20 h. ago PIAC Extends Petroleum Revenue Transparency Drive to Market Traders

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/piac-extends-petroleum-revenue-transparency-drive-to-market-traders/The Public Interest and Accountability Committee has launched targeted outreach to market women in Accra, responding to complaints that ordinary citizens remain uninformed about petroleum revenue spending despite 15 years of commercial oil production. Deputy Market Queen of Madina Market Theresa Ansong told PIAC officials during Friday’s engagement that no authority has ever explained how […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/piac-extends-petroleum-revenue-transparency-drive-to-market-traders/

Politics

20 h. ago Market Women Call for Clear Information on Petroleum Revenue Spending

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/market-women-call-for-clear-information-on-petroleum-revenue-spending/Market women in Ghana’s capital are calling for clearer, more accessible information on petroleum revenue spending since oil production began in 2010, highlighting persistent communication gaps between authorities and local traders. Deputy Market Queen of Madina Market Theresa Ansong stated during an engagement with PIAC that traders have long lacked information about government spending of […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/market-women-call-for-clear-information-on-petroleum-revenue-spending/

Economics

34 h. ago Easing Inflation Offers Ghanaian Traders Festive Sales Boost

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/easing-inflation-offers-ghanaian-traders-festive-sales-boost/Ghanaian traders are preparing for a potentially profitable Christmas season as easing inflation creates favorable market conditions with improved pricing flexibility and stronger consumer purchasing power. November 2025 data from the Ghana Statistical Service shows headline inflation dropped to 6.3 percent, down from 8.0 percent in October, marking the eleventh consecutive month of declining price […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/easing-inflation-offers-ghanaian-traders-festive-sales-boost/

Economics

40 h. ago Small Businesses Struggle Under High Microfinance Interest Rates

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/small-businesses-struggle-under-high-microfinance-interest-rates/Small business owners across Ghana are facing mounting debt pressures as high interest rates from microfinance institutions and digital lending platforms threaten livelihoods, with many traders finding themselves trapped in cycles of borrowing to repay existing loans. The situation has prompted renewed calls for regulatory intervention and establishment of a promised Women’s Bank to ease […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/small-businesses-struggle-under-high-microfinance-interest-rates/

Economics

3 d. ago Tomato farmers in crisis as their produce rot for lack of buyers  

Tomato farmers at Abansere in the Berekum West District have appealed to the government to assist in saving their produce from rotting at the farm due to inadequate buyers. 

Events

3 d. ago Sefwiman Rural Bank supports Bibiani fire victims; advocates stronger disaster preparedness

Sefwiman Rural Bank PLC, on Monday, extended critical support to traders whose shops were destroyed in a recent fire outbreak at Bibiani, contributing both to immediate recovery efforts and broader conversations about disaster preparedness in Ghana’s growing informal economy.

Events

3 d. ago KMA directs GUTA to suspend locking of foreigners’ shops, takes steps to address retail trade dispute 

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has instructed the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) to immediately suspend its operation of locking up shops belonging to foreign nationals involved in retail trade, following a closed-door meeting between the two parties. 

Politics

3 d. ago KMA orders all foreign retail traders to exit Kumasi markets by December 9

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has directed all foreign nationals engaged in retail trading within the metropolis to voluntarily exit the retail space by December 9, 2025. This move aims to restore order, ensure compliance with Ghana's trade regulations, and maintain sanity in local markets.

Politics

4 d. ago FDA Ashanti region launches aggressive market surveillance to clamp down on unsafe products

The new Ashanti Regional Director of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Nathaniel Nana Kwabena Nkrumah, has announced sweeping reforms signaling a tougher and more visible regulatory presence in the markets. In an interview with Luv FM, Mr. Nkrumah said the Ashanti Regional FDA is entering a new era of heightened monitoring and rapid enforcement, aimed to flush out unsafe products, and tracking of non-compliant traders.

Politics

4 d. ago Kejetia traders push back as KMA cracks down on unauthorised market trading

Confusion erupted at the Kejetia Market as traders illegally occupying spaces at the market fiercely resisted attempts by a Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly taskforce to seize their goods during a decongestion exercise. The traders had insisted they’ve been asked to pay a service fee to occupy the alleyways at the market, but the assembly refuted the claims arguing no such authorization had been given.

Politics

5 d. ago Roads ministry targets 137 new recruits to boost capacity for ‘Big Push’ programme

The Ministry of Roads and Highways is set to recruit a total of 137 staff across five agencies in 2026, including the Department of Feeder Roads, Urban Roads, and Highways, as well as two other agencies.

Events

5 d. ago Bond market: Market stages strong rebound; turnover increases by 4179%

The secondary bond market staged a strong rebound this week, with total turnover inching up 4179.25% week-on-week to GH¢1.599 billion, from GH¢37.37 million the previous week. Trading was heavily skewed toward the February 2032 paper, which accounted for GH¢475.29 million in trades executed. The 2031–2034 segment remained the market anchor, capturing 77% of total turnover […]

Politics

5 d. ago Total value of Mobile Money transactions hit GH¢3.6 trillion

The total value of mobile money transactions reached GH¢3.6 trillion in the first 10 months of 2025, ending October.

Events

6 d. ago Christmas Market Prices Remain Uneven Despite Falling Inflation and Stronger Cedi

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/christmas-market-prices-remain-uneven-despite-falling-inflation-and-stronger-cedi/Ghana’s Christmas markets display highly uneven pricing as traders navigate a rare economic shift combining rapidly falling inflation with a strengthening cedi, creating complex pricing dilemmas for market women who form the backbone of the informal retail sector. Year on year inflation slowed to eight percent in October 2025, the lowest rate recorded in more […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/christmas-market-prices-remain-uneven-despite-falling-inflation-and-stronger-cedi/

Economics

8 d. ago Banking Sector Total Assets Decline Marks First Notable Drop After Expansion

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/banking-sector-total-assets-decline-marks-first-notable-drop-after-expansion/Ghana’s banking sector has recorded its first significant asset contraction in months, with total assets falling by 5.3 billion cedis in October 2025, according to banking sector data. The decline brought total assets from 428.6 billion cedis in September to 423.3 billion cedis in October, marking a reversal after sustained expansion throughout most of the […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/banking-sector-total-assets-decline-marks-first-notable-drop-after-expansion/

Politics

9 d. ago Stakeholders push for bigger role in shaping monetary policy

Business owners, traders, farmers, and financial institutions in the Volta Region say they want their concerns to directly shape Ghana’s monetary policy—an expectation they clearly expressed during the Bank of Ghana’s maiden Volta Regional Stakeholder Engagement held in Ho on Thursday.

Events

9 d. ago GRA launches probe into extortion claims against customs task force in Ashanti Region

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced it has commenced a full-scale internal investigation into allegations that officers of its Customs Division Task Force in the Ashanti Region have been extorting money from traders.

Politics

1 week ago Treasury Bills Capture Quarter Percent of Fixed Income Trading

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/treasury-bills-capture-quarter-percent-of-fixed-income-trading/The Ghana Fixed Income Market (GFIM) processed GH¢745.33 million across 783 transactions on Wednesday, November 27, 2025, with treasury bills maintaining their position as the preferred investment vehicle for institutional investors seeking short term government securities. Treasury bills accounted for GH¢190.83 million through 727 separate trades, representing approximately 26 percent of total market activity. The […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/treasury-bills-capture-quarter-percent-of-fixed-income-trading/

Politics

1 week ago The deadly expired products in Accra markets ahead of Christmas

In the dimly lit, bustling sheds of Accra’s commercial nerve centres, a dangerous alchemy is taking place. As the festive season approaches, unscrupulous traders are engaging in a widespread illicit operation: chemically altering expiry dates on unwholesome consumable products to resell them to unsuspecting households. With inflation driving the cost of living upward, the demand […]

Events

1 week ago KMA to demolish unlawful structures on pavements and streets in Bantama 

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has directed traders in Bantama to remove unlawful structures from pavements with immediate effect. 

Politics