… The bond is expected to be listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange, with Absa Bank, CalBank, Fincap Securities, GCB Bank, OA Capital and Stanbic Bank serving as active bond specialists.
… The launch at CalBank’s head office auditorium in Accra marked a renewed commitment by regulators, law enforcement, financial institutions and other stakeholders to strengthen cybersecurity, combat cyber-enabled fraud and build public confidence in digital financial services. …
… were arrested over the transfer of GH¢850 million from an ECG account. “The assertion made by the spokesperson of the Attorney-General that the four people (including our lawyers) were arrested and granted bail for their involvement in transferring GH¢850 million out of a Calbank …
… Though reports circulating in the media suggested that some GH¢850 million belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) may have gone missing from a CalBank account, the EOCO boss declined to confirm the figure. …
WERise Network has announced its 2026 Annual Programme running from 28 September to 4 October 2026, designed to celebrate women entrepreneurs' achievements, strengthen business capacity, and create market opportunities for women-owned enterprises. The week-long programme, themed "Rise & Scale: Celebrating Growth, Building Revenue and Creating Jobs," will include a general meeting, regional forums, exhibitions, and masterclasses for SMEs to access knowledge, tools, and connections for sustainable growth.
WERise Network has announced its 2026 Annual Programme running from 28 September to 4 October 2026, designed to celebrate women entrepreneurs' achievements, strengthen business capacity, and create market opportunities for women-owned enterprises. The week-long programme, themed "Rise & Scale: Celebrating Growth, Building Revenue and Creating Jobs," will include a general meeting, regional forums, exhibitions, and masterclasses for SMEs to access knowledge, tools, and connections for sustainable growth.
The Ghana Revenue Authority, Eban Capital, and the Association of Small-Scale Industries held a national stakeholder workshop on the Modified Taxation Scheme on 9 September 2026 in Accra, bringing together approximately 300 participants including regional industry representatives, government agencies, banks, and mobile network operators to promote voluntary tax compliance among informal-sector operators and micro/small businesses.
Government's latest four-year Treasury bond auction attracted GH¢4.46 billion in bids, of which GH¢3.15 billion was accepted. The bond cleared at 12.00% yield, below pre-auction expectations, with a bid-to-cover ratio of 1.41 times.
Ghana's government raised GH¢3.15 billion in a 4-year bond auction at a clearing yield of 12%, receiving total bids worth GH¢4.46 billion. The bond, marketed primarily to resident investors and to be listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange, will mature on September 3, 2030.
The Cyber Security Authority and key public and private-sector partners launched the 2026 National Cyber Security Awareness Month under the theme "Securing Ghana's Digital Finance Ecosystem: Building Trust Through Collaboration and Cyber Resilience," running from October 1 to 31, 2026. The campaign aims to strengthen cybersecurity and combat cyber-enabled fraud in Ghana's digital finance sector, with officials noting that fraud cases across banks and payment service providers increased 48 percent from 2024 to 2025.
The government will open the book-build for a new four-year cedi-denominated Treasury Bond on September 1, 2026, maturing in 2030, with the securities to be listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange and offered to both resident and non-resident investors.
The Ghana Stock Exchange ended the week of August 14, 2026 with market capitalisation up 1.43 per cent to GH¢288.90 billion and both benchmark indices advancing, though trading volume fell 22.16 per cent and value traded dropped 46.14 per cent. DAS Pharma was the strongest gainer, rising 55.77 per cent.
The Ghana Stock Exchange Composite Index closed at 14,712.00 points, up 4.86 points, while the Financial Stocks Index fell 20.46 points to 8,218.45 points. Year-to-date, the Composite Index is up 67.75 per cent while the Financial Stocks Index is down 76.85 per cent.
A leading law firm accused state investigators of intimidation and abuse of process after two of its lawyers were arrested and detained in connection with the PDS-ECG matter. The firm said media reports and social media posts, including one from the President's Spokesman, wrongly portrayed it and its lawyers as having engaged in wrongdoing.
The Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Raymond Archer, has dismissed assertions that two lawyers from Minka-Premo & Co. were arrested while representing their clients in PDS investigations. He stated that the lawyers had earlier been invited by investigators as suspects and that the PDS investigation is being jointly conducted by EOCO and the BNI, triggered by a petition from the Financial Intelligence Centre.