The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has confirmed that it has put $10 billion into the economy since 2025 to stabilize the exchange rate and build up foreign reserves. This has mostly been done through payments to Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and bondholders. On Monday, January 12, Nii Sowah Ahorlu, Head of Financial Marketing at the…
The Minister for Labour, Jobs, and Employment, Dr. Rashid Pelpuo, said that the government is going to launch a Labour Market Information System. This is a digital platform that will connect job seekers with job openings across the country. The system will be a central place where people can find job openings in both the…
The secondary bond market stayed small, with turnover rising 0.35% week-on-week to GH¢1.59 billion. This was mostly because of the February 2027 benchmark, which saw its volumes rise 57.7% to GH¢824.61 million. The 2027–2030 segment saw the most trading, with 70.2% of volumes and a weighted-average yield of 15.06%. The 2031–2034 segment saw 21.3% of…
On January 11, 2026, the Tema Regional Police Command stopped 1,613 packages of suspected drugs along the Akosombo-Tema road. This was part of a coordinated operation after they got a tip on January 10 that drugs were being moved from the Volta Region to Tema. Surveillance at Agomeda Junction led to the arrest of 33-year-old…
Jonelle Ocloo, a US immigration lawyer, says that Ken Ofori-Atta, the former finance minister, may be able to stay in the US even though Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has him in custody. He is being held because there are questions about his legal status, but his lawyers say he is fully cooperating with ICE…
On Monday, Dr. Johnson Pandit Asiama, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, called for a unified national response to the losses from the Gold-for-Reserves (G4R) program. He stressed that the program is still important for building reserves, even though it has lost a lot of money since 2021. He told the Public Accounts Committee…
As part of efforts to stop illegal water connections and improve discipline at the utility, Adam Mutawakilu, the Managing Director of Ghana Water Limited (GWL), has said that 41 district managers will be moved to new jobs by January 15, 2026. Mr. Mutawakilu said that after an internal performance review, they had to take action…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) wants to raise GH¢225 billion in taxes by 2026. To do this, they are making big changes to the Value Added Tax (VAT) system. For example, they are raising the VAT registration threshold for businesses that sell goods from GH¢200,000 to GH¢750,000 in annual turnover. This will make it easier…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has started the process of kicking out former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng. This is because he called the party “fake” during an interview on Channel One TV on Monday, January 12, 2026. He also said that he no longer considers himself a member of…
Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, the ranking member of Parliament’s Defense and Interior Committee, has accused the NDC government of secretly adding LGBTQ-related material to Ghana’s school curriculum. He said on social media on Tuesday, January 13, that the party has “mischievously and deliberately smuggled LGBTQ agenda into the curriculum,” even though it publicly opposes LGBTQ…
