Cheflifestyle: Telling Africa’s Story through Food

Value Added Tax (VAT) compliance is receiving renewed attention in Ghana as the Ghana Revenue Authority intensifies efforts to improve domestic revenue mobilisation. In September 2026, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) launched the nationwide “Request Your VAT Invoice, Help Build Our Nation” campaign, ahead of a broader VAT invigilation exercise in October aimed at improving invoice issuance and compliance among registered businesses.

When Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa stood beside India’s external affairs minister in Accra on Tuesday and announced that the cabinet of President John Dramani Mahama had decided Ghana should formally apply to join BRICS, he chose his stage with care. India is the bloc’s current chair, it hosted the leaders’ summit in New Delhi only last month, and it is the founding member least inclined to see BRICS turned into an anti-western alliance.

A piece of land can create wealth without ever being developed, while that same parcel can generate an entirely different level of value when transformed into a house, commercial property or mixed-use development. The difference lies not simply in appreciation, but in how effectively capital is deployed, how value is created and how risk is managed.

This is a continuation of last week’s extract from my book:

When Cheflifestyle, formally known as Bibiana Gyasi, started creating food content in 2020, she didn’t know she would build a career from it six years later.

Walk through Abossey Okai, Tema and other industrial enclaves in Ghana and you can already see BRICS in Ghana's economy: spare parts and machinery from Guangzhou, pharmaceuticals and vehicles from India, gold flowing out to Dubai.

China has opened the door

International arbitration is widely promoted as the dispute resolution mechanism of choice for foreign investors and contractors working with African governments on public infrastructure projects.