Intercontinental airline Goldstar Air, a United States and Ghanaian registered company’s Project $1 Trillion Foreign Reserve Goal initiative will raise an income in which Ghanaian aviation, farms, factories, airports, technology companies, tourism destinations, financial institutions, creative industries, logistics businesses, and service providers will generate from the global income streams. The reserve will become the result […]
The State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA) has released the 2025 State Ownership Report (SOR), the tenth edition of Ghana’s flagship account of the performance of its Specified Entities, and the fifth published by SIGA since the Authority’s establishment in 2019. Covering 162 of the 175 approved Specified Entities comprising 53 State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), 36 […]
Ghana’s 2026 Mid-Year Fiscal Policy Review, presented to Parliament on 23 July under the theme “Resetting for Growth, Jobs and Economic Transformation,” reads like routine housekeeping – no supplementary budget, spending held within the approved ceiling. Read properly, it is something bigger: a signal to every bank, insurer, pension fund, business and household that the […]
Ghana’s macroeconomic recovery is real and, in places, remarkable. That arithmetic is still the most important number in the economy, and 2027 is when it will be tested. By Dr. Sam Ankrah A seat in Ghana’s Parliament pays a gross salary of about GH¢28,000 a month. Winning one now costs about GH¢10 million. The second […]
© TheAfricanDream.net For many Ghanaian workers, the phrase “minimum wage” has become less a symbol of protection and more a reminder of how difficult survival has become. A wage floor is supposed to guarantee that a person who works hard every day can afford the basic necessities of life; food, shelter, transport, healthcare and some […]
The noises surrounding the mid-year budget. Primarily, no additional budget has been presented for approval, thus I assume it remains unchanged with negligible effects on households. Cheaper credit clears a blockage. It does not, on its own, build a factory or fill it with workers. Any Ghanaian who lived through the last three years knows […]
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COBOD) wishes to inform all cocoa farmers and the general public that an amount of Two Billion, Six Hundred Million Ghana Cedis (GH¢2.6 billion) has been released to Licensed Buying Companies (LBCs) for payment to cocoa farmers for cocoa purchases across all cocoa regions. Since the beginning of the 2025/26 Crop […]
Standard Bank’s Head of Africa Research projects Ghana’s economy will expand by 5.9% to 6.1% in 2026, buoyed by structural support from gold mining expansion, critical infrastructure projects, and improved foreign exchange buffers. The economy’s stronger-than-expected 2025 performance, achieving 6% growth against initial forecasts of 5.6-5.8%, has strengthened confidence in the medium-term outlook. Speaking at […]
The State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA) commends the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) for one of the most remarkable financial recoveries ever recorded by a State-Owned Enterprise in Ghana. In 2025, NAFCO erased a loss of GH 19 million posted in 2024 and replaced it with a net profit of GH 91.7 million. […]
Accra, the capital city of Ghana and the main passenger hub of Goldstar Air, the wings of Ghana and belly of America, is heavily dominated by the service sector, which accounts for roughly 49.9% of Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and up to 75% of recent national economic growth. The city is the financial, digital, […]
The World Bank projects 4.8% growth for Ghana in 2026, alongside an end-of-year inflation rate of 9%. These forecasts were contained in the Bank’s latest Africa Economic Update report released on April 8. Details The 4.8% growth projection is in line with the government’s estimate captured in the 2026 budget. However, compared to 2025, the […]
President John Mahama has expressed confidence that Ghana’s economy is now resilient enough to withstand external shocks, following a series of measures implemented by his administration over the past year. Speaking during his ‘Resetting Ghana Tour‘ in the Bono Region on Wednesday, March 18, the President said recent global developments, including tensions involving Israel, Iran […]
