A budget that kept its word

It is quite a normal sight on Ghanaian roads: a toddler sitting in the front passenger seat, sometimes on an adult’s lap, sometimes standing between the seats and occasionally even appearing to “help” Mum or Dad drive. We have seen it so often that it barely attracts attention.

For generations, millions of children encountered the world through maps that gave them a misleading impression of its proportions. Africa appeared modest in size, while Europe, North America, Canada, Russia and Greenland seemed overwhelmingly large.

For the first time, three of Africa’s leading professional confederations – TICON Africa (Technology Information Confederation Africa), the African Marketing Confederation (AMC), and the African Supply Chain Confederation (ASCON) — met under one conference roof.

Imagine a newly appointed Director-General of a public regulatory authority who inherits an institution known for slow processing, opaque decision-making and informal payments that have gradually become accepted as part of navigating the system.

I have been watching the memes and social media reaction to the Dangote IPO with a great deal of amusement — and interest.

Building cost inflation rose to 4.6 percent in August 2026 from 4 percent in July, driven largely by higher material costs although overall cost pressures remained well below the 12 percent recorded a year earlier.

An amendment to Section 136 of the Customs Act, 2026 (Act 1179) - which seeks to change the point at which downstream petroleum taxes are collected

Government has been urged to deepen support for Ghana’s textiles and apparel industry as a way of expanding job creation and business opportunities for young people.