Month: January 2026

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) concluded its Tenth Meeting of the Committee on Digital Trade in Nairobi, marking four days of substantive discussions aimed at accelerating implementation of the AfCFTA Protocol on Digital Trade across the continent. Member states engaged in detailed discussion on critical priority areas including cross-border payments, data transfers, digital […] The post AfCFTA member states advance digital trade integration appeared first on The Business […]

A Japanese business delegation has engaged MTN Mobile Money Limited (MoMo) to better understand Ghana’s rapidly expanding fintech ecosystem, particularly the role mobile money plays in financial inclusion, payments infrastructure and cross-border transactions. The engagement, held at the Ghana Exim Bank Conference Room in Accra, followed a request from the Japanese Embassy for its business […] The post Japanese delegation engages MTN MoMo on fintech ecosystem appeared first on The […]

By Desmond Isaac ADDO Email: desmondisaacs01@gmail.com For more than a hundred years, Ghana has grown cocoa. But for most of that time, we did not make the real money from it. We grew the beans. Others made the chocolate. For decades, Ghana exported cocoa almost exactly as it came from the farm. Countries elsewhere processed […] The post What do you know: About development finance and why DFIs matter? appeared […]

By Buertey Francis BORYOR The newly sworn-in President of the Ghana Publishers Association (GPA), Edward Yaw Udzu, has pledged to pursue a lean but focused reform agenda aimed at strengthening the publishing industry’s contribution to education, culture and national development. Mr. Udzu made the commitment at the handing-over and induction ceremony of the new GPA […] The post GPA’s new president sets four-point roadmap to reset publishing industry appeared first […]

By Prince OWUSU-ANSAH and Maud AVEVOR Ghana’s recent VAT reforms mark an important, though often misunderstood, shift in the country’s tax policy. Public debate has largely centred on whether the changes will immediately reduce prices or weaken government revenue. These are fair concerns, especially in a high-inflation environment (currently stable with a single digit rate), but […] The post VAT reforms: Cleaning up the system without fixing the fiscal problem appeared […]

By Joseph Akyeampong Esq In the Daily Graphic of 17th December 2025, a report by the Business Desk calmed the nerves of most shoppers who are accustomed to shopping at Shoprite, the South African retail giant since it opened in Ghana. The import of the story is that, following the exit of Shoprite from Ghana […] The post The franchise acquisition of Shoprite: A model for business development appeared first […]