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Atlantic Meridian EV unveils Giovani Caleb as brand ambassador to drive Ghana’s electric mobility revolution
Atlantic Meridian EV (AMEV), Ghana’s first end-to-end electric mobility company, has appointed broadcaster and media personality Giovani Caleb as its official Brand Ambassador, a deliberate move to convert the country’s rising EV curiosity into confident, mass-market adoption. One of Ghana’s most trusted and widely fol...
IFC convenes 4th Family Governance Workshop to strengthen succession planning and business continuity
Family-owned businesses can strengthen long-term sustainability, preserve wealth across generations and expand their contribution to economic growth through stronger governance frameworks and structured succession planning, participants at the fourth edition of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Family Governa...
Regional Agric Directors advocate for sustainable agricultural funding
Regional Directors of Agriculture across Ghana’s sixteen regions have appealed for sustainable and predictable funding for Regional and District Departments of Agriculture under the country’s decentralised system of governance. They warned that without consistent financial backing, particularly for extension services,...
Understanding SIGA’s policy of encouraging inter-trading among Specified Entities
The purpose of this piece is to demonstrate that SIGA’s policy of encouraging inter-trading among certain specified entities is lawful in principle, commercially rational, and fully consistent with its mandate to safeguard and enhance the value of the State’s ownership interests.
YARA Ghana Limited launches two new fertiliser products in Walewale to boost farmers’ yields
An agro-chemical and farm inputs company, Yara Ghana Limited, has launched two new fertiliser products in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region to enhance farmers’ yields in crop production. The two new fertiliser products, Yara WINNER PLUS and Yara LEGUME, were launched to help farmers increase yield...
BoG admits some creators can’t access X earnings, launches review into payment bottlenecks
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has acknowledged that some Ghanaian content creators are facing difficulties accessing their earnings from international digital platforms, including X, and has launched a review to identify the root causes of the payment bottlenecks.
FAO strengthens approach to accelerate agrifood systems transformation in Africa
Senior leaders of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from across Africa gathered in Accra for the opening of the 15th FAO Regional Management Team (RMT15) Meeting, with a strong focus on innovation, improving efficiency, accelerating delivery and scaling impact for Members across the cont...
How financial institutions drive SME access to finance in Africa
When Jasent Enterprise asked their bankers for GHS 50,000 to restock their trade, the answer was no. No audited books. No land title. Too risky. Last month, they tried again. This time, the CEO’s Ghana Card and two years of MoMo transactions got her approval in 48 hours. Jasent’s story shows Africa’s big contradiction:...
COSSA-CHED holds maiden 2026 NEC meeting, intensifies farmer outreach in Eastern Region
The 2026 maiden NEC meeting of COSSA-CHED was held at Akyem-Tafo in the Eastern Region. The meeting also featured a field engagement with the Golden Bean Cocoa Farmers Cooperative at Tetekasum-Amanfrom in the Suhum District. A key focus of the engagement was to align policy discussions with on-the-ground realities in c...
Ahafo cocoa farmers demand urgent action as smuggling threatens livelihoods and national economy
Cocoa farmers in the Ahafo Region have condemned the ongoing cross-border smuggling of cocoa beans, branding the illicit trade as a “nation-wrecking” crisis that threatens their livelihood and the country’s economic backbone. Speaking at the 14th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Asunafo North Municipal Cooperative C...
NPA issues mandatory safety measures for flooded fuel stations
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has directed all Oil Marketing Companies, fuel station operators, dealers and transporters to immediately implement strict safety measures at stations affected by flooding, warning that failure to comply could result in sanctions and prosecution. The directive follows heavy rains...
Africa’s food insecurity eases: The next task is making the gains harder to reverse
Across Africa last year, fewer people were uncertain about their ability to obtain adequate food or were forced to reduce the quality and quantity of what they ate. It was the first continent-wide improvement in food insecurity in a decade. The Hunger rate declined for the first time in nearly a decade, from 20.3 perce...