Category: Africa-Caribbean News

Ghana to take Centre Stage in India

…. As Nkrumah and Mahama are Honoured at Global South Summit GSM-FACC 2026 to Open New Africa–Asia Trade, Investment, Education and Agricultural Partnerships as Ghana Helps Shape the Emerging Global South Architecture Story: Mohammed A. Abu ACCRA/MUMBAI — Ghana is set to take centre stage at the forthcoming 1st Global South Ministers, Farmers, Academia & Chambers of Commerce (GSM-FACC) Summit, Awards & International Expo 2026, with President John Dramani Mahama expected to receive a Global South Leadership Award, while Ghana’s first President, the late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, will be honoured…

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Letter to President Mahama

Before We Teach Our Children Chinese, Let Us First Teach Them Ghana By: Alice Frimpong Sarkodie,(MsSark LifeCoach),Director – Nobel Heights School Mr. President, Permit me to write to you, as an educator whose heart burns for the future of Ghana. The proposal to introduce Chinese language into Ghana’s school curriculum has generated excitement in many circles. I understand why. China is one of the world’s great economic success stories, a major trading partner, and a nation from which we can learn valuable lessons in discipline, industrialization, infrastructure, and long-term planning.…

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𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: 𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚‘𝐬 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝 By Hariharan Sundararajan Founding President Global Gold Policy Institute (GGPI) 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Africa has never lacked gold. For centuries, the continent has supplied the world with one of its most coveted strategic resources, contributing significantly to global bullion markets, central bank reserves, industrial manufacturing, jewellery, and investment demand. Yet despite its abundant geological wealth, much of Africa has captured only a fraction of the value created along the global gold…

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Leveraging CSA for tackling Food  Security…..Tamale Youth Lead the Charge

Source:YourClimateInfo,First  Published,July,18  2026 Look at this garden — lush green cabbages, healthy tomato plants climbing on stakes, and young people actively tending to the crops. This is not an ordinary farm. This is a youth-led training and demonstration site in Tamale, established by the same young people who recently underwent training in climate-smart agriculture. The garden serves as a practical classroom where theory meets the soil. Here, young farmers experiment with drought-resistant varieties, efficient irrigation methods, proper spacing, and soil management techniques they learned during the training. Why Demonstration Sites Matter Seeing…

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Can India Lead the Future of Gold by 2047?

Gold has shaped civilizations, inspired economies and connected generations for over five thousand years. Yet, as the world enters an era defined by strategic competition, technological transformation and multilateral collaboration, an important question remains unanswered. Who will lead the Future of Gold? For centuries, nations have contributed to the global gold ecosystem in different ways. Some have emerged as leaders in mining, others in refining, trading, innovation or financial markets. Yet, the future of Gold will demand leadership that extends beyond markets and commodities. It will require ideas, institutions and…

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Dagbon Holds 3rd Day Prayers for its Departed King

Story: Mohammed A. Abu The 3rd Day funeral rites of Dagbon’s 41st and late King, His Royal Majesty, ndan Yaa Naa Mahama Abukari II ended in Yendi,the seat of Kingship, in the Northern Region of the Republic of Ghana, with an official announcement that the 7th Day rites is scheduled  be held on July,24 2026. Alhaji Yakubu Musah, the PRO to the late King who made the announcement on behalf of the Regent,Kampakoya Naa Yakubu Abukari and Elders, also disclosed that the day of the formal outdooring of the Regent…

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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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