Category: Business

Cocoa Price: The Government of Ghana has announced a downward revision of the cocoa producer price for the remainder of the 2025/2026 crop season, reducing it from GH¢3,625 to GH¢2,587 per bag. The decision, disclosed by the Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, during an emergency press briefing on Thursday, February 12, 2026, comes […]

Ghanaian Passport Gains Power: Holders of the Ghanaian passport can now travel to approximately 50 countries without requiring a visa, marking a significant milestone in the country’s diplomatic and international mobility efforts. The announcement was made by Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, on the sidelines of the African Union (AU) Summit held […]

The Government of Ghana has announced a significant reduction in the cocoa producer price for the remainder of the 2025/2026 crop season, lowering it from GH¢3,625 to GH¢2,587 per bag. The announcement was made by the Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, during an emergency press briefing on Thursday, February 12, 2026, following a […]

The High Court has directed Nana Appiah Mensah, widely known as NAM1, to submit his written witness statement by February 9, 2026, as his criminal trial, linked to the collapse of Menzgold Ghana Limited, continues. The order followed an attempt by the former Menzgold Chief Executive Officer to give oral testimony without first filing a […]

Global Economic Outlook 2026: Professional services firm Deloitte has noted that elections held across the world in 2025 triggered significant policy shifts that reshaped global economic conditions, influencing inflation trends, borrowing costs, currency movements, and the flow of trade and capital. In its Global Economic Outlook 2026, Deloitte said these developments largely aligned with projections […]

CAGD Suspends Salaries: The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) has announced the suspension of salaries for 2,563 public servants after they failed to take part in a nationwide headcount exercise conducted in 2025. In a press release dated January 30, 2026, the CAGD confirmed that salaries for all eligible Government of Ghana employees on the […]

Dr. Frank Bannor, a Development Economist and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Economic Research and Public Policy (IERPP), has called on the governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to publicly account for a dramatic and unexplained decline in the country’s gold reserves. His call follows the release of the central bank’s latest […]

Ghana’s economy has reached a crucial turning point, emerging stronger and more resilient than it has been in recent years, according to the Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Mrs. Matilda Asante-Asiedu. She made this assertion while speaking at the signing ceremony of a Risk Sharing Guarantee Scheme between Access Bank Ghana […]

Trump Threatens 100% Tariff: United States President Donald Trump has warned that Canada could face sweeping trade penalties if it deepens economic ties with China, threatening to impose a 100 percent tariff on all Canadian goods entering the U.S. market. In a post on his Truth Social platform on Saturday, Trump said Canada would be […]

Goldbod to Begin Refining: The Ghana Gold Board (Goldbod) is set to begin refining one metric tonne (1,000 kilogrammes) of gold every week locally from February 1, following the signing of a strategic partnership with Gold Coast Refinery Limited. The agreement, formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in Accra on January 20, marks […]