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B&FT’s Juliet Etefe wins Best Columnist (Print) at 30th GJA Awards
Business and Financial Times (B&FT) Online Editor Juliet Etefe has won the Best Columnist (Print) award at the 30th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Media Awards, in recognition of her work on the newspaper's Inspiring Start-ups with Juliet Etefe column.
Beyond stabilization: Assessing macroeconomic recovery and the 2027 economic outlook
As Ghana prepares for the reading of the 2027 Budget Statement on November 12, the nation stands at a pivotal macroeconomic crossroads; pivoting from crisis-era fiscal stabilization toward structured, high-productivity and economic expansion.
The entrepreneur as the enemy of the enterprise
Ghana celebrates entrepreneurship with enthusiasm.
How not to go to jail after holding public office
The appointment letter arrives with congratulations. Your telephone becomes unusually busy. Friends remember old promises. Relatives begin to discuss opportunities.
Industry leaders converge for 15th GEF today
Policy-makers, regulators, economists, bankers, industrialists and development partners gather at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra today for the opening of the 15th Ghana Economic Forum (GEF), organised by the B&FT, to ask how a recovering economy can be turned into industrial output.

Community Banks set for golden jubilee climax
The Association of Community Banks (ACB) Ghana will culminate its year-long 50th Anniversary celebrations with a landmark gathering that will bring together key policymakers, regulators, traditional authorities, and banking industry leaders to reflect on community banking's past achievements and chart a strategic course for the sector's future.
Output continues to rise despite unchanged new orders
Companies in Ghana continued to increase their business activity in October, despite a stagnation of new orders. Meanwhile, employment and purchasing activity also improved again at the start of the final quarter of the year and companies remained strongly confident in the year-ahead outlook.
ADB launches green-grow scheme
Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) PLC has launched its Green-Grow Vegetable Farmers Lending Scheme aimed at expanding access to structured agricultural financing and boosting local vegetable production.
When the economy is in good hands, the people prosper
Ghana has passed its first test since leaving IMF financing behind. On 4 November 2026, an IMF staff team led by Mr Ruben Atoyan reached a staff-level agreement with the authorities on the first review of Ghana’s 36-month Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI).
Gov’t targets 1.3m jobs with US$10bn New Economy Programme
Government is targetting the creation of up to 1.3 million jobs through a four-year New Economy Programme, backed by an investment commitment of about US$10billion, as it seeks to shift Ghana’s economic structure toward domestic production, industrialisation and value addition.
Stock market transactions surge 365% year-to-Oct
The number of transactions on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) increased by 365.32 percent to more than 1.08 million in the first 10 months of 2026, significantly outpacing the 73.66 percent growth in the value of shares traded as activity expanded across several sectors and listed counters.














