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Ghana

Ghana launches COVID-19 vaccination campaign

procurement pricing

Ghana: Government needs to answer for its handling of Coronavirus

President Nana Akufo-Addo's administration is under pressure by the opposition, as well as civic activists, to respond to confusion surrounding ... its (particularly financial) handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

sending strong signals

Seven African start-ups shaking up the global tech ecosystem

Young African start-ups are making headway in cutting-edge sectors and catching the eye of leading organisations, including the World Economic ... Forum.

Timewarp

AngloGold Ashanti CEO delay shows failure in leadership planning

AngloGold Ashanti’s long delay in appointing a permanent chief executive and the lack of transparency surrounding the process point to deeper ... failures of corporate governance, analysts say.

A worker is pictured at the Stena forth drill rig for Springfield Group, the first independent African energy company to discover oil in deep sea, at the sea near Takoradi

energy transitions

Exxon’s exit from Ghana may be first sign of majors quitting Africa

Ghana's upstream petroleum sector is going through a tricky patch. American giant ExxonMobil's unexpected exit from the sector has only ramped ... up anxiety. And it is not just Exxon: TotalEnergies is also actively moving away from crude in Nigeria. Ghana will need to aggressively tackle many challenges while quickly repositioning itself in the face of a global energy transition.

Ghana top stories

black star, amber warning

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

E-Cedi

User base for Ghana’s digital currency much wider than Bitcoin

Data Mining

Gateway Real Estate Africa raises $200m for Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana growth

black star, amber warning

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

E-Cedi

User base for Ghana’s digital currency much wider than Bitcoin

Data Mining

Gateway Real Estate Africa raises $200m for Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana growth

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Akufo-Addo, Bazoum and Gnassingbé talk aid, trade and security in Brussels

After attending the Paris summit on Africa’s economic recovery, Niger’s Mohamed Bazoum, Togo’s Faure Gnassingbé and Ghana’s Nana Akufo-Addo ... took advantage of their trip to make separate visits to Brussels. They discussed security, trade and aid; including the delicate transition in Chad after the death of President Idriss Déby.

Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo may face a hung parliament.

On Merit

Ghana’s development bank needs professional, not political appointments

Ghana’s planned development bank won’t reach its full potential unless it can break with the culture of institutional appointments being ... used as a form of political patronage.

military dictator

Ghana: Rawlings used democratic structures to legitimise military rule

The late Jerry Rawlings led two coups in Ghana before twice being elected president in multiparty polls. ...

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Ghana: Arbitrary arrests & torture of journalists, how free is the press?

Although Ghana is highly respected for its press freedom credentials globally, the rights of its journalists have often been abused. In the last ... decade, the number of reported cases of torture and abuse of journalists by Ghanaian security agencies have increased significantly and the lack of prosecution or sanctions against errant officers is believed to have made the situation a worsening epidemic.

bread and butter

#FixGhanaNow: Akufo-Addo government under activist pressure

Barely four months after winning the presidential elections of December 2020 for a second term, 'apolitical' activists are challenging President ... Nana Akufo-Addo's government on its commitment to improving the lives of citizens, due the recent imposition of new taxes and high levels of unemployment.

Gold Rush

Australian miner Perseus to press Côte d’Ivoire on Fimbiasso license

Perseus Mining CEO Jeff Quartermaine will fly from Australia to the Côte d’Ivoire next week hoping to persuade the country’s new minister ... for mines Thomas Camara to fast-track a license to exploit gold reserves at Fimbiasso.

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