Government should consider negotiating bigger interests in mining contracts if the country is desirous of creating more value from the commodities extracted for the nation.
Despite Ghana being a leading gold producer with several decades of experience in the extractives industry, its stake in almost all mining companies in the...
As December beckons, another Presidential and Parliamentary Elections will be conducted nationwide and Ghanaians who have recently turned 18 are currently participating in the ongoing Electoral Commission’s limited voter registration exercise.
President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo is urging those who have attained the statutory age and want to vote in December...
Corporate demand, coupled with a strong U.S. dollar on the international market, has weighed heavily on the cedi in the first four months of this year (2024).
As demand surpasses foreign exchange (FX) liquidity, asset management company Databank envisages a continuous weakening trajectory of the local unit this week in...
Dr. Ernest Addison, Governor of the Bank of Ghana, continues to express optimism about Ghana’s economic trajectory and the continuation of disinflation efforts.
At a gala dinner celebrating the 130th anniversary and official name change of FBNBank Ghana to FirstBank Ghana, the central bank governor expressed confidence about the domestic...
The current peak in cocoa futures has prompted President Nana Akufo-Addo to call on regulators of the cocoa sector in Ghana and neighbouring Ivory Coast to "devise new strategies" to cope with volatile global prices.
Due to limited supplies, global cocoa grinders are paying up in the cash market to...
At the recently-held World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, Minister of Finance Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam charged central bank governors to integrate climate risks and opportunities into monetary policies and financial regulation practices.
According to him, this has become necessary to fortify economies against climate-induced vulnerabilities and catalyse a transition to a...
The newly established industrial salt production plant worth US$88million at Ada in the Greater Accra Region is estimated to yield about US$2billion to the economy in the short to medium term.
The project holds the potential to become the country’s leading export commodity to the African market under the Africa...
After several rescheduling of the renewable energy targets for the nation, analysts are again beginning to question the 2030 deadline toward achieving 10 percent of the country’s energy mix with renewables.
Despite aims to boost renewables in the country’s energy mix from 41.5 megawatts in 2015 to 1353.63MW by 2030...
It is a welcome relief to hear the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) categorically deny the commercialisation of certain genetically modified organisms like maize, soy or even perhaps, tomatoes in our food chain.
The clarification comes amid concerns expressed by a number of interest groups like the Peasant Farmers...
There is a lack of detailed information on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) among women and youth in business, a situational analysis conducted by the Aya Institute for Women, Politics and Media, has found.
While information about the protocol has primarily reached technical experts and businesses, women and...