CBDC to help bridge digital divide for women and youth in Africa

Fraud within Ghana’s traditional banking sector declined sharply in 2025, but a surge in electronic fraud at Payment Service Providers (PSPs) pushed overall financial sector fraud to a record high.

Forty-five years after its creation, the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme has registered 50,000 products for duty-free access, yet intra-regional trade barely clears 12 per cent. A hard look at the levies, legal obligations and political will standing between aspiration and market reality.

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has concluded investigations into the interception of 18 trucks that were falsely declared as transit cargo destined for Niger, describing the operation as a deliberate smuggling scheme intended to evade taxes and divert goods onto the Ghanaian market.

A renewed fall in new orders contributed to a deterioration in overall business conditions for companies in Ghana at the midway point of 2026.