A risk-sharing agreement between Access Bank Ghana PLC and the International Finance Corporation on January 23, 2026, gave Ghana’s cocoa sector an extra $134 million. This was done to help Licensed Buying Companies deal with cash flow problems caused by delays in COCOBOD’s syndicated loans. Mrs. Matilda Asante-Asiedu, the Bank of Ghana’s Second Deputy Governor,…
The Ghana Revenue Authority says that big changes to the Value Added Tax system should lower prices, make it easier for people to pay their taxes, and help the government reach its goal of raising GH¢225 billion in revenue by 2026. The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority held a media event where Mr. Thomas T….
President John Dramani Mahama has said that Ghana’s economy is recovering much faster than anyone expected, both in Ghana and around the world. At the First Sky Group’s Thanksgiving Service in the Northern Region on Sunday, January 25, he said that his government took office during a time of great economic trouble and that it…
George Opare Addo, the Minister for Youth Development and Empowerment, met with the Board of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) for a strategic review meeting. The goal was to make job creation programs stronger and help Ghanaian youth get better long-term jobs. The meeting on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, was similar to one that took…
The Ghana Shippers Authority (GSA) has put off the start of the Smart Port Note (SPN), which was supposed to start on February 1, 2026. They said they needed more time to work out some issues and make sure everyone was on the same page. The Authority said in a notice on Wednesday that the…
Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum’s campaign team has dismissed recent polls that show him losing in the NPP’s January 31 flagbearer contest. They say that these polls don’t reflect the views of the party delegates who will decide the outcome. On January 20, campaign spokesperson Yaw Opoku Mensah told Channel One TV that NPP delegates are…
Abena Osei Asare, the MP for Atiwa East and a former Deputy Finance Minister, has defended Ken Ofori-Atta, the former Finance Minister. She said that before the COVID-19 pandemic, he did a good job of running Ghana’s economy. On Adom TV’s Badwam, she talked about how Ghana’s economy grew quickly between 2017 and 2020, with…
Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, the Minister for Trade, Agribusiness, and Industry, says that her ministry’s ongoing technical, diplomatic, and political work has led to the recent three-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The U.S. Senate’s decision comes after the program ended in September 2025, which took away Ghana’s duty-free and quota-free access to…
Several oil marketing companies have lowered fuel prices in Ghana’s second pricing window of January. This has made the downstream petroleum sector more competitive as companies respond to good market conditions. Zen Petroleum has set the same prices across the country: petrol costs GH¢9.94 per liter and diesel costs GH¢11.21. JP Oil, TotalEnergies, Shell, PETROSOL,…
Gold prices have reached an all-time high, showing how important the metal is becoming as the world economy becomes more uncertain, tensions rise between countries, and monetary expectations change. On Tuesday, January 20, 2026, spot gold rose 1.6 percent to a record $4,748.09 per ounce. This was part of a strong rally that shows that…
