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Three prominent Ghanaians who turned to international courts to demand Justice
GhanaWeb
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July 9, 2025
Some high-profile Ghanaians have sought redress beyond the country’s judicial system by turning to the international courts on the African continent. These individuals, drawn from diverse fields including politics, judiciary and music, have...
'Start with what you have' - Chef Abbys inspires Ghanaian creators after Cannes Lions debut
GhanaWeb
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July 9, 2025
Ghanaian culinary sensation and digital content creator Chef Abbys, known off-screen as Abena Amoakoa Sintim-Aboagye, is inspiring a new generation of Ghanaian creatives following her groundbreaking participation in the 2025 Cannes Lions...
Digital entrepreneurship: Mirage, tech capture, or utopia?
University World News
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GHANA The promise of digital entrepreneurship in the form of start-ups, which has been hailed as a solution to the unemployment crisis among graduates from African universities, is not meeting expectations, Dr Tessa Pijnaker, a social...
Komfo Anokye Is Not From Awukugua–Researcher
The Chronicle News Online
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July 9, 2025
Joseph Ofori Amanfo, a 42-year-old researcher and nuclear scientist, has disproved the claims that the legendary Fetish Priest, Komfo Anokye, is from Awukugua-Akuapim. While one account points to one Ano and Yaa Anubea, from Awukugua-Akuapim, as...
Editorial: We Applaud Engineers And Planners (E&P)
The Chronicle News Online
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July 9, 2025
Engineers and Planners (E&P), Ghana’s leading indigenous engineering and mining services company, according to a story we carried yesterday, has secured a landmark US$100 million investment facility from the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and...
Smile Train Launches Africa's Largest Cleft Center In Ghana
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) New facility will transform access to quality cleft care across the region and is a result of a partnership between Smile Train, Ghana's Ministry of Health, Ghana Cleft Foundation and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital KUMASI,...
Embrace tech in cocoa production
Business Ghana
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Ghana must urgently adopt modern agricultural technologies to increase cocoa production, an Associate Professor at the Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Cape Coast, Prof. Ransford Opoku Darko has advocated. He noted that the...
High gold prices to boost Ghana’s exports, ease inflation – Fitch Report
CNR Citi Newsroom
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July 9, 2025
Ghana stands to benefit significantly from elevated global gold prices, which are expected to boost export earnings, improve the country’s current account position, and help ease inflationary pressures. That’s according to the latest forecast by...
$100M deal Is business, not politics – Engineers & Planners
Joy FM
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July 9, 2025
Engineers & Planners (E&P) Co. Ltd. has fiercely defended its $100 million acquisition of the Azumah gold concession in the Upper West Region, declaring it a landmark commercial deal and rejecting any attempts to politicise the transaction. The...
CIDAN Market Research for the WE 3-07-2025
Business Ghana
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MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS Q1, 2025 Real GDP Growth 5.3% Average Real GDP Growth for 2025 5.3% 2025 Projected Real GDP Growth 4.0% BoG Policy Rate 28.0% Weekly Interbank Interest Rate 27.02% Inflation for June 2025 13.7% End Period Inflation Target...
Ghana's smart energy regime enabler for Huawei, others to thrive - EC
Business Ghana
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The Energy Commission (EC) says it will continue to create an enabling environment for businesses including producers of smart energy solutions to thrive. The Commission said companies, including Huawei and others, whose advanced technologies and...
US gov’t transfers radiation identification equipment to Ghana Nuclear Regulatory Authority
Joy FM
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July 9, 2025
U.S. Charge d’Affaires, a.i. Rolf Olson handing over the equipment to Ghana Nuclear Regulatory Authority The U.S. Charge d’Affaires, a.i. Rolf Olson, on Monday, July 7, met with senior officials at Ghana’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) to...
Mahama deploys “Gold Taskforce” to crush smugglers and reclaim Ghana’s wealth
The Herald Ghana
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July 8, 2025
In a decisive push to reclaim control over Ghana’s gold sector, President John Dramani Mahama has officially inaugurated the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) Taskforce, describing it as a game-changing step to combat gold smuggling and restore value to...
GOLDBOD exports 11 tonnes of gold worth USD 1.1 billion in May, bolstering Ghana’s economy
The Herald Ghana
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July 8, 2025
The newly established GOLDBOD exported 11 tonnes of gold valued at 1.1 billion dollars in May this year, marking a significant contribution to Ghana’s economy. Cumulatively, exports from the small-scale sector reached 51.5 tonnes, worth...
NGO proposes key amendments to Ghana Minerals and Mining Act 2012
Ghana Business News
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July 9, 2025
The Livelihood and Environment Ghana (LEG), an advocacy organisation for environmental justice, has proposed key issues to amend the Minerals and Mining (Compensation and Resettlement) Act, 2012. The proposal is expected to address challenges of...
Cameroon Launches National AI Strategy for Regional Tech Leadership
News Ghana
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July 9, 2025
Cameroon has unveiled its National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (SNIA), targeting regional AI leadership by 2040 through digital sovereignty and inclusive development. Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Minette Libom Li Likeng announced...
Mahama inaugurates team to supervise UGMC transfer to University of Ghana
GhanaWeb
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July 8, 2025
President John Dramani Mahama has established a transitional management committee to supervise the official handover of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) to the University of Ghana's direct operational administration. The project is a...
Ghana’s Aquamet Technologies Pioneers Smart Aquaculture Solutions
News Ghana
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July 6, 2025
Ghana faces a significant gap in its fish supply, importing over 60% of consumed fish despite producing 89,000 metric tonnes domestically in 2023, primarily tilapia and catfish. This reliance on imports underscores the critical need to bolster the...
Architecture and Engineering Services board inaugurated
Business Ghana
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The eight -member Board of the Architecture and Engineering Services Limited (AESL), was on Thursday inaugurated by the Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources, Mr Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, with a mandate to provide strategic oversight and...
Ghana Launches New National Anti-Corruption Strategy Development
News Ghana
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July 6, 2025
Chief of Staff Julius Debrah has inaugurated a working group to develop Ghana’s second National Anti-Corruption Strategy, reinforcing institutional efforts against graft. The July 2025 ceremony at Accra’s Presidency aligns with broader governance...