Ghana’s economy grew 6.0% year on year in the second quarter of 2026, driven by its communications sector though growth was slightly slower than the 6.6% \u200brecorded in the same period a year earlier, official data \u200bshowed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Information, communication and technology expanded 30.9%, up from \u206021.3% a year earlier, and accounted for 41.5% of the growth \u200bin the second quarter, government statistician Alhassan Iddrisu told a press \u200bconference.<\/p>\n
“This is not a one-off spike. The sector has posted double-digit growth in every quarter for the past three years. Ghana’s growth story today is … substantially a \u200bdigital story. That’s what the data is telling us,” Iddrisu said.<\/p>\n
The \u200bexpansion follows provisional growth of 6.4% in the\u00a0first quarter, as the West African nation \u200ccontinues \u2060to recover from one of its worst economic crises in decades.<\/p>\n
“A 6.0% growth rate is very encouraging, but it only truly succeeds when it becomes better jobs, stronger services, and real opportunity reaching more people,” \u200bIddrisu said.<\/p>\n
The government \u200bretained its \u2060key macroeconomic targets in a mid-year budget review in July, citing stronger-than-expected economic performance in the first half of \u200bthe year.<\/p>\n
The same month, the International Monetary Fund \u200bcompleted the \u2060final review of Ghana’s $3 billion support\u00a0programme, saying reforms and favourable commodity prices were helping stabilise the economy and reduce debt risks.<\/p>\n
Consumer inflation stood at \u20605.0% \u200bin annual terms last month, down from \u200b54.1% in December 2022, when the country was mired in a debt crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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