Emirates flight EK789 touches down in Accra for the first time

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.

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has commenced a nationwide farmer sensitisation campaign to educate cocoa farmers on the reintroduced Free Fertiliser and Agro-Inputs Distribution Programme under the Cocoa Diseases and Pest Control (CODAPEC/HITECH) Programme.

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) should introduce minimum fraud control standards specifically tailored for payment service providers (PSPs) to strengthen safeguards across the digital payments ecosystem, financial markets expert and University of Ghana Business School part-time lecturer Norman Adu Bamfo has said.

Industry leaders say stablecoins are set to reshape payment ecosystems by improving the speed and efficiency of cross-border transactions, while calling for balanced regulation to support innovation and protect consumers.

Managing Director of GCB Bank PLC, Farihan Alhassan, has called for a shift in Africa’s economic development strategy, arguing that the continent’s financing challenges are less about capital scarcity and more about building the right risk structures to attract investment at scale.

Ecobank Ghana has donated relief items valued at over GHS257,000 to support individuals and families in communities affected by the recent floods that impacted Accra and several other parts of the country.