Cedi appreciation must reflect in lower tariffs – Paul Twum Barimah

The Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) has launched a five-year initiative to restore 50 hectares of degraded forest in the Western Region, in a move that places greater emphasis on the environmental responsibilities accompanying the exploitation of Ghana’s mineral resources.

The cedi's recent appreciation against the US dollar is expected to offer motorists some relief from international petroleum market pressures in November, with petrol prices projected to fall by up to 3.51 percent.

Comprehensive geological mapping is essential to delineating concessions for small-scale and large-scale mining operators and preventing operational conflicts between local miners and multinational companies, Denis Gyeyir, Programme Manager for Resources Futures in Africa at the Open Society Foundations, has said.

Government faces mounting pressure to convert its expanding youth population into productive employment, with nearly two million young people neither working nor in education or training - highlighting the challenge of translating economic growth and macroeconomic stability into decent jobs.

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA Ghana) has launched a one-year initiative to assess the institutional, regulatory and workforce requirements for Ghana’s nuclear power programme as the country works towards the stage at which it can invite bids or negotiate a contract for its first nuclear power plant.

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has challenged community seed producers at the Gundoug community of the Upper East Region to transform their indigenous seed system into a model for climate-resilient farming that could be replicated across the five regions of northern Ghana.

Ghana Digital Centres Ltd. (GDCL) and Confluence Foundation have signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the Volta Tech and Innovation Summit (VTIS), an annual technology and innovation summit held in the Volta Region.

OmniBSIC Bank has won the African Banking Excellence Award for Growth, Innovation and Customer Value at the 12th International Forum on African-Caribbean Leadership (IFAL 2026), held in New York on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly.