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News and analysis about Ghana
Ghana’s economy in the second quarter of the year expanded at the fastest pace in five years dating back to the second quarter of 2019 beating expectation by analysts and economists.
Ghana has followed Nigeria and other African nations in banning the export of certain grains, including rice, corn, and soy, in an effort to prevent a drought-induced food shortage in the country.
Ghana, Africa’s largest gold producer, has inaugurated its first refinery to extract greater value from its natural resources according to reports from Bloomberg.
In recent weeks, a series of monetary policy decisions have seen central banks across Africa hold benchmark interest rates, as inflationary pressures ease across the continent.
Ghana’s cocoa marketing board, COCOBOD has recorded a profit of 2.3 billion Ghana cedis ($150 million) in the 2022/2023 planting season.
In 2023, the top ten recipient countries of remittances in Africa received $72.5 billion.
Ghana has reached an agreement in principle with its bondholders to restructure its $13 billion Eurobonds.
Mukesh Ambani Asia's richest man is set to invest in Ghana's Telecom market through a subsidiary of his Reliance industries limited. The goal is to improve the country's telecoms sector through 5G tech solutions.
Atlantic Lithium Limited, an Australian firm at the forefront of developing Ghana’s first lithium mine has listed all its outstanding shares on the Ghana Stock Exchange.
Ghana’s Vice President has stated that the next phase of the country’s digitization efforts would be to fully adopt blockchain technology in its government operations, making it the first blockchain-powered government in Africa.
Inflation rate in Ghana slows to 25% in April as food inflation decline to 26.8%.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced that the Heads of State of its member states have agreed to raise $2.4 billion to establish a standby counter-terrorism force to address security threats within the sub-region.