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Ghana

waste watch

Toxic waste dumping in the Gulf of Guinea amounts to environmental racism

In Nigeria, each month an estimated 500 container loads, each carrying about 500 000 pieces of used electronic devices (many of which can’t ... be used again), enter Nigeria’s port from Europe, the US and Asia.

Last Mile

Nigeria’s Kwik Delivery to expand from Lagos to Abuja

Nigeria’s Kwik Delivery start-up plans to expand outside its original Lagos market after completing a $2m fundraising, CEO Romain Poirot-Lellig ... tells The Africa Report.

good things come in small packages

Ghana’s China-backed green energy projects play it small and safe

The Bui Power Authority (BPA) in Ghana recently launched a new solar farm that's connected to a Chinese-built hydroelectric dam. The idea here ... is that when water levels run low and power generation dips, the solar farm kicks in to make up the difference.

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

oversight returns?

Ghana elections: A hung parliament could haunt Nana Akufo-Addo

The tight outcome in Ghana's elections is down to perceptions of corruption, and could lead to a parliamentary majority for the Opposition. The ... pressures this places on the executive may haunt Akufo-Addo's second term. But it could provide the oversight that has hitherto been lacking.

Ghana top stories

cocoa

chocolate economy

Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana unite on cocoa trade, creating ‘Chocpec’

Step Change

Ghana’s Hollard to partner with African e-commerce company to sell insurance

Kristalina Georgieva

Keynes returns

‘Vaccine policy is economic policy’ – IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva

cocoa

chocolate economy

Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana unite on cocoa trade, creating ‘Chocpec’

Step Change

Ghana’s Hollard to partner with African e-commerce company to sell insurance

Kristalina Georgieva

Keynes returns

‘Vaccine policy is economic policy’ – IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva

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A man casts his vote at a polling station during Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections in Kyebi, Ghana December 7, 2020

poll price

Footing Ghana’s election bill means cycle of higher borrowing

The paradox of democracy is that while investing in African dictatorships brings reputational risks for Western financial institutions, competitive ... democracy comes at a high cost.

REVERSAL OF FORTUNE

Ghana elections: John Mahama to fight on after rejecting Nana Akufo-Addo victory

Accusing the national Electoral Commission of presiding over a “fraudulent outcome” in the national elections on 7 December, John Mahama, ... presidential candidate for the centre-left National Democratic Congress (NDC), has pledged to take “all legitimate steps to reverse this travesty of justice.”

Lighting up Africa

Africa’s BRICs held back by lack of electricity

Lack of access to electricity is holding back the prospects of potentially high-growth African economies. ...

ghana

official results out

Ghana elections 2020: Nana Akufo-Addo declared winner

The Electoral Commission of Ghana has officially declared Nana Akufo-Addo as the winner of the 2020 presidential elections. ...

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GHANA ELECTION

Ghana elections: Provisional results show Akufo-Addo ahead of Mahama in presidential vote

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, flagbearer for the New Patriotic Party, has taken a commanding lead in Ghana’s presidential elections winning ... key regions such as Ashanti, Eastern, Central and Western, according to the Electoral Commission’s provisional results seen by our correspondents in Accra.

Ghana Elections

ghana presidential

Ghana: Presidential race still tight as NDC & NPP lose parliamentary seats to each other

Not surprisingly, the main race between incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo's NPP and former president John Mahama's NDC party are both claiming ... wins as early results start trickling in.

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