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Banks face mounting pressure to reduce non-performing loans (NPLs) to 10 percent by end-December, with the industry warning that weak credit enforcement and delays in remitting loan deductions from public-sector salaries could undermine efforts to improve asset quality.

FirstBank Ghana has reaffirmed its commitment to delivering exceptional customer experiences and building stronger relationships with its customers at a Customer Forum held as part of activities marking the 2026 Customer Service Week.

The State Housing Company (SHC) is embarking on a nationwide land audit and recovery exercise to evict squatters, remove encroachers and repossess lands occupied illegally, the Deputy Managing Director, Samuel Atukwei Quaye, has disclosed.

The Financial Times Africa Summit returns for its 13th edition on 21 to 22 October at The Landmark, London, with President John Dramani Mahama, and Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President of Nigeria, confirmed to take part.

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has called for a far more ambitious political settlement for Africa, arguing that individual national legislatures lack the collective power to reshape the continent’s place in the global economy.

Skills for Progress Africa, together with their founding technical partner, ELAF Industrial Automation Limited, last month, took Cohort 1 Fellows of its Technical Talent for Industry Fellowship on an educational and industry exposure visit to the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR).

Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson says Ghana has turned the tide from economic crisis and laid the foundation for sustained progress, but has cautioned that further gains will depend on protecting macroeconomic stability.

Ghana’s housing challenge is increasingly a housing finance crisis, with stakeholders at the National Conference on Housing Finance calling for innovative funding models to make homeownership more accessible for low- and middle-income households.