Business News of Sunday, 5 April 2026 Source: GNA File photo of a fuel pump The conflict in the Middle East begins to cast its shadow on Ghana’s economy, as fuel and transport prices see marginal month-on-month increases as crude oil surges past US$100 per barrel, up from the US$60 to US$70 range. Overall, inflation eased to 3.2 percent year-on-year in ...

Business News of Tuesday, 31 March 2026 Source: edition.cnn.com US gas prices hit $4 per gallon for first time since 2022 The war in the Middle East has pushed the average price Americans are paying for gas above the $4 per gallon mark Tuesday, the highest since 2022, according to AAA. Gas prices have surged since the United States and Israel ...

Dr Frank Bannor, Development Economist and Senior Research Fellow   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 explain the sharp and unexplained decline in Ghana’s gold holdings, as revealed in the central bank’s latest External Sector ...

General News of Friday, 16 January 2026 Source: www.ghanaweb.com The Supreme Court of Ghana has outlined comprehensive guidelines to assist trial courts in the equitable distribution of marital properties upon the grant of divorce. In a decision delivered by Justice Ackaah-Boafo, the apex court emphasised that where a trial court elects to award a specific percentage of marital property to either ...

Business News of Tuesday, 6 January 2026 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Operators have a three-month transitional period The Bank of Ghana has introduced a stringent new regulatory framework for all International Money Transfer Operators (IMTOs), fundamentally reshaping how remittances flow into the country. The comprehensive “Guidelines for the Registration and Operations of International Money Transfer Operators (IMTOs) in Ghana,” issued in December 2025, ...

Business News of Tuesday, 30 December 2025 Disclaimer Source: GNA Livestock market in Ghana A 24-hour International Livestock Market has been launched at Volivo in the Shai-Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region to transform livestock trade, create jobs, and strengthen Ghana’s agricultural value chain. The Lower-Volta Association of Small-scale Miners and Farmers provided the market facility which consists of production ...

Business News of Tuesday, 30 December 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com   Acting Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Anthony Sarpong The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has confirmed that it will begin implementing the Value Added Tax (VAT) reforms from January 1, 2026. This follows the passage and subsequent presidential assent to the VAT Bill, 2025. The development marks a significant overhaul aimed ...

Business News of Tuesday, 30 December 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Minority has raised concerns over GoldBod’s licensing of Bawa Rock as sole gold aggregator The Minority in Parliament has raised concerns over the decision by the Gold Board to license Bawa Rock Company Limited as the sole aggregator responsible for purchasing artisanal gold from suppliers nationwide. Addressing journalists on Monday, December 29, ...

Business News of Saturday, 27 December 2025 Disclaimer Source: GNA File photo of gold bars A newly released International Monetary Fund (IMF) report says Ghana’s economic stability is highly sensitive to fluctuations in global gold prices. The analysis underscores that the country’s macroeconomic outlook is particularly vulnerable to changes in gold prices and the resulting exchange rate movements, given that gold is ...

Business News of Sunday, 28 December 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Sammy Gyamfi is the CEO of GoldBod The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, has announced that the Board is set to begin full-scale operations in 2026, marking a major transition in Ghana’s gold trading and reserve accumulation architecture. Speaking on TV3’s The Key Points program on ...