News reporter at Ferviddy covering Ghana's daily business beat — telecom, fintech, energy, trade. Files breaking news and short-form pieces.
Swoop's seed round is one of the largest disclosed for an African consumer startup, nearly matching Chowdeck's $9 million Series A. Founder Aubrey Niederhoffer is a Thiel Fellow who started in Eswatini, pivoted to Lagos, and modelled the company on Kaspi and WeChat.
The fire originated in the control building, not the switchyard equipment. Akosombo's 1,020 MW hydro plant was shut down as a precaution. Kasoa, Mallam, and Asiekpe substations were also taken offline. A GRIDCo management retreat was abruptly closed. No restoration timeline has been published.
The APC founder issued four demands on 22 April: terminate exclusivity clauses, open competitive licensing, ensure NLA oversight of revenues, and guarantee local tech firms can compete. Mahama's review committee found the contract is not illegal but the revenue split 'is not financially advantage...
The 'Central Bank Bridge: Remit2Invest' forum at the Alexandria Hilton brought together BoG technical experts, commercial bank representatives, and GIPC officials. The pitch: turn $3 billion in annual remittances from consumption spending into patient capital for productive sectors.
Amoah is the first Ghanaian woman to lead an oil and gas exploration and production company. She was previously the first Black woman on the executive management team at Aker Energy. Pecan Energies is developing a $3.5 billion deep-water oil project with estimated reserves of 334 million barrels.
STACX is a brand deal pipeline manager, payment tracker, rate calculator, and invoice generator built by a Ghanaian tech content creator with 500,000+ followers across platforms. It launched in April 2026. It is iOS-only in an Android-dominant market.
The Corporate Affairs Commission confirmed unauthorised access to its information systems on 15 April. A threat actor claims to have exfiltrated 25 million documents including company registrations and director data.
MobileMoney Fintech Ltd suspended agent accounts on 14 April citing regulatory compliance checks under sections 4 and 7 of the MoMo terms. Agents reported being told to obtain a court order. Customers faced long queues. Individual wallets were unaffected.
The traders association called off a five-day work stoppage after emergency talks at Ghana Shippers' House on 13 April. Transport Minister Joseph Nikpe Bukari will meet GUTA on Thursday. No concessions were announced. The Publican AI system remains operational at Tema.
The Bank of Ghana's March 31 deadline for rural banks to convert into community banks has passed. Minimum capital is GH¢50 million for existing institutions, GH¢100 million for new entrants. ARB Apex Bank has been repositioned as a central services institution. The BoG says rebranding is not reform.
The single-principal rule took effect 1 April 2026. Agents can no longer serve multiple fintechs. Super agents are barred from offering agent banking directly. The directive reshapes a market that processes billions in daily cash-in, cash-out transactions.
The government presented 6,500 Lenovo laptops to 130 learning centres across all 16 regions and 2,000 to 12 universities. MTN Ghana contributed to the acquisition. Phase one targets 400,000 trainees in 2026. Training starts 1 May.