Exotic fruit growers, fruit processors and their associations in Ekumfi and Asebu have commended the government for abolishing the 20% excise duty on locally manufactured fruit juices.
Credit to the private sector expanded 41.2 percent year-on-year in June 2026 to GH¢119.6billion, one of the fastest paces on record, according to data published by the Bank of Ghana (BoG).
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has called for a renewed national commitment to strategic industrialisation.
Government has outlined tax and customs reforms aimed at easing the burden on businesses, improving compliance and strengthening domestic revenue mobilisation without introducing new taxes.
The paradox of African infrastructure today is stark. While the “funding gap” continues to dominate policy discourse, it is the “execution gap”, or more precisely, the challenge of translating capital into delivery, that is increasingly shaping development outcomes in Africa.
Over the past decade, Ghana’s overall infrastructure grade has remained unchanged at D3, even as the country’s road infrastructure condition has deteriorated markedly, the 2026 Ghana Infrastructure Report Card has revealed.
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has settled GH¢162 million in outstanding obligations owed to individual holders of Cocoa Bills who did not participate in the government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP).
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