NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/five-african-women-filmmakers-shortlisted-for-adiaha-documentary-award/The Ladima Foundation has named five films from Algeria, Egypt, Kenya, and South Africa as the shortlist for the 2026 edition of the Adiaha Award for Best Documentary by an African Woman Filmmaker, with the winner to be announced in June 2026. The announcement, made on Monday, March 24, follows what the foundation described as […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/five-african-women-filmmakers-shortlisted-for-adiaha-documentary-award/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/south-africa-court-reserves-judgment-on-totalenergies-drilling-challenge/A South African court has reserved judgment in a landmark environmental case that could determine the future of ultra-deep-water oil and gas exploration off the country’s west coast, after two days of hearings concluded at the Western Cape High Court. The case, brought by the Aukotowa Primary Fishing Co-operative, The Green Connection, and Natural Justice, […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/south-africa-court-reserves-judgment-on-totalenergies-drilling-challenge/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/gcb-bank-posts-gh%c2%a22-04bn-profit-as-npl-ratio-halves/GCB Bank Plc (GCB) has reported a bank-only profit after tax of GH¢2.04 billion for the year ended 31 December 2025, up 69 percent from GH¢1.21 billion in 2024, as the lender recorded its strongest full-year performance driven by surging interest income, sharply improved asset quality, and a near-doubling of net trading income. At the […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/gcb-bank-posts-gh%c2%a22-04bn-profit-as-npl-ratio-halves/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/tullow-oil-launches-formal-vote-to-seal-us1-3bn-refinancing/Tullow Oil plc has formally initiated the consent solicitation process required to complete its $1.285 billion debt refinancing, with holders of 99.48 percent of the notes already committed to supporting the transaction. The London and Accra-listed energy company announced on Wednesday, March 25, that it had launched the solicitation seeking bondholder approval for a series […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/tullow-oil-launches-formal-vote-to-seal-us1-3bn-refinancing/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/treasury-bills-drive-gh%e2%82%b51-61-billion-gfim-session-on-wednesday/Ghana’s fixed income market processed a total of 1,610,747,934 securities across 17,134 transactions on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, with treasury bills overwhelmingly dominating both volume and trade count while the longer-dated government bond market remained subdued. Treasury bills accounted for 1,174,352,232 securities in 17,067 transactions, representing about 72.9 percent of total market volume and more […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/treasury-bills-drive-gh%e2%82%b51-61-billion-gfim-session-on-wednesday/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/gse-ci-sheds-875-points-in-sharpest-2026-decline-as-gcb-mtn-lead-sell-off/The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) recorded its steepest single-session loss of 2026 on Wednesday as broad-based selling across banking and telecoms counters sent the benchmark GSE Composite Index (GSE-CI) plunging 875.85 points to close at 14,440.81, erasing weeks of accumulated gains in a single session. The GSE Financial Stocks Index (GSE-FSI) fell in tandem, shedding […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/gse-ci-sheds-875-points-in-sharpest-2026-decline-as-gcb-mtn-lead-sell-off/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-banks-back-new-cybersecurity-rules-warn-weakest-link-risks-entire-system/Ghana’s commercial banking industry has thrown its weight behind the Bank of Ghana’s newly launched Cyber and Information Security Directive (CISD) 2026, with the industry’s representative body warning that a single vulnerability anywhere in the financial ecosystem is enough to compromise the entire system. John Awuah, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Association of Banks […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-banks-back-new-cybersecurity-rules-warn-weakest-link-risks-entire-system/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/energy-ministry-grilled-over-gh%c2%a23-2bn-already-paid-claims-resubmitted-for-payment/Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday confronted officials from the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition over the resubmission of GH¢3.217 billion in claims that had already been settled by the Ministry of Finance, the latest development in the ongoing scrutiny of Ghana’s GH¢68.7 billion arrears audit. The ministry was cited for repeating the […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/energy-ministry-grilled-over-gh%c2%a23-2bn-already-paid-claims-resubmitted-for-payment/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/mtn-ghanas-yello-ladies-network-marks-one-year-with-gh%c2%a220k-breast-cancer-fund/MTN Ghana’s all-female employee network, the Y’ello Ladies Network, has marked its first anniversary with a celebration that highlighted a year of concrete activity and laid out an expanded agenda for 2026, including a second breast cancer awareness campaign and a structured leadership development series. Chairperson Antoinette Kwofie said the network, established in March 2025, […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/mtn-ghanas-yello-ladies-network-marks-one-year-with-gh%c2%a220k-breast-cancer-fund/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/bank-of-ghana-launches-final-cisd-2026-mandates-board-cyber-expertise-and-data-localisation/The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has formally launched the revised Cyber and Information Security Directive (CISD) 2026, activating a regulatory framework that expands cybersecurity obligations across the financial sector and introduces requirements that were absent from the 2018 original, including mandatory board-level expertise in cyber risk and strict rules on where financial data may be […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/bank-of-ghana-launches-final-cisd-2026-mandates-board-cyber-expertise-and-data-localisation/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/women-traders-face-security-risks-in-cross-border-commerce-gncci-warns/The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI) has raised an alarm over the physical safety of Ghanaian women engaged in cross-border trade, citing recent incidents involving traders in Burkina Faso as evidence that security risks are emerging as a barrier to women’s economic participation in regional markets. GNCCI First Vice-President Dr. Emelia Asiakwa […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/women-traders-face-security-risks-in-cross-border-commerce-gncci-warns/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-targets-district-education-offices-to-fix-broken-link-in-school-reform-chain/Ghana’s education policymakers have identified the administrative middle layer between schools and central government as the critical missing piece in efforts to improve how children learn, launching a structured national dialogue to tackle a problem that has persisted through multiple reform cycles. The inaugural National Policy Dialogue (NPD) on foundational learning, held in Accra under […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-targets-district-education-offices-to-fix-broken-link-in-school-reform-chain/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-building-inflation-hits-2-4-in-february-marking-tenth-straight-monthly-drop/Construction cost pressures in Ghana continued to ease in February 2026, with annual building inflation falling to 2.4 percent, the lowest reading in the current disinflation cycle and the tenth consecutive month of year-on-year decline, according to data released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). The February figure represents a dramatic turnaround from the 23.7 […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-building-inflation-hits-2-4-in-february-marking-tenth-straight-monthly-drop/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/west-africa-trade-summit-opens-in-accra-with-call-to-cut-border-costs-and-back-smes/Policymakers and business leaders from across West Africa have opened a regional trade summit in Accra with a shared diagnosis: intra-regional commerce remains far below its potential, and without structural reforms to logistics, financing, and border management, the promise of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will remain largely unrealised. The 2026 Federation of […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/west-africa-trade-summit-opens-in-accra-with-call-to-cut-border-costs-and-back-smes/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/chief-of-staff-tells-west-africa-chambers-logistics-gaps-still-block-regional-trade/Ghana’s Chief of Staff Julius Debrah has called on governments, business associations, and development partners to tackle the structural barriers that continue to limit intra-African trade, warning that inadequate logistics infrastructure, fragmented standards, and restricted access to finance remain serious obstacles despite the promise of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). He made the […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/chief-of-staff-tells-west-africa-chambers-logistics-gaps-still-block-regional-trade/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-ai-masterclass-enters-second-week-with-100-officials-trained-so-far/Ghana’s public sector artificial intelligence (AI) training programme has entered its second cohort at Akuse, with senior government officials participating in sessions designed to move beyond awareness and embed AI directly into institutional decision-making. The National AI Masterclass, Akuse Cohort 2, organised by the Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations in partnership with AI […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-ai-masterclass-enters-second-week-with-100-officials-trained-so-far/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/inside-ghanas-rate-cut-how-five-mpc-members-voted-and-why-they-disagreed/When the Bank of Ghana (BoG) reduced its Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by 150 basis points to 14 percent on March 18, the announcement masked a sharper internal divide than the headline figure suggested. The official decision document from the 129th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting reveals that three members pushed for the full cut, […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/inside-ghanas-rate-cut-how-five-mpc-members-voted-and-why-they-disagreed/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/gold-fields-marks-24-days-to-damang-handover-with-investment-legacy-statement/Gold Fields has issued a formal statement reaffirming its commitment to Ghana as the April 18, 2026 transfer of the Damang mine draws within reach, detailing a legacy of more than US$5 billion invested in the country and pledging continued engagement beyond the handover. In the statement dated March 25, the South African mining group […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/gold-fields-marks-24-days-to-damang-handover-with-investment-legacy-statement/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/gold-fields-issues-final-commitment-as-damang-clock-runs-down/Gold Fields has issued its first formal public statement on the impending handover of the Damang Mine, pledging uninterrupted support for its Ghanaian workforce and host communities as the April 18, 2026 transfer deadline approaches with no confirmed successor operator yet in place. The South African mining group said its operations in Ghana currently employ […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/gold-fields-issues-final-commitment-as-damang-clock-runs-down/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-pushes-ai-classrooms-as-africa-seeks-edtech-roadmap/Ghana has positioned itself as a continental reference point for educational technology integration after hosting the 4th Africa Education Summit at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) from March 19 to 21, with delegates leaving with a call for a coordinated pan-African action plan to bring digital tools meaningfully into classrooms across the continent. […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-pushes-ai-classrooms-as-africa-seeks-edtech-roadmap/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/africa-shifts-digital-focus-from-connectivity-to-compute-capacity/Africa’s digital infrastructure conversation is entering a new phase, moving beyond the question of who can get online to the harder question of where digital value is actually being created and retained. Two upcoming editions of Africa Hyperscalers Conversations, a global view series, will examine this transition in separate sessions featuring Guy Zibi, Managing Partner […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/africa-shifts-digital-focus-from-connectivity-to-compute-capacity/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/mastercard-eyes-deeper-inclusion-as-ghanas-digital-payments-mature/Mastercard has identified financial inclusion as the defining priority for Ghana’s digital payments sector in 2026, shifting focus from building infrastructure to ensuring that the gains of the past year reach consumers and businesses still outside the formal digital economy. The payments company closed 2025 having expanded its acceptance network across Africa by 45 percent, […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/mastercard-eyes-deeper-inclusion-as-ghanas-digital-payments-mature/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/oil-slides-gold-jumps-as-iran-peace-talks-lift-markets/Global oil prices fell sharply on Wednesday, March 25, and gold rebounded strongly as diplomatic signals from Washington suggesting progress toward ending the United States-Iran war lifted financial markets and eased the worst fears about a prolonged global energy crisis. Brent crude, the international benchmark, fell more than six dollars to around $93.97 per barrel, […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/oil-slides-gold-jumps-as-iran-peace-talks-lift-markets/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/gold-rebounds-over-2-on-peace-hopes-dollar-softness/Gold reversed a nine-session losing streak on Wednesday, March 25, climbing more than two percent as a softer United States dollar, easing oil prices, and cautious optimism over diplomatic progress in the Middle East conflict combined to revive demand for the precious metal. Spot gold rose 2.1% to $4,568.29 an ounce, supported by a weaker […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/gold-rebounds-over-2-on-peace-hopes-dollar-softness/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/bank-of-ghana-signals-integration-era-for-africas-fintech-growth/The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has used the launch of the 3i Africa Summit 2026 to signal a fundamental shift in how it views the continent’s financial technology trajectory, moving the policy conversation away from expansion and toward systemic integration as the defining challenge of the next phase of African fintech development. Speaking at the […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/bank-of-ghana-signals-integration-era-for-africas-fintech-growth/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/sports-minister-backs-push-to-document-ghanas-football-legacy/Ghana’s Minister for Youth and Sports, Kofi Adams, has called for a more deliberate national effort to document and preserve the country’s sporting history, using a tribute to football legend Reverend Osei Kofi as a moment to address what he described as a growing risk of institutional memory loss. The minister made the remarks during […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/sports-minister-backs-push-to-document-ghanas-football-legacy/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/imani-africa-pushes-to-end-sole-sourcing-in-ghana-contracts/A leading Ghanaian policy analyst is calling for the outright abolition of sole sourcing in public procurement, arguing that the practice has long served as a mechanism for politically connected firms to secure state contracts at public expense. Kofi Bentil, Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, made the call as controversy deepens over the Ministry […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/imani-africa-pushes-to-end-sole-sourcing-in-ghana-contracts/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/lincoln-universitys-reversal-carries-costs-beyond-the-ceremony/There is a meaningful difference between an institution reconsidering its values and an institution changing course after all commitments have been sealed. Lincoln University’s decision to withdraw an honorary doctorate from President John Dramani Mahama hours before a scheduled ceremony on Thursday, March 26, falls into the second category, and the implications extend well beyond […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/lincoln-universitys-reversal-carries-costs-beyond-the-ceremony/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-brings-fintechs-under-new-cyber-security-rules/Ghana has formally launched the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Cyber and Information Security Directive 2026 in Accra, bringing fintech companies and payment service providers under mandatory cyber resilience obligations for the first time alongside traditional banks. Speaking at the launch, Minister for Communications, Digital Technology and Innovation Samuel Nartey George described the central bank’s embrace […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-brings-fintechs-under-new-cyber-security-rules/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/un-adopts-ghanas-slavery-resolution-123-3-in-historic-vote/The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a landmark resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity, with 123 member states voting in favour in a result that fulfils a commitment President John Dramani Mahama first made publicly at the 80th UN General Assembly session in September 2025 and reaffirmed on […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/un-adopts-ghanas-slavery-resolution-123-3-in-historic-vote/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.