Editorial: Single window requirement improves maritime efficiency

Over the last 21 years, merchandise trade expanded nearly nine-fold in dollar terms, rising from US$6billion in 2004 to US$52.5billion for 2025 as stronger exports pushed the country to its largest trade surplus on record.

On August 6, 2026, a federal jury in Brooklyn found Asante Kwaku Berko guilty on all counts, spanning conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a substantive FCPA breach and money laundering conspiracy.

Gold cannot be ignored.

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Trade, Industry and Tourism, led by Alexander Hottordze Roosevelt, has paid a working visit to the Ghana Investment Promotion Authority (GIPA) to gain deeper insight into the Authority’s operations, legal reforms, challenges and strategic direction for attracting investment into and within Ghana.

The Minister of Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, has given persons who have encroached on the right-of-way of transmission lines belonging to the Ghana Grid Company Ltd (GRIDCo) one month to vacate or face eviction.

Government is shifting its focus in the oil palm industry from policy formulation to implementation as it seeks to close a 150,000-metric-tonne production deficit and achieve self-sufficiency by 2032.

In a move to deepen international cooperation in maritime education, the Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA), Kamal-Deen Ali, paid a strategic courtesy call on the President of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Professor Andrew Spencer, on July 30, 2026.

The government has moved to tighten enforcement around electricity transmission corridors following the damage of a Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) pylon at Ashaiman Middle East, with operators in the affected area given one month to vacate.