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South Africa’s Standard Bank has lost custody of Africa’s largest pension fund after 30 years, with Absa taking over responsibility for the safekeeping and administration of the Government Employees’ Pension Fund (GEPF), which manages more than R3.5 trillion (about $218 billion) in assets.

Political Science lecturer and Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Shippers Authority, Prof. Ransford Gyampo has urged GoldBod to educate Ghanaians on the losses made. He believes that educating Ghanaians on the matter will help put to rest all the allegations being peddled by the minority in parliament. In a social m...

President John Dramani Mahama has urged the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) to remain a firm and fearless moral voice in national affairs, calling on the church to “speak with courage and consistency” as Ghana navigates social, economic and political challenges. He said the PCG, as an active member of the church in...

A study by the Centre for Retired Experts (CREX) has found that 96% of pensioners surveyed in Ghana are willing to work beyond the mandatory retirement age, pointing to a significant pool of experienced professionals who remain available to contribute to national development. The study, conducted in February 2026, exam...

The government is pushing for the expansion of Ghana’s resource governance framework beyond petroleum because the country’s resource landscape is evolving, with growing opportunities and risks in the wider extractive sector, including critical minerals and the global energy transition. The proposed intervention is cruc...

The Ghana Mineworkers’ Union (GMWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has demanded the immediate suspension of the Minerals Commission’s directive requiring major mining companies to transition from owner-mining to contract mining, warning that failure to address its concerns could trigger industrial action across the...

Akyem Swedru Member of Parliament, Kennedy Nyarko Osei has complained bitterly about the prices of domestic flights especially in an economy touted as doing better. He holds the view that if the government is saying that the economy is doing very well, then it is shocking that prices of flight can skyrocket like they h...

Biennial tournament could launch as early as 2028 Confederations are seeking to oust Gianni Infantino Uefa and Concacaf have begun talks about setting up a combined Nations League tournament featuring all 96 European and North and Central American and Caribbean countries, in another direct challenge to Fifa. The Guardi...

ADB Ghana Medicals Limited is constructing and equipping a new Cardiothoracic Centre at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) as part of efforts to expand access to specialised cardiac and thoracic care in Ghana. Construction is progressing steadily, six weeks after the official sod-cutting ceremony for the project...

Sports analyst Kojo Addae-Mensah has cautioned that the Ghana Football Association’s increased financial support for clubs will provide only temporary relief unless clubs are helped to develop sustainable sources of revenue. Speaking on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Friday (21 August) after the GFA Congress at Prampram,...

Extractive sector stakeholders, policymakers, and advocates from across Anglophone Africa gathered in Accra for the 2026 Africa Regional Extractives Industries Knowledge Hub (AFREIKH) Summer School, facing a critical question: can the continent finally turn its critical mineral wealth into real development?

The government is planning to establish a 2,000-acre pharmaceutical innovation park in the Osudoku area as part of efforts to reduce the country’s dependence on imported medicines and strengthen local pharmaceutical manufacturing. The Legon Pharmaceutical Innovation Park, a flagship project under the 24-Hour Economy Au...