BoG urges businesses to unlock collateral for easier credit access

 MT Asharami Ghana, a 40,000-cubic-metre Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) carrier has delivered 5,000MT of LPG in its maiden voyage to Ghana, boosting efforts to strengthen energy security, LPG supply reliability and position the nation as a strategic hub for regional energy trade.

Hubtel and Business & Financial Times (B&FT) have explored opportunities for collaboration aimed at supporting business growth, digital adoption and greater engagement with the business community.

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has welcomed an international arbitral tribunal’s decision upholding its US$393.09million tax assessment against Tullow Ghana Limited over the taxation of business interruption insurance proceeds.

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has generated US$1.871 billion in foreign exchange (FX) from its Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) gold trade operations in September 2026, exceeding its monthly target of US$1.4 billion by US$471 million.

Gas sales generated US$952million for the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) in 2025, nearly twice the roughly US$500million the national oil company earns in a good year from its share of crude oil sales - an indication of natural gas's rising commercial importance to its business.

The Stratcomm Africa powered 14th Ghana Garden and Flower Show (GGFS) with the theme Green means Business, Beauty and More has officially closed in Accra with a call for Ghana to recognise the potential of horticulture/floriculture for business, livelihood enhancement, health, recreation and sustainable economic development in general.

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.

Tullow Ghana Limited has lost its tax arbitration case against the Republic, after an international tribunal on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, dismissed the company’s claims and upheld the Ghana Revenue Authority’s US$393.09 million tax assessment in full.