Weekly Newsletter

Ten female entrepreneurs have graduated from the Standard Chartered Foundation Women in Tech Accelerator in Ghana, marking the sixth cohort of the programme. The graduation includes grant funding for participants, representing a concrete local ecosystem support intervention.

The Bank of Ghana has urged digital asset businesses to build compliance into their operations, delivering the message at the Digital Assets Summit Africa. The position signals the BoG's regulatory direction for crypto and fintech builders operating in or entering Ghana's digital asset market.

KNUST and the Environmental Protection Agency are testing a nationally built air quality data hub ahead of a formal Ghana-wide rollout. The initiative represents a concrete open data infrastructure milestone developed within Ghana.

Ghana's commercial banks wrote off GH¢1.23 billion in bad debt during the first half of 2026, signalling persistent credit stress within the banking sector. The figure is a material data point for fintech lenders and investors assessing portfolio quality and credit risk in Ghana's lending ecosystem.

The Bank of Ghana's Monetary Policy Committee is expected to cut the policy rate to 12.5%. The anticipated reduction would directly lower startup borrowing costs and reshape lending conditions for fintech operators active in Ghana's credit market.