Standard Chartered deepens commitment to female start-ups

Access Bank (Ghana) Plc has partnered with Points Africa, a mobile-first rewards platform, to enhance the Rewards by Access loyalty programme by expanding the network of locations where customers can earn and redeem loyalty points.

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has reaffirmed its confidence in the economy’s recovery — while maintaining the Monetary Policy Rate at 14 percent as it seeks to support growth and keep inflation under control amid global uncertainties.

The African Agribusiness Consortium (AAC), a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies, has secured 750 acres of irrigated land at Konadu in the Kwahu Afram Plains from the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) to establish a large-scale vegetable production facility.

Ghana's annual inflation rate declined to 4.6 percent in July 2026, down from 5.3 percent in June, as price pressures eased across all major indicators, the Government Statistician Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu has announced.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to maintain a cautious monetary policy stance as risks from energy prices, exchange rate pressures and fiscal expansion could undermine recent inflation gains.

The government has no plans to sell the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO) but is instead seeking a strategic investor to inject more than US$700 million needed to revive the state-owned aluminium smelter, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has said.

Ghana has entered the final stage of assessing its implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Protocol on Trade in Goods, with senior government officials, private sector representatives, technical experts and the AfCFTA Secretariat meeting in Ada to validate the country's implementation review.

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat and the Government of Burundi have agreed to develop a joint country implementation roadmap aimed at accelerating Burundi's participation in Africa's single market and expanding opportunities for the country's private sector.