Ghana
Opportunity: African capitals are courting diaspora money — and changing the pitch
Nigeria wants US$1bn a month in formal remittances. Ghana is steering diaspora funds toward investment, not just support.
Ghana's strong cedi is quietly cutting what your family receives
A stronger cedi means fewer cedis per dollar you send home.
Accra Almanac: Ghana Brings Home Its First Returnees as South Africa's Migrant Crisis Deepens
Ghana repatriates ~300 nationals as Operation Dudula intensifies
*Accra is bringing home roughly 300 nationals from South Africa as anti-foreign-national pressure escalates. The flow underscores how intra-African migration remains a diaspora pressure point distinct from the trans-Atlantic story.*
Ghana's new e-Visa system: what the diaspora needs to know
*GhanaWeb published an explainer Tuesday on the new e-Visa rollout. For diaspora travellers and would-be investors, this is the access infrastructure that underpins everything else.*
This week's FX, the corridors that matter
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Ghana migration framework: status update as the Bridgetown climate-finance week opens parallel signal
Ghana's diaspora-migration framework remains one of the most accessible structured paths for diaspora connection in West Africa. As Caribbean climate finance accelerates this week, the question is whether parallel diaspora-engagement instruments will follow.
With Egypt now Africa's #1 remittance recipient, diaspora investment is the next move every government is considering
Five governments are visibly evaluating diaspora bond programs in the next 18 months. The Nigeria 2017 model remains the only fully-subscribed African issuance. The window for diaspora input is open.
This week's FX, the corridors that matter
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South Africa is suddenly drawing tourists from Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. The regional economy is rerouting.
The intra-African tourism flow that development economists have predicted for a decade is now actually happening. Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg are the early beneficiaries.
Angola passes Kenya. Egypt passes Nigeria. The African economic rankings are shifting under the diaspora's feet.
New IMF data shows a different continent than the one diaspora investment narratives have assumed for the last decade. The countries to send money to are not the ones we have been talking about.
Why Nigeria's diaspora bond worked and Ghana's didn't
A bft analysis walks through the design choices that separated the 130-percent-oversubscribed Nigerian instrument from less successful issuances.
Accra is rebuilding its migration framework. The window for diaspora input is open.
April workshop brought government, partners, and technical experts to redesign how Ghana engages its diaspora.
Best Caribbean countries for returning diasporans, ranked by what actually matters when you go home
Returning to retire is not the same as moving to retire. Five Caribbean countries make the strongest case for diasporan return. They do not make it the same way.
Ghanaian cedi weakens 22.7% year-on-year against the naira as West Africa FX shifts
GHS-to-NGN at 118.65 today, down from 145+ a year ago. For Ghanaian and Nigerian diaspora sending money home or moving between the two economies, the corridor math has shifted materially in 2026.