20-hectare cotton pilot begins

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has expanded its monetary policy education efforts with the second edition of its Monetary Policy Committee Educational Observership Programme (MPC-EOP), giving university students direct exposure to the analytical and deliberative processes that underpin the setting of the policy rate.

Some 576 volunteers have removed 51.5 tonnes of waste from Ananse Beach at Nungua in Accra as part of activities marking World Cleanup Day 2026.

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is being repositioned to equip young people with green skills, climate resilience and sustainable innovation capabilities as demand grows for workers in emerging industries such as renewable energy, sustainable agriculture and green manufacturing.

WERise Network announces 2026 annual programme to celebrate growth and scale women-owned businesses

Economist and legal practitioner Appiah Kusi Adomako has called on government to test the US$235million desalination penalty award for legal grounds to mount a challenge, while negotiating a settlement that contains the state’s exposure and restores water supply to Teshie and surrounding communities.

Must a country build everything others built, in the same order, before its people can enjoy similar opportunities? Leapfrogging offers a different way of thinking about that question. 

Power tariffs will remain unchanged in the fourth quarter (Q4) despite a 3.04 percent depreciation of the cedi and a sharp rise in the inflation assumption used by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) as lower natural gas costs and a stronger projected contribution from hydro generation help contain pressure on electricity prices.

The Bank of Ghana has maintained its policy rate at 14 percent, with the Monetary Policy Committee assessing the risks to inflation and economic growth as broadly balanced despite renewed global price pressures.