Tag: GOLDBOD

The Importers and Exporters Association calls on the Ghana GoldBod to maintain cedi stabilization

Bright Simons, Vice President of IMANI Africa, has opened a detailed explanation of the recent surge in the Ghanaian Cedi's value, highlighting both domestic government actions and international influences. He ...

The Ghana Gold Board has extended the deadline for transitioning to its new gold trading license regime to June 21, 2025.

Ghana’s Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has lauded the exceptional performance of the Ghanaian cedi, attributing its emergence as the world’s best-performing currency in 2025 to fiscal discipline and ...

Ghana’s currency has seen a remarkable turnaround this year, with the cedi appreciating by 12.2 percent as of May 2025, a sharp contrast to the same period in 2024, when ...

“GoldBod isn't fully functional yet. It is yet to finish hiring and complete corporate setup.

Correspondingly, export earnings jumped from $2.19 billion in 2023 to $4.61 billion in 2024, and $2.72 billion in early 2025 alone surpassing all previous records.

"We are implementing a structured licensing regime to ensure that only qualified and compliant actors participate in the sector.”

The government’s replacement of the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC) with the newly established Gold Board (GoldBod) marks a bold attempt by President John Dramani Mahama’s administration to clamp down ...

He noted that while the legislation behind Goldbod seems directionally sound, it is riddled with what he described as “landmines,” cautioning, “it will explode one day.”