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Nigeria: ?Abuja’s new team flexes ?its diplomatic muscle The crises in Côte d’Ivoire and Libya allowed Nigerian diplomats to assert some valuable principles and play a leading role in the African Union; now ...

Ghana revises 2011 fiscal estimates and macroeconomic targets upwards Ghana has revised upwards its economic growth targets this year buoyed by rising oil prices.

Tullow Kosmos: ?Oil companies go local in Ghana The Irish and US companies plan to list in Accra following important oil and gas finds.

Ghana and most African countries record weak ICT capacity in 2009-2010 Ghana and most African countries still have weak information communication technology (ICT) capacity, a review of the continent’s telecommunication se...

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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.
© Edward Gyambrah, the officer-in-charge of the Domestic Tax and Revenue Division at the Ghana Revenue Authority. Photo supplied

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Premium badgeGhana: Betting tax stirs public anger, experts’ doubts over economic impact Controversy is brewing in the West African nation as the government’s recent introduction of a 10% withholding tax on betting and lottery winnings ign...
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Cocoa beans are pictured next to a warehouse at the village of Atroni, near Sunyani © FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Cocoa beans are pictured next to a warehouse at the village of Atroni, near Sunyani, Ghana April 11, 2019. Picture taken April 11, 2019. REUTERS/Ange Aboa/File Photo/File Photo – RC2353A8341Z

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Premium badgeGhana: Cocoa farmers still disgruntled despite hiked price The announcement on 9 September that cocoa price went up from GH¢800 to GH¢1,308 ($113) per bag evoked mixed responses from farmers.

Ghana top stories

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.
© Edward Gyambrah, the officer-in-charge of the Domestic Tax and Revenue Division at the Ghana Revenue Authority. Photo supplied

taking a gamble

Premium badgeGhana: Betting tax stirs public anger, experts’ doubts over economic impact Controversy is brewing in the West African nation as the government’s recent introduction of a 10% withholding tax on betting and lottery winnings ign...
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Cocoa beans are pictured next to a warehouse at the village of Atroni, near Sunyani © FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Cocoa beans are pictured next to a warehouse at the village of Atroni, near Sunyani, Ghana April 11, 2019. Picture taken April 11, 2019. REUTERS/Ange Aboa/File Photo/File Photo – RC2353A8341Z

Not enough

Premium badgeGhana: Cocoa farmers still disgruntled despite hiked price The announcement on 9 September that cocoa price went up from GH¢800 to GH¢1,308 ($113) per bag evoked mixed responses from farmers.

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Ghana: 20 percent lack toilets amid MDGs target fears There are fears Ghana will not achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on sanitation with only 20 percent of the country’s population said to ...

Mining represents a great loss to Ghana’s economy – ISSER The mining sector is bleeding Ghana’s economy, with a think tank advising that the government should explore other means of revenue.

The Africa Report launches monthly podcast Download The Africa Report team’s monthly podcast dicussing what’s in the magazine in July.

Ghana: A third woman candidate in presidential race Women do not shy away from political power in Ghana. After the former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, and the daughter of the “founding fathe...

Ghana: NDC and Nana Konadu Rawlings – Showdown in Suyani With two challengers vying to replace John Atta Mills as party president, the NDC’s July congress will be decisive

Ghana, Togo, Burkina Faso strengthen cooperation to eliminate crime Ghana, Togo and Burkina Faso have pledged to work together to fight cross border crime and facilitate the free movement of people and goods by impleme...