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A statue of the first president of Ghana after independence, Kwame Nkrumah, in the memorial park at the Nkrumah Mausoleum in Accra (Ghana) in August 2018. | usage worldwide (Photo by Rita Funk / DPA / dpa Picture-Alliance/AFP)

time travel

Premium badgeKwame Nkrumah Memorial Park revamp to boost tourism in Ghana Ghana’s Tourism Development Project will attract international and local tourists to the country, providing a much needed revenue boost.
© Technicians work at the production line for electric car models of the Volkswagen Group, in Zwickau, Germany, April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel

Reinventing the Wheel

Premium badgeVolkswagen says Africa needs better auto policies to stimulate production German carmaker Volkswagen wants to expand in Africa to reduce reliance on the Chinese production but needs effective domestic auto policies, managing...
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo – President Of Ghana during a visit to London.

asylum violation

Ghana accused of expelling 500 Burkina nationals More than 500 people, including women and children, have been expelled from Ghana, Burkina Faso authorities said Thursday as a UN agency urged Accra t...
© People walk past the Bank of Ghana in Accra, Ghana, November 28, 2018. REUTERS

financial stability

Premium badgeGhana: Banks resilient in face of more debt restructuring Lumbered with local debt restructuring, Ghanaian banks are expected to recapitalise, but there are several options open to them before they do so.

Ghana top stories

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Inflection Point?

Premium badgeJumia’s Ghana CEO is confident he has recipe for profitability Jumia has never made a group profit but the national CEO for Ghana sees better times ahead.
Rahul Dhir, CEO of Tullow Oil at the Africa Oil Week in Cape Town © Rahul Dhir, CEO of Tullow Oil, speaks to Reuters at the Africa Oil Week 2022 conference at the Cape Town International Convention Centre 2, Cape Town, South Africa, October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Shelley Christians

big hole

Premium badgeTullow Oil production outlook cut shows debt overhang still hampers investment Tullow Oil is struggling to convince analysts that it can deliver debt reduction alongside a growing business.
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LEAKED TAPE

Premium badgeGhana: Why are juniors plotting to oust police chief Dampare ahead of elections? Ghana’s parliament is probing the authenticity of the audio recording containing alleged conspiracy to remove the Inspector-General of Police George A...

Ghana top stories

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Inflection Point?

Premium badgeJumia’s Ghana CEO is confident he has recipe for profitability Jumia has never made a group profit but the national CEO for Ghana sees better times ahead.
Rahul Dhir, CEO of Tullow Oil at the Africa Oil Week in Cape Town © Rahul Dhir, CEO of Tullow Oil, speaks to Reuters at the Africa Oil Week 2022 conference at the Cape Town International Convention Centre 2, Cape Town, South Africa, October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Shelley Christians

big hole

Premium badgeTullow Oil production outlook cut shows debt overhang still hampers investment Tullow Oil is struggling to convince analysts that it can deliver debt reduction alongside a growing business.
George Akuffo Dampare/Ghana Police

LEAKED TAPE

Premium badgeGhana: Why are juniors plotting to oust police chief Dampare ahead of elections? Ghana’s parliament is probing the authenticity of the audio recording containing alleged conspiracy to remove the Inspector-General of Police George A...

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Light switch

Premium badgePower Africa: 10 biggest projects in 10 years The US government’s massive gambit to electrify Africa started off with merely a flicker of light.
Preparations at Atlantic Lithium’s Ewoyaa project in Ghana. Photo supplied.

‘Stronger for Longer’

Premium badgeAtlantic Lithium says Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse too bearish on price forecasts Bearish lithium price forecasts from Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse are overblown and don’t take account of the difficulties of bringing new supply i...
Ghana’s Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia is sworn in at the Independence square in Accra © Ghana’s Vice-President and presidential hopeful Mahamudu Bawumia (REUTERS/Luc Gnago)

NEXT TO LEAD?

Premium badgeGhana: Will VP Bawumia be the NPP’s first Muslim flag bearer? The charismatic vice-president is a favourite in the ruling party primary, which could take him to the presidency in 2024.
© Malcolm Day, the managing director of Moab Minerals (photo: supplied)

Africa expansion

Premium badgeMoab Minerals eyes Ghana’s lithium with investment in CAA Mining Moab Minerals will consider a 100% acquisition of CAA Mining’s lithium assets in Ghana if prospecting activities confirm commercial deposits of the mi...
© Lawyer Kow Abaka Essuman, legal counsel of Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo.

RISING ADVOCATE

Premium badgeGhana: 10 things about Kow Essuman, the legal brain behind President Akufo-Addo Kow Abaka Essuman is a household name in Ghana’s legal circles and a staunch member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). He has been serving as...
© Ghanaian author Peace Adzo Medie (Photo: Benjamin Adu @ophlex)

social struggles

Ghanaian author Peace Adzo Medie blends academics with fiction Set in Ghana and partly in the US, Peace Adzo Medie’s Nightbloom examines a bond two cousins have as children and their separate paths as adults