UMB appoints Victor Opoku Brijuu as Group Head, Branch Network, Up-Country

Forty-seven university students on Friday 23 October 2026, took part in the first edition of Unmute Yo’Self, a free public speaking and confidence-building event held at the Accra AI Community Center in Ridge, Accra.

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.

The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI) plans to recapitalise its credit union to expand access to affordable financing for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as its newly inaugurated president, Nana Kwame Agyenim Boateng, outlines measures to ease business constraints and strengthen private sector growth.

Momo Covert has emerged winner of the Northern Ghana Zonal Hackathon of the MoMo Fintech Lab, held in Tamale, earning a place at the national competition alongside three other top-performing teams.

Shekinah Glory Bakery, a Tamale-based bakery and social enterprise, has donated food supplies, drinking water, beverages and educational materials to Yumba Special School to support the feeding, education and welfare of children with intellectual disabilities.

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.