BoG, industry push reforms for distressed business financing

  Banking leadership is usually difficult to reduce to a single measure. But PwC Ghana’s latest Banking Survey presents an unusual picture: four of the industry’s major market-share indicators ended 2025 with the same bank, GCB Bank PLC, at the top.

African countries should develop their own debt-management and development-financing institutions instead of relying on systems designed outside the continent, the head of the African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD) has said.

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Kwame Ntow Amoah, has assured that the national oil company (NOC) remains on course to commence its planned fourth-quarter drilling programme in the Voltaian Basin despite repeated shifts in the timeline.

Ghana’s descent into debt distress in 2022 was preceded by years of warning signs that were visible but were not sufficiently reflected in assessments of how quickly the economy could tip into crisis, a new policy paper by former First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari, has argued.

State Housing Company Limited (SHC) and Absa Bank Ghana have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at expanding access to mortgage financing and helping address Ghana's estimated housing deficit of 1.8 million units.

Ghana Investment Promotion Authority (GIPA) has called for stronger institutional support to foreign investors,

Ghana’s investment priorities and opportunities across key sectors will be presented to international business audiences in a new series of Global Platform videos featuring Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama and senior public- and private-sector leaders.

The Ghana Mineworkers’ Union (GMU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has petitioned the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and the Ministry of Finance over unresolved legacy issues involving The Seed Funds Savings & Loans Limited (TSF) and Jislah Financial Services Limited (Jislah).