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...
On a sunny afternoon on the 15th of August 2026, members of NPP UK gathered for the Young Executive Forum’s annual summer barbecue. I was there, with the team that had spent the better part of the year working alongside Andy Owusu on his campaign. I was not prepared for what our newly elected Chairman chose to do with...
The Director of the Africa Sustainable Energy Centre, Justice Ohene-Akoto, has accused the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) of failing to provide sufficient information about the causes of recurring power outages in the country. Mr Ohene-Akoto is calling for greater transparency from the power transmission company, particul...