Is MTN Ghana’s biggest taxpayer?
In 2025, Newmont reported GHS 12.82 billion in taxes and other state payments, against MTN’s GHS 10.5 billion in direct and indirect taxes.
A local chicken sold for GHS 80 at the farm can cost GHS 200 by the time it reaches consumers.
Accra poultry farmers say the bigger cause is processing gaps, not just middlemen.
Ghana's ICT sector grew 20.5% a year on average, with value added rising from GHS 4.4bn in 2016 to GHS 21bn in 2022.
But its correlation with GDP was just 0.03, and it added under 1.2 percentage points to annual GDP growth.
Can heat cause you to leave your job?
ILO studies warn that heat stress could wipe out the equivalent of 550,000 jobs and cost Ghana US$23.2 billion in GDP by 2040.
Farming and construction face the greatest risks.
NOAA puts the chance of a very strong El Nino from November to January at 96%. Ghana faces a hotter, drier season, with heat stress peaking from February to April 2027.
Cocoa output fell about 20% in 2023/24.
Ghana had 2.64 million businesses in 2024. Since 2014, firms operating from buildings nearly tripled, but their staff only doubled.
A New Economy policy covering 9 sectors is due in the 2027 Budget.
GHS 4.2 billion: the estimated annual cost of addressing Ghana's housing needs. Permanent block housing at Kofikrom, planned after a fire, has been put on hold pending further consultations.
Petrol price floor cut from GHS 16.09 to GHS 15.39 per litre for the first November pricing window.
Diesel floor rises from GHS 17.09 to GHS 17.41, with COMAC forecasting pump prices up to 1.5% higher.
Ghana Bauxite Company has signed a mandate with Ecobank Ghana to raise up to $250 million for its Awaso mine.
It is not yet a loan. Ecobank will arrange it with other lenders on a best-efforts basis. The money is for mine expansion and working capital.
Ghana Stock Exchange market value hit GHS285.58 billion at the end of August 2026. A year earlier it was GHS149.59 billion. That is GHS136 billion added, up 90.9%.
Food and beverages was the top sector, up 431.9% in eight months, led by Kasapreko.
