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Factoring  South-South Cooperation into Ghana’s Emerging NIB

UNIDA GONTOR-IFRIG Join hands for Scale Up Source:University of Darussalaam Gontor News,First Published, 30 June 2026 The University of Darussalam Gontor (UNIDA Gontor), Indonesia, and the Islamic Finance Research Institute of Ghana (IFRIG) formalized a strategic partnership today through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding. The collaboration is in direct conjunction with the planned establishment of a free-interest bank in Ghana. The signing was witnessed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khoirul Umam, Vice Rector for Student Affairs, Cooperation, and International Relations alongside Prof. Dr. Akhmad Affandi Mahfudz., CPIF a renowned…

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Addressing Africa’s ‘Poverty’ amidst Minerals Abundance: Critical View

Editorial Comment “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds….”  the late Bob Marley said it all, in his “Redemption Song” released in 1980 under one of his most popular albums, “Uprising”.. The need for Africa’s minerals resources rich countries to end the colonial legacy of raw minerals and other natural resources exports over dependency and to re-think, re-image, and re-set natural resource endowment to play a catalytic role in their development agendas, has become more imperative than ever before. South-South Cooperation  The rising geopolitical tensions…

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Why the Africa–Middle East–Asia Gold Corridor Could Shape the Future of Global Gold Markets

By Hariharan Sundararajan Founder & President, Global Gold Policy Institute (GGPI) Gold has always occupied a unique position in the global economy. It is simultaneously a commodity, a financial asset, a store of value, a reserve instrument, and a strategic resource. Yet despite its importance, discussions surrounding gold often remain fragmented—focusing separately on mining, refining, trading, investment, or jewellery manufacturing, rather than viewing the gold ecosystem as an interconnected whole. Today, however, structural changes in the global economy are creating an opportunity to rethink how international gold markets can evolve.…

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Kofi Adams breaks silence on Carlos Queiroz’s reported Black Stars resignation

Minister for Sports and Recreation Kofi Adams has clarified that he has not received any official communication regarding the resignation of Black Stars head coach Carlos Queiroz, despite the veteran tactician’s recent farewell message on social media following Ghana’s exit from the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Queiroz, who was appointed on a short-term deal ahead of the tournament after replacing Otto Addo, appeared to signal the end of his tenure in a post reflecting on Ghana’s World Cup campaign. In the message, the 73-year-old stated that the team had “restored…

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The Digital Trust and Operationalization of Ghana’s Gold Offtake Enablement Layer

A new wind is blowing across Africa’s minerals resources endowment landscape reflected in a paradigm shift from the decades long historic model of exporting the greatest bulk of mineral assets to pragmatic actions being taken towards positioning them for exporting locally refined and value added products in order to maximize economic benefits. Also noted, is a change in appreciating “local content” as if it were simply limited only to how many citizens were employed in various job categories  by foreign minerals extraction companies to a new dawn of higher sense…

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Ghana’s Non-Interest Banking & Finance Journey gets a major boost

……As Five-Day Trainning & Study Tour Ends in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Story: Mohammed A. Abu The five-day International Workshop and Study Tour in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that entailed, non-interest banking and finance training, sukuk structuring, capital market products, and Takaful (non-interest insurance) has ended on a successful note. The primary intended target audience were Ghana’s state financial institutional regulators, capital market operators, bankers, pension fund administrators, potential sukuk issuers, etc. The programme brought together professionals from Ghana, Nigeria, Malaysia, and other countries to explore the exploits of this East Asian…

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VWA Expresses Solidarity with Flood Victims Across Africa

Victims Watch Africa (VWA) has extended  its deepest sympathies and unwavering solidarity to all individuals, families, and communities affected by the devastating floods impacting several countries across Africa. We are deeply,the organisation said, saddened by the loss of lives, the destruction of homes and livelihoods, and the displacement of thousands of people. During this difficult time, it intimated, our thoughts and prayers are with every victim, their families, emergency responders, volunteers, and all organizations working tirelessly to provide relief and restore hope. These were contained in a Press Release signed…

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Reimagining South–South Cooperation: Building an India–Africa Strategic Partnership for the Next Global Economy

Author: Hariharan Sundararajan Chairman, Federation of Asian African Trade Development & Investments (FAATDI) Founder & Strategic Visionary, Bharat Strategic Apex Institute (BSAI) Founder & Managing Director, Aurum Elite Bullion LLC & AuroChain A Perspective on Strategic Commodities, Financial Architecture, Trade, Technology, and Sustainable Development The global economy is undergoing a permanent structural realignment, shifting decisively from open-ended globalization to fragmented, hyper-localized geoeconomics. As traditional supply chains fracture and multilateral systems struggle under the weight of great-power rivalries, the Global South can no longer rely on legacy external frameworks to guarantee…

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High Commissioner urges Ghana to look beyond the west for economic solutions

Source: Anass Sabit, KUALA LUMPUR , 26 June 2026 11:16am Ghana’s High Commissioner to Malaysia, Florence B. Akonor, has called on the country to reduce its over-reliance on Western economic models and instead draw lessons from Asia’s development success stories. According to her, Ghana must learn from Malaysia’s discipline, policy consistency and long-term vision if it is to overcome its current economic challenges. The remarks were made on the fourth day of an intensive five-day training and study tour in Kuala Lumpur, where Ghana’s top financial regulators are studying Malaysia’s globally The…

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Roads That Build Communities The Social Benefits of ECOROADS® Soil Stabilization for Rural Populations

Introduction A rural road is never only a road. For the communities it serves, it is the difference between a harvest that reaches the market and one that rots in the field; between a child who reaches school every day and one who is kept home when the track turns to mud; between a clinic an expectant mother can reach in time and one that lies beyond the reach of an emergency. Across much of the rural and developing world, the absence of reliable, all-weather roads remains one of the…

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