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The economy expanded 6.2 percent in first half-2026, supported by a sharp recovery in oil and gas production, strong services activity and rising investment although growth remained concentrated in a few sectors, Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) said.

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is backing a more structured and intelligence-led approach to financial crime investigations as digital transactions drive a sharp increase in fraud across Ghana’s financial ecosystem.

Ghana faces an estimated US$1.7billion annual financing gap to achieve its water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) targets by 2030, highlighting growing concerns over the sustainability of essential services amid persistent fiscal constraints.

At least one in every five Ghanaians has elevated blood pressure, with the Ministry of Health (MoH) warning that the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) poses both a public health and economic challenge.

Businessman, Dr. Kofi Amoah, popularly known as Citizen Kofi, has called for a national rethink of how corruption is investigated and punished, arguing that Ghana’s current approach has established corruption as an attractive route to wealth and social status.

Telecel Ghana has presented one million cedis to the first monthly winner in the Telecel M’ahitti promo.

 Republic Bank (Ghana) PLC has signed a  strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), establishing a framework for long-term collaboration in professional development, knowledge exchange and institutional capacity building.

Eni Ghana, together with its partner, Vitol Upstream Tano Ltd (Vitol), has signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the government of Ghana covering two offshore blocks, GH WB 3 and GH WB 8, in Ghana’s Tano Basin, paving the way for finalisation of the Petroleum Agreements.