrastructure investment.

Azumah Resources Ghana Ltd has categorically rejected media reports alleging that an international arbitration tribunal or a foreign court has ordered the Black Volta Project to be handed over to former foreign investors, describing the publications as false, misleading and a complete misrepresentation of ongoing legal proceedings.