Ghana

Anansi: Economic contagion, political reflexes The spectre of mass protest is haunting Africa even as the rest of the world praises the continent’s economic successes. That gap between foreign plau...

Ghana’s budget deficit falls sharply Ghana’s budget deficit fell sharply from 4.4 percent of the Gross Domestic Product to 2 percent, a government financial statement revealed.

Delta Airlines to Fly from Accra to Abuja The US Delta Air lines, Fortune Magazine’s world most admired airline, is to begin direct flight operation from Accra to Abuja on December 1, Delta’s ...

Illegal Chinese miners arrested in Ghana Twenty-four illegal Chinese miners have been arrested by the Ghanaian immigration authority at Dunkwa in the central region of the country.

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Ghanaian former NPP party stalwart Alan Kyerematen, is going alone and running for president as an independent. (AFP /Fabrice Coffrini)

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Premium badgeGhana: Alan Kyerematen goes independent after jumping NPP ship After withdrawing from the NPP’s upcoming flagbearer race, Alan Kyerematen will contest Ghana’s 2024 presidential election, a source within his campai...
Ernest Addison, Governor of the Bank of Ghana talks during the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee news conference in Accra, Ghana March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Cooper Inveen

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Premium badgeGhana: 10 things about central bank governor Ernest Addison Ernest Addison’s six-year spell at the Bank of Ghana has witnessed some of the most dramatic happenings in the country’s banking sector history.
Who’s who in Vice President and presidential candidate Mahamudu Bawumia.

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Premium badgeGhana: Who’s who in VP Bawumia’s campaign team? Ghana’s VP Mahamudu Bawumia stands on the verge of history at the presidential primaries of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) on 4 November.

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Ghanaian former NPP party stalwart Alan Kyerematen, is going alone and running for president as an independent. (AFP /Fabrice Coffrini)

renegade candidate

Premium badgeGhana: Alan Kyerematen goes independent after jumping NPP ship After withdrawing from the NPP’s upcoming flagbearer race, Alan Kyerematen will contest Ghana’s 2024 presidential election, a source within his campai...
Ernest Addison, Governor of the Bank of Ghana talks during the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee news conference in Accra, Ghana March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Cooper Inveen

survivor

Premium badgeGhana: 10 things about central bank governor Ernest Addison Ernest Addison’s six-year spell at the Bank of Ghana has witnessed some of the most dramatic happenings in the country’s banking sector history.
Who’s who in Vice President and presidential candidate Mahamudu Bawumia.

inner circle

Premium badgeGhana: Who’s who in VP Bawumia’s campaign team? Ghana’s VP Mahamudu Bawumia stands on the verge of history at the presidential primaries of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) on 4 November.

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