Digital finance, forex trade industry a boom or doom to the African economy?

Ghana’s decision to reopen its mission in Mexico creates an opportunity to move the relationship beyond diplomacy to encompass investment, industry, trade, and market access at a continental level.

The removal of the 20 percent excise duty on locally manufactured fruit juices is expected to take effect from October 1, 2026.

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.