Finance
Deputy Minority Whip Calls for Financial Reforms to Boost SMEs in Ghana
Accra: The Deputy Minority Whip, Jerry Ahmed Shaib, has called for sweeping reforms in Ghana’s financial sector to improve access to funding for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). He described SMEs as the backbone of job creation and economic …
Ghana’s High Minimum Capital Requirements Deter Foreign Investors
Accra: The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has revealed that high minimum capital requirements continue to hinder Ghana’s competitiveness in the West African region. These requirements, ranging from US$200,000 to US$1 million based on the bus…
Middle East Conflict Sparks Concerns Over Global Food Security
Accra: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that global food prices reached their highest level since September 2025 in March this year and could rise further if the war in the Middle East continues to push up energy
High Interest Rates Threaten Ghanaian Businesses, Warns BoG Governor
Accra: Bank of Ghana Governor, Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama has raised concern over Ghana’s crippling interest rate environment, questioning how any business could survive borrowing money at such high interest rates. He pledged that the central bank’s cur…
Ghana’s High Minimum Capital Requirements Deter Foreign Investors
Accra: The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has revealed that high minimum capital requirements continue to hinder Ghana’s competitiveness in the West African region. These requirements, ranging from US$200,000 to US$1 million based on the bus…
Middle East Conflict Sparks Concerns Over Global Food Security
Accra: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that global food prices reached their highest level since September 2025 in March this year and could rise further if the war in the Middle East continues to push up energy
High Interest Rates Threaten Ghanaian Businesses, Warns BoG Governor
Accra: Bank of Ghana Governor, Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama has raised concern over Ghana’s crippling interest rate environment, questioning how any business could survive borrowing money at such high interest rates. He pledged that the central bank’s cur…
Ghana-Bound Vegetable Trucks Stranded in Nigeria Amid Trade Tensions
Kebbi state: A group of Ghanaian truck drivers are facing a distressing situation in Kebbi State in Nigeria, where suspected armed men have reportedly blocked and detained their vehicles while transporting vegetables back home. The trucks, which were …