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Ghana

Detained Ghanaian LGBT+ activists appear in court in Ho

stifling politics

Ghana’s proposed anti-gay bill presents a tough call for Akufo-Addo government

Ghana is mulling an anti-gay law that will criminalise LGBTQ+ advocacy and jail LGBTQ+ people for at least five years. However, is it a political ... tool being used by the opposition to corner President Nana Akufo-Addo's administration? Akufo-Addo now has a difficult choice to make.

CHOC CHIPS

Ghana’s digital currency plan can boost cocoa value chain: Giesecke+Devrient

Ghana’s plans to introduce a central bank digital currency can help the country climb the cocoa-processing value chain, Ferenc Szelenyi - managing ... director for Middle East and Africa at Giesecke+Devrient - tells The Africa Report.

OILY BUSINESS

Why is Ghana giving $1bn to big oil in Norway?

On 30 July, energy minister Matthew Prempeh – in a 10-page power-point presentation and a rambling thesis on ‘global energy transition’ ... – asked parliament to borrow $1.6bn to buy back stakes in two offshore oil licences not yet in development.

Sea disputes

Ghana/Togo: Akufo-Addo and Gnassingbé try to settle 50-year old maritime dispute

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo and Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé are determined to reach an agreement on the maritime delimitation ... between their two countries within the next four months. The dispute has lasted for half a century, and negotiations began in 2018. Will this be the year prove fruitful?

Ghana top stories

A strong network

Ghana: Who’s who in circle of President, Nana Akufo-Addo

Soft Currency

Ghana’s central bank set to push through cedi-for-gold plan, mining chamber says

helping hand

Ghana: Akufo-Addo implores commercial banks to lower rates

A strong network

Ghana: Who’s who in circle of President, Nana Akufo-Addo

Soft Currency

Ghana’s central bank set to push through cedi-for-gold plan, mining chamber says

helping hand

Ghana: Akufo-Addo implores commercial banks to lower rates

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China-Ghana

The significance of Chinese-funded Bui Dam in Ghana

Aid, trade and foreign direct investments typify China's global rise and its African activities. ...

A farmer collects a cocoa pod at a farm in Alepe

Ghana, wake up! China is exporting Cocoa to Belgium

Of the $130bn chocolate industry, African cocoa exporters make just a small slice. To seize more of the value of a bar of chocolate, it needs ... to bring financial stakeholders and industrial players into alignment.

KINGS OF AFRICA

Chanzo Capital seeks up to $100m to hunt African unicorns

Chanzo Capital is seeking to raise between $50m and $100m for a new fund which will enable African tech start-ups to achieve scale, managing ... partner Eric Osiakwan tells The Africa Report.

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about turn

Ghana: Akufo-Addo needs new Inspector General to fight public perceptions of police as corrupt

With police brutality in the spotlight, reports of rising suicide cases in police ranks, and growing concerns about rising violent criminality ... across the country, the appointment of a well-respected new inspector general of police is an opportunity for President Akufo-Addo to change the narrative around security in Ghana.
George Akuffo Dampare has a record for competence, and not bowing down to political authority.

digital innovation

Ghana’s new census is more inclusive, but there is room for improvement

Ghana has just carried out its latest population and housing census. This is an exercise organised every ten years. ...

black star, amber warning

Ghana is becoming a ‘disguised dictatorship’, say worried activists

Africa's most respected democracy is showing worrying signs of backsliding. From protests against election-rigging being closed down by pliant ... courts, to violence from police against activists pushing for change, activists claim the second term of President Nana Akufo-Addo has taken an authoritarian turn. Not so, say the government, who blame the poor economy they inherited.

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