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Digitalisation and intergration

Ghana: Card registration problems persist as citizens fear lack of access to services

The poor management of the Ghana Card system has citizens calling on the government to delay its plans to use it for SIM card registrations and ... all banking transactions this year. More and more public service institutions now require citizens to present the Ghana Card, but some who applied for this new form of identification years ago are yet to received it.

high debt levels

Why Ghana’s sovereign debt is raising eyebrows

Is Ghana a potential victim of interest rate hikes or a bigger problem? ...

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pros cons?

Should Ghana raise compulsory retirement age to 65?

Authorities in Ghana are calling for a national dialogue for a review of the country’s pension regulation to increase compulsory retirement ... age from 60 to 65. Would this move worsen the employment situation or help the state meet its retirement obligations?

Cast Adrift

Ghana policy credibility depends on IMF package after Moody’s downgrade

Ghana’s downgrade by Moody’s leaves the government needing to agree a package with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) or the World Bank ... to achieve policy credibility, economists say.

Ghana top stories

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Slick terrain

Ghana: ‘Turnaround will generate $12bn in revenues’ – Tullow

IOU

Ghana looks for extra financing as e-levy comes into force

TECH CHAMPIONS

Chipper Cash: American network, African success

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Slick terrain

Ghana: ‘Turnaround will generate $12bn in revenues’ – Tullow

IOU

Ghana looks for extra financing as e-levy comes into force

TECH CHAMPIONS

Chipper Cash: American network, African success

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Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana: Should the ‘cocoa OPEC’ believe in Nestlé’s premiums?

Nestlé is proposing a new system, which aims to increase cocoa farmers’ incomes, fight against child labour and improve bean traceability. ... Welcomed by Abidjan and Accra, the system must prove that it works not only in theory, but also in practice.

A view shows the crater after a vehicle carrying mining explosives detonated along a road in Apiate

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Ghana: Deadly mining accident sparks push to reform local industry

A deadly mining accident in Western Ghana that killed 17 and injured hundreds has provoked accusations on the failing safety regulations of the ... country's industry.

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Ghana’s would-be leaders lining up behind Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is juggling a security crisis in West Africa after three military coups in the region while his economic ... team tries to drag Ghana out of a debt and deficit crisis in the wake of the pandemic.

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Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana, speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland,

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Why the Ghana government’s key decisions are making it unpopular

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has won two elections on promises to modernise the economy and create jobs. Yet after five years in power ... some unpopular decisions are haunting the 77-year-old leader and could cloud his legacy when he leaves the presidency.

Migrants stand with police on the beach after crossing the English Channel in an inflatable dinghy, in Dungeness

Going veggie

Ghana: Government denies UK’s ‘Operation Dead Meat’ scheme

On Tuesday, Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration released a statement denying allegations in the UK press that it is ... part of a new scheme that would "send migrants to countries such as Rwanda and Ghana for processing and resettlement".

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AFCON Ghana look to Partey after gloomy start

The national outcry at Ghana’s poor start, amplified by the 1-1 draw with Gabon on Friday night, has become entangled with a sense that the ... Black Stars' most expensive player, Thomas Partey, is once again failing to make the expected impact.

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