Negligence undermining safety efforts on Volta Lake – Maritime Authority

The public is hereby informed that the Radiation Protection Institute (RPI), an Institute under the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), a statutory body established pursuant to the Ghana Atomic Energy Act 2000 (Act 588), is a Research and Technical Support Organization.

COCOBOD courts global traders as GH¢16.3bn cocoa financing takes shape Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has set the producer price for the 2026/27 cocoa season at GH¢42,400 per tonne, while preparing a GH¢16.3billion domestic financing programme to fund purchases from farmers and reduce its reliance on foreign-currency borrowing.

The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has received 950,000 barrels of Sankofa-Gye Nyame light sweet crude from Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), marking the first time a Ghanaian refinery has received crude from the field for refining.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has called for the capital market to extend beyond stocks and bonds into agriculture, citing the Ghana Commodity Exchange as a vehicle to give farmers access to transparent markets, warehouse receipts and financing.

Absa Bank has inaugurated its new head office, Absa Place, at 64 Independence Avenue, Ridge-Accra, with Managing Director Dr. Edward Nartey Botchway pledging that the lender will continue to support businesses and households as Ghana’s economic recovery creates room for renewed private-sector growth.

GCB Bank, Ghana’s largest indigenous bank, has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting trade, investment and private-sector growth across Africa as a main sponsor of the UK-Ghana Trade & Investment Summit 2026, held in Accra under the theme, "A Decade of Trust, A Future Always On: Scaling the UK-Ghana Growth Partnership."

The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) has called on journalists across the region to strengthen investigative reporting on economic and financial crimes, saying accurate media coverage is critical to improving transparency and accountability.

In the early 1950s, the Korean Peninsula was devastated by a three-year war that left over 70 percent of its infrastructure and territory in ruins. South Korea was among the poorest nations in the world.