The Bank of Ghana(BoG) has identified investor confidence, policy predictability and commercially viable projects as critical to attracting more Asian investment into West Africa, stressing the need for stronger risk management and institutional credibility.
The Bank of Ghana has called for stronger and more harmonised regulation of digital payment systems across West Africa, saying effective supervision, interoperability and secure cross-border settlement arrangements are essential to advancing regional financial integration.
The recovery in business conditions in Ghana's private sector gained strength in September.
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is preparing to tighten banks’ credit risk management requirements as private-sector lending accelerates, with the regulator warning that rapid credit expansion must be matched by stronger underwriting and risk controls.
Treasury-bill rates declined last week as government accepted less than its auction target while most Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) bonds recorded higher yields in the secondary market, pointing to a widening divergence between short-term liquidity conditions and pricing of longer-dated government securities.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has called for the capital market to extend beyond stocks and bonds into agriculture, citing the Ghana Commodity Exchange as a vehicle to give farmers access to transparent markets, warehouse receipts and financing.
The Bank of Ghana has kept its benchmark policy rate unchanged at 14 percent as improved fiscal performance, stronger external buffers and resilient domestic activity offset renewed inflation risks from higher oil prices and global supply disruptions.
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