Fitch upgrades Ghana’s credit rating to ‘B-‘; Outlook Stable

Global credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has upgraded Ghana’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) from ‘Restricted Default’ to ‘B-’ with a Stable Outlook.
Global credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has upgraded Ghana’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) from ‘Restricted Default’ to ‘B-’ with a Stable Outlook.
The Ghanaian cedi has surged nearly 50 percent against the US dollar in 2025, outperforming all other global currencies.
Ghana’s annual inflation rate ended December 2024 with a notable increase of 80 basis points, climbing to 23.8%.
Ghana’s economy in the second quarter of the year expanded at the fastest pace in five years dating back to the second quarter of 2019 beating expectation by analysts and economists.