There have been eight finance ministers under Ghana's ‘fourth republic', Ken Ofori-Atta being the eighth and current occupant. Internationally, he is being judged for the public financial...

Ghana as a country is privileged to have a thriving economy with many opportunities for businesses to grow.

Over the past 50 years Davos has come to serve as a way station for global capital and its partners in government. Meanwhile today, frontier markets in Africa, the Middle East and further afield...

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta delivered his mid-year budget speech yesterday (25 July) in a radically different register than most of his presentations between 2019 and 2022.

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has issued rules to facilitate and regulate the issuance, admission and trading of commercial papers on the Ghana Fixed Income Market (GFIM).

In the 2023 report, we highlighted the legal and regulatory themes which we expected to impact activities within the financial services industry in 2023 and discussed the challenges and opportunities...

According to section 24 of the GIPC Act, all businesses with foreign participation are required to register with the GIPC.

Generally, carbon credits are permits for the reduction, removal or emission of limited amount of GHG.

This report explores the key projected government policies and regulatory interventions which may impact financial services, capital markets and regulated funds in 2025.

The Development Finance Institutions Act, 2020 (Act 1032) (the "Act") was passed by the Ghanaian Parliament and received Presidential assent on 27thOctober, 2020.

Financial institutions and other businesses, in the course of doing business, may give loans, products or services on credit.

On 24 July 2024 the Loan Market Association (the "LMA") published an exposure draft form of facility agreement which contemplates an African holding company and various...

Securing a credit transaction and the ease of recovery when it becomes due has always been one of the challenges confronting businesses in Ghana.

The Fintech and Innovation office of the Bank of Ghana ("BoG"), in August 2022, launched a regulatory and innovation sandbox pilot (the "Regulatory Sandbox") in response...

Debt recovery has always been challenging for individual lenders, financial institutions and other business alike.

Ghana's central bank has a mandate to pursue "price stability and create an enabling environment for sustainable economic growth in the economy".

In Ghana, lending transactions are primarily regulated by the Borrowers and Lenders Act, 2020 (Act 1052).

The Banks and Specialised Deposit -Taking Act, 2016 (Act 930) regulates the establishment and operation of banks and specialized deposit taking institutions in Ghana.

In January 2025, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) issued the Financial Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities Directive (the FIPD Directive), marking a significant step towards inclusive financial services in Ghana.

The Bank of Ghana has responsibility for the supervision and regulation of all deposit-taking business in Ghana.