The new credit economy: Growth through discipline

When a young welder in Accra picks up a torch today, the standard she is being trained to meet increasingly extends beyond Ghana. It is measured against benchmarks used in industrial workplaces across the world.

Comprehensive Fees and Revenue Structure for GMCxA A credible, transparent, published fee schedule is both a governance safeguard and the foundation of GMCxA's own financial sustainability. The structure below is designed to be broadly comparable to GOLDBOD's existing non-tax revenue lines (aggregation service charges, assay fees, licence fees) while extending the base across all four GMCx sectors.

Workplace stress has quietly become one of the biggest challenges facing organisations in Ghana. Whether in banking halls, corporate offices or small businesses, many employees are feeling the weight of long hours, intense customer demands and rising performance expectations. This growing pressure is taking a toll not only on productivity, but on the physical and emotional wellbeing of workers across the country.

As businesses grow, governance must grow with them. Sustainable institutions are built when strong leadership is converted into strong systems, accountable decision-making and institutional memory.

What happens when the women already helping to power Ghana become part of preparing the women and girls who will build its AI future? That question sits at the heart of a new partnership between STEM Academy Achievers Ghana, the global #BeMe initiative and Electricity Company of Ghana – Women in Engineering (ECG-WinE). For me, this is much more than a partnership announcement. It is about connecting generations, connecting industry with education and, importantly, building the human infrastructure Ghana will need for an AI-enabled economy.

The BRICS Business Forum 2026 in New Delhi underscored the bloc’s growing influence, with BRICS economies now accounting for 40 percent of global GDP and 25 percent of international trade. For West Africa, and Ghana in particular, the outcomes intersect directly with the Reset Agenda, the Big Push projects and the 24 Hour Economy initiative. A sector by sector econometric analysis reveals how BRICS aligned reforms could reshape Ghana’s growth trajectory, employment creation and trade balance over the next decade.

The relationship between Africa and the United States may be entering a new phase, one in which diplomatic commitments are increasingly expected to translate into investment, infrastructure, trade, economic opportunity and measurable security outcomes.

Digital Adoption Is Not Digital Transformation Digital adoption and digital transformation are not the same. A country may expand connectivity, digitise public services and install advanced systems while remaining dependent on external equipment, software, expertise and finance.