Golden Star Resources plans US$1.2m for 9 CSR projects

The country is set to undertake its most sweeping overhaul of mining legislation in nearly two decades after Cabinet approved a new legal framework aimed at tightening mineral licencing, deepening local participation, strengthening community benefits and positioning the sector to generate greater value for the economy.

The Rubber Processors Association of Ghana (RUPAG) has defended government's temporary ban on raw rubber exports, insisting the policy is protecting Ghana's industrialisation agenda rather than creating monopolies or depriving farmers and traders of market opportunities.

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is expanding its regulatory and supervisory approach beyond the health of individual financial institutions to oversee the broader digital financial ecosystem.

West African governments are exploring carbon taxation as a potential new source of revenue and a tool to support climate action, with regional tax authorities beginning work on a framework that could influence how businesses across the bloc account for carbon emissions.