Month: May 2026

Air Ghana acquires Boeing 737 Freighter to strengthen regional trade

Air Ghana has acquired a Boeing 737-400 freighter, which landed in Ghana on Tuesday, May 5, marking a significant boost to the country’s air cargo capacity. The arrival of the aircraft is expected to enhance cargo transport services, improve delivery timelines, and support trade within Ghana and across the West African sub-region The aircraft acquisition forms part of Air Ghana’s strategy to enhance cargo transport services and facilitate trade within Ghana and across the West African sub-region. Chief Executive Officer of Air Ghana, Karim Traboulsi, earlier said the addition of the freighter…

Mozambique signals move to join Africa’s mining revolution with 15% state stake and export ban

Mozambique is moving to tighten control over its vast mineral wealth, proposing sweeping reforms that will grant the state a minimum 15% stake in all mining projects while banning the export of unprocessed minerals. Mozambique plans sweeping mining law reforms to give the state at least a 15% stake in all projects and ban the export of unprocessed minerals. The reforms aim to increase state participation, encourage local mineral processing, and ensure more value remains in the country. New rules will overhaul licensing, require 10% of mining revenues for local…

Defending Ghana’s US$1 billion claim of Blue Gold Ltd. at Permanent Court of Arbitration

A-G hires Atuguba and Associates to assist   UPDATED about 17 hours ago,The Law Platform Online   The Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice has engaged Gateley Legal and Atuguba and Associates to assist Ghana’s legal team defend the claim of US$1 billion in damages brought by Blue Gold Ltd. against the Republic of Ghana.   The Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice has engaged Gateley Legal and Atuguba and Associates to assist Ghana’s legal team defend the claim of US$1 billion in damages brought by…

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

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

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

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

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

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…