The politics of football: The machinations behind the beautiful game

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has disclosed that government will defer import duties, levies and VAT on qualifying machinery and inputs for one year, and exempt solar panels and batteries from import duty and VAT, as it moves to incentivise businesses under 24-hour economy policy.

The government is preparing to extend the regulatory and accountability framework for managing petroleum revenues to the wider extractive sector, with plans to bring earnings from gold, lithium, bauxite and other mineral resources under a new Natural Resource Revenue Management Act.

The D. A. Twum Jnr. Fellowship, powered by The Ninani Group, has successfully graduated its pioneer cohort following a three-month immersive learning and industry development programme designed to prepare young talents for careers in Ghana’s marketing communications industry.

The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has received 28,500 exercise books valued at GH¢100,000 from Best Assurance Company Limited as part of a strategic partnership aimed at strengthening teaching and learning resources in educational institutions across Ghana.

Planet One Oil & Gas has announced a hydrocarbon discovery at its Nya Gyidie-1X exploration well in the Deepwater Cape Three Points (DWCTP) Block offshore Ghana.

Imagine that a district hospital is expecting a consignment of equipment in January. In the last week of December, a payment voucher arrives on the desk of the officer responsible for approving it. Attached is a certificate stating that the equipment has been delivered. The officer knows the truck has yet to arrive.

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) will introduce a redesigned series of Ghana cedi banknotes into circulation from December 1, 2026, incorporating enhanced security features, improved durability and smaller sizes as the central bank seeks to modernise currency management and strengthen public confidence in the national currency.

Project Shiprite, a US$137 million ship repair and maintenance facility at the Port of Takoradi, has reached financial close, with construction expected to be completed within 18 months to boost maritime trade.