OPINION/EDITORIAL

Follow the Money: How Bank Accounts Expose Payroll Fraud

Modern payroll software that provides role-based access is a potent deterrent against payroll fraud because it removes barriers complicating payroll oversight December 4, 2025/Deel Local Payroll Payroll fraud creates considerable losses for South African companies and taxpayers. The Public Servant Association revealed that ghost employees are costing the public purse […]

How Ghana’s Central Bank is Helping the Economy Recover

(Credit: IMF Photo)  December 4, 2025/IMFBlog It’s been three-and-a-half years since a combination of homegrown vulnerabilities and external shocks created a severe macroeconomic and debt crisis in Ghana. Underpinned by an IMF-supported program, the country’s economic recovery is steadily gaining momentum, marked by a significant decline in inflation, an increase […]

Growth Remains Solid in Q3

December 3, 2025/CSL Report The Nigerian economy grew by 4.0% year-on-year (y/y) in Q3 2025, slightly below the 4.2% growth recorded in the previous quarter, but outperforming market expectation of 3.8%. Performance was primarily driven by the non-oil sector, especially agriculture and services sector, which expanded by 3.8% y/y and […]