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Preparations at Atlantic Lithium’s Ewoyaa project in Ghana. Photo supplied.

undervalued assets

Premium badgeGhana: Lithium production in limbo after stalled negotiations

Australia’s Atlantic Lithium Ltd is hoped to be the first international company to reap benefits of Ghana’s lithium stores via the Ewoyaa project.

Ernest Addison, Governor of the Bank of Ghana talks during the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee new conference in Accra

ULTIMATUM

Premium badgeGhana’s central bank boss under pressure to resign over fiscal recklessness Ernest Addison and his deputies have been given an ultimatum to leave the Central Bank or face the wrath of the opposition party.
University students at All Nations University in Koforidua, Ghana.(AP/Christian Thompson)

regaining control

Premium badgeAfrican scholars fight to reclaim intellectual space For the first time in over three decades, African scholars are collaborating to revive the 1900s movement for the decolonisation of African scholarshi...
© Kwabena Asante-Poku, Coverage Director for Ghana, BII; Chris Chijiutomi, MD and Head of Africa, BII; Albert Essien, GIP Chairman; Jacob Kholi, GIP CEO & Investment Officer; Benson Adenuga, Head of Office and Coverage Director for Nigeria, BII; Dirk Holshausen, Coverage Director for South Central Africa, BII (clockwise) photo supplied

growth capital

Premium badgeGhana: BII bets on GIP to deliver flexible SME financing Ghana’s SME financing gap is estimated at $4.8bn, with sectors such as agriculture and environment significantly lagging behind.

Ghana top stories

Preparations at Atlantic Lithium’s Ewoyaa project in Ghana. Photo supplied.

undervalued assets

Premium badgeGhana: Lithium production in limbo after stalled negotiations Australia’s Atlantic Lithium Ltd is hoped to be the first international company to reap benefits of Ghana’s lithium stores via the Ewoyaa project.
Ernest Addison, Governor of the Bank of Ghana talks during the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee new conference in Accra

ULTIMATUM

Premium badgeGhana’s central bank boss under pressure to resign over fiscal recklessness Ernest Addison and his deputies have been given an ultimatum to leave the Central Bank or face the wrath of the opposition party.
University students at All Nations University in Koforidua, Ghana.(AP/Christian Thompson)

regaining control

Premium badgeAfrican scholars fight to reclaim intellectual space For the first time in over three decades, African scholars are collaborating to revive the 1900s movement for the decolonisation of African scholarshi...

Ghana top stories

Preparations at Atlantic Lithium’s Ewoyaa project in Ghana. Photo supplied.

undervalued assets

Premium badgeGhana: Lithium production in limbo after stalled negotiations Australia’s Atlantic Lithium Ltd is hoped to be the first international company to reap benefits of Ghana’s lithium stores via the Ewoyaa project.
Ernest Addison, Governor of the Bank of Ghana talks during the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee new conference in Accra

ULTIMATUM

Premium badgeGhana’s central bank boss under pressure to resign over fiscal recklessness Ernest Addison and his deputies have been given an ultimatum to leave the Central Bank or face the wrath of the opposition party.
University students at All Nations University in Koforidua, Ghana.(AP/Christian Thompson)

regaining control

Premium badgeAfrican scholars fight to reclaim intellectual space For the first time in over three decades, African scholars are collaborating to revive the 1900s movement for the decolonisation of African scholarshi...

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© Ghanaian novelist Kobby Ben Ben.

Diaspora dance

Documenting Ghana’s ‘Year of Return’ in a genre-defying novel ‘No One Dies Yet’, Kobby Ben Ben’s high-energy debut set in Accra, delves into the Ghanaian government’s invitation to the African diaspora.
© Dormaa traditional area paramount chief Oseadeeyo Agyeman Badu II. (photo supplied)

crown and wig

Premium badgeGhana: Nana Agyeman Badu II, the controversial chief with tough skin Ghana paramount chief Oseadeeyo Agyeman has stirred controversy by advocating for the dismissal of perjury charges against an opposition MP, prompting...
© Ghana’s Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta stands next to Stephane Roudet, IMF Mission Chief for Ghana, during a news conference in Accra, Ghana December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Cooper Inveen

lack of transparency

Premium badgeGhana: Labour groups wary of pension fund restructure amid govt mistrust Labour unions have consented to their pension funds being incorporated into the government’s debt exchange plan. However, their optimism is tempered b...
Friendlier times: Ghana’s defence minister Dominic Nitiwul (L) talking to then Burkina Faso defence minister Jean-Claude Bouda at a meeting of Sahel and Sahara defence ministers in Abidjan, 2017. (REUTERS/Luc Gnago)

Walled off

Premium badgeGhana defends expulsion of Burkina Faso asylum seekers ‘We would do whatever we have to do to protect our people,’ says Ghana’s defence minister on decision to expel more than 500 Burkinabè citizens.
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo arrives in Downing Street ahead of a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London

judiciary independence

Premium badgeGhana: Is President Akufo-Addo padding Supreme Court to influence 2024 polls? The constitution gives powers to the president to appoint the chief justice and other judges of the Supreme Court in consultation with the council of ...
French company Cemoi’s chocolate factory in Abidjan (AFP/Issouf Sanogo).

unprecedented rise

Premium badgeWhy cocoa prices are soaring with no benefit for Africa The anticipated drop in yields for the 2023/2024 season is pushing up the price of cocoa, but producing countries are unlikely to benefit.