Month: May 2026

I just finished reading the judgment of the Court of Appeal in the GN Savings & Loans license revocation saga. (Quite a few people seem confused. The ruling wasn’t about “GN Bank.” There was a prior downgrade to the Savings & Loans category done with the consent of GN Bank’s...

One of Ghana’s veteran business journalists, now based in New York, reached out and asked if I have been following the NITA bill debate. Sadly, I hadn’t. Too much going on. He pressed, subtly but firmly, so I did. I appreciate the ambition of the current management at the Ministry....

May 2026 In the spring of 1988, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) began laying mines across the shipping lanes of the Persian Gulf. The Ayatollah’s navy had spent months dissuading tanker traffic from the Strait of Hormuz, and Washington responded with the largest convoy operation since the Second World War. Within...

Preliminaries On 30 April 2026, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) published its audited financial statements for 2025. By law, these should have been approved by the Board and submitted to the Finance Minister by end-March. They were not. The Bank obtained a one-month extension, partly on the grounds that it...