Business

Els: MBN360 Extractives/Energy Ing. Kenneth Ashigbey, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines. Ghana Chamber of Mines has challenged the assertions made by Joe Jackson, CEO of Dalex Finance, regarding the alleged low retention of mineral wealth within the Ghanaian economy. This rebuttal follows a public discourse sparked by Mr. Jackson’s presentation, […]

Els: MBN360 Extractives/Energy Dr. Riverson Oppong, the Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Oil Marketing Companies (COMAC), has signaled a major policy shift by rejecting calls to scrap the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited. Dr. Oppong emphasized that BOST remains a vital pillar for national energy security and the successful implementation […]

Els: MBN360 The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has issued a strong warning to employers across Ghana to immediately register and remit Tier 2 pension contributions for their employees or face prosecution. At a media engagement in Accra on April 9, 2026, the Authority stressed that failure to comply with obligations under the National Pensions […]

Els: MBN360 Government, Politics Government is to reduce fuel prices  by suspending some taxes on petroleum products by the next pricing window. The government announced a set of measures aimed at reducing fuel prices and stabilising transport fares following the effects the war in Iran is having on global oil prices and supply concerns. The measures […]

Els: MBN360 News Private legal practitioner and social activist Osagyefo Oliver Barker-Vormawor has called on Ghana’s business and financial community to take a leading role in the country’s ongoing constitutional reform process, arguing that many of the structural barriers to economic growth are rooted in the design of the Constitution itself. According to him, the […]

Els: MBN360 Business The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, has reaffirmed the stability of the Ghana cedi, describing it as “stable and under control” amid improving macroeconomic conditions. Speaking at the Kwahu Business Forum Governor’s Roundtable on Sunday, April 5, Dr Asiama noted that decisive monetary measures taken in 2025 […]

Els: MBN360 News Fuel prices in Ghana have come under intense public pressure as a civil advocacy group, The People’s Forum, formally petitions the government to remove key levies on petroleum products. The petition, submitted on April 7, 2026, through the Minister for Finance, calls for urgent policy intervention to reduce what the group describes […]

Els: MBN360 Extractives/Energy Ghana Gold Minerals The newly implemented sliding-scale royalty regime by the Government of Ghana which pegs royalties between 5%-12% rates, immediately distinguishes the nation as having the highest fiscal burden for extractive operators in Africa particularly at the 12% highest rate. Transitioning from a long-standing flat rate of 5%, this price-indexed model […]

Els: MBN360 Extractives/Energy inister for Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has officially instructed the Minerals Commission to execute the necessary regulatory transitions to hand over the Damang Mining Lease to Engineers and Planners Ltd (E&P). This directive follows the formal submission and government upholds of the Tender Committee’s report, which identified E&P as the successful bidder […]

Els: MBN360 Agribusiness The perennial challenge of Ghana’s rice self-sufficiency has moved from a matter of agricultural policy to a high-stakes economic emergency as the Competitive African Rice Platform (CARP) Ghana launched a decisive three-year project aimed at dismantling the structural barriers that keep local rice from competing with cheaper, often lower-quality imports Funded by […]