Export diversification critical to sustaining economic gains — Fidelity Bank

Managing Director of Ecobank Ghana, Abena Osei-Poku, has urged business owners to take advantage of improving economic conditions to access bank financing, saying declining interest rates and relative exchange rate stability are creating a more favourable environment for borrowing and business expansion.

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.

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) generated about US$4.20 billion in foreign exchange (FX) from artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) gold trading between August and October 2026, directing US$2.38 billion to commercial banks to improve dollar liquidity.

Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited (CBG) has appointed Mr. Stephen Kpordzih as its new Board Chairman.

Government’s 24-Hour Economy programme is targeting increased industrial production, expanded exports and job creation by mobilising private sector investment and deploying technology across productive sectors, as government seeks to accelerate industrialisation and strengthen the country’s manufacturing base.

Wave Mobile Money has won the African Disrupter Award at the Africa Financial Summit (AFIS) 2026, held in Luanda, Angola.