Honey sector targets EU market return

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has called for an increase in the mandatory share of gold purchased by Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) from large-scale mining companies to 50 percent from the current 30 percent.

Ghana’s building cost inflation rose to 4 percent in July 2026 from 3.1 percent for June as higher material and plant costs more than offset a decline in labour costs, Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has reported.

Proforest has presented 22 motorbikes to the Ahafo Regional Forestry Commission to strengthen forest patrols, improve access to remote forest areas, and support restoration work across the Asunafo-Asutifi landscape.

Ghanaian institutions are adopting artificial intelligence faster than they are governing it and far faster than they are building it. The boards that close that gap first will set the terms for the rest of the market.

Bridget Mensah’s favourite book is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions. She calls it the simplest book she knows for explaining feminism; not a slogan, she says, but a series of small, deliberate choices, repeated daily, until they add up to a life.

GCB Bank has welcomed the inauguration of the Non-Interest Financial Advisory Council (NIFAC) by the Bank of Ghana, describing it as an important milestone in Ghana’s journey towards a more inclusive, innovative and diversified financial system.

The Bank of Ghana is using Artificial Intelligence and machine-learning tools to strengthen inflation and growth forecasts as it seeks to reduce the time it takes for policymakers to identify shifts in economic conditions and respond to emerging risks.

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has partnered AFRICA’s BRAIN BANK to support a six-day international summit in September that will culminate in the groundbreaking for a proposed Historic Medical City in Ada, positioning the project at the intersection of healthcare development, investment and medical tourism.