Day: May 2, 2026

STAR OF THE MONTH – Professor Philip Ebow Bondzi-Simpson ESQ.

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UPDATED1 day ago,Law Platform Online   Our Star is a celebrated and revered household name in Legal Education Administration in Ghana. Our Star is the founding Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Cape Coast (UCC). Our Star has over has over thirty years working experience in education.   The Law Platform celebrates a legal mind every first day of each month Our Star is a celebrated and revered household name in Legal Education Administration in Ghana. Our Star is the founding Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of…

Getting Ghana to 2026 World Cup…Ibrahim Mahama Pays first $2 million of a $5 million Pledge

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Adekunle Agbetiloye,Business Insider Africa,First Published,02 May 2026 08:40 AM Multi-millionaire Ibrahim Mahama has paid the first $2 million of a $5 million pledge through his company, Engineers and Planners, to support Ghana’s push for the 2026 World Cup. Ibrahim Mahama, through Engineers and Planners, has paid the first $2 million of his $5 million pledge to support Ghana’s 2026 World Cup campaign. The payment was formally handed over to Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Nyarko Ampem on April 30, 2026, although the money had already been transferred. The fundraising drive aims…

AFRICA FINANCE IN BRIEF: Dangote IPO ambitions meet oil shocks and inflation pressure

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Bunmi Bailey,Business Day,Nigeria ,First Publsihed,May 2, 2026 The final week of April showed how Africa’s financial landscape is being reshaped by a mix of structural ambition and external shocks. From Aliko Dangote’s landmark refinery, Initial Public Offer plans to coordinated regional oil strategies and rising inflation pressures, policymakers and corporates are navigating a more complex environment—balancing growth, energy security and macroeconomic stability. Africa’s capital markets are heading for a defining moment as Aliko Dangote prepares to list a stake in his oil refinery—an offering that could rank among the largest initial public offerings…

Africans Back Media, Freedom Still Questioned

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Most Africans are supportive of media holding government to account and favour press freedom over government regulation, the latest Afrobarometer (www.Afrobarometer.org) Pan-Africa Profile (https://apo-opa.co/4ukNfS8) shows, according to an Afrobarometer official statement issued in Accra,Friday.   While support for a free press is a majority position in nearly all surveyed countries, substantial minorities in most countries – and a large majority in Mali – favour government control over what the media can publish. The new report, based on 45,600 interviews across 38 African countries in 2024/2025, also shows that citizen assessments of…

NDPC initiates process for binding national devt plan

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Joshua Bediako Koomson & Dorinda Yaa Adu,Daily Graphic First Published  Apr – 30 – 2026 , 09:574 minutes read The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has initiated a process to develop a consolidated, legally binding national development plan aimed at addressing long-standing gaps in policy coordination and implementation across the country. The plan, which is set to be launched in September this year, aims to ensure policy continuity across political cycles, focusing on infrastructure, spatial development and institutional reforms to foster sustainable, equitable growth by aligning local, regional and national…