Category: Ghana

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…