Category: Ghana

Electric motorcycles and battery-swapping technology enter Ghana

…..As Spiro expands  pan-African footprint Spiro’s entry into Ghana introduces the Ekon 450 M1 V3 electric motorcycle and its battery-swapping solution, bringing a new mobility option to commercial riders and delivery fleets. The integrated offering aims to reduce daily operating costs and minimise downtime, with battery swaps completed in just two minutes and potential savings of up to USD 2 per day compared with petrol-powered motorcycles. Test rides and product demonstrations across Greater Accra will support the rollout and help riders experience the benefits of electric mobility. Spiro (www.Spironet.com), Africa’s…

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LSM-ASM Co-existence framework, ASM Processing Hub unveiled

…As 2nd Mining in Motion Summit ends in Accra by Mohammed A. Abu Accra-The African Minerals Policy Forum – Mining in Motion Summit 2026 (AMPF–MiM 2026), ended in Accra, Wednesday, with the important contributive role of Artisanal and Small-Scale mining (ASM) sector to national economies given a major spotlight, the need for its formalization and peaceful co-existence between it and its Large-Scale Mining Sector (LSM) counterpart as well as an announcement about a processing hub for them A number of presentations and panel sessions were held on the closing day…

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Why GAEC’s 6-Year abandoned foundry could help farmers

A factory at Kwabenya meant to turn galamsey scrap into ploughs and drainage covers has sat idle since 2019. Former Science Minister Prof. Frimpong-Boateng says reviving it is key to Ghana’s 24-hour economy — and non-interest banking could be the fix. In a large shed at the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) in Kwabenya, the walls are up but the machines never arrived. In September 2026, former Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, revealed on Channel One TV that the National Foundry and Computer Numerical Control (CNC)…

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Scaling up Ghana’s baobab value Chain

HTU and Partners Launch BAOMAP Project Story: Mohammed A. Abu Baobab is critical to the socio-economic development of Ghana and therefore stock taking of it and to understand its spread in the country is important. This observation was made by Prof Kenneth Fafa Egbadzor, Head of the Directorate of Research and Innovation, Ho Technical University, Volta Region, in his opening remarks during a hybrid webinar to officially  launch the BAOMAP Project (Mapping of Baobab Populations (Adansonia digitata) in Ghana Using Remote Sensing and Ground Verification Surveys), in Ho, last Monday.…

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Mainstreaming Non-Interest Banking & Finance in Ghana

All-inclusiveness re-echoed… As maiden virtual National Dialogue holds By: Mohammed A. Abu Accra/Panelists drawn from diverse faiths, professional and academic backgrounds from Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya have re-emphasized that, non-interest Banking and Finance (NIBF) in Ghana otherwise termed as “Islamic Banking & Finance” in other jurisdictions, is about offering an alternative all-inclusive ethics driven financing mechanism for economic development not about religion per say, and which is going to be accessible to all Ghanaians irrespective of their religious persuasions. They were also unanimous about the catalytic role it could play…

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Baobab farming launched in Upper West Region,Northern Ghana

…. As JOE-BAILOR / Prof. Kenneth Fafa HTU Join hands Story: Mohammed A. Abu Ghana’s Northern Sector, comprising the five (5) Northern Regions that form an integral part of the wider, Northern Savannah Ecological Zone (NSEZ) is blessed with unquantifiable biodiversity. This includes, diverse wild growing trees, plants and shrubs species in the region which have for ages catered and continue to cater for the dietary, nutritional, health and beauty care needs of the local populations. Wild growing tree species with notable socio-economic importance and the products of which are…

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Cocoa farming in Northern Region gets a booster

…. As pioneer’s cocoa nursery supports more farmers Story: Mohammed A. Abu Sylvester  Mohammed, the pioneer in cocoa cultivation in Nanun,Ghana’s Northern Region, has expressed optimism that factoring of tree crop farming such as cocoa into mainstream farming in the Northern region, would go a long way to address youth unemployment. The age-old over dependency on cereals and grains farming culture in the Northern Region, Mr. Mohammed notes, tends to limit livelihood opportunities. Flashback:JB Dandawa’s maiden Interview with Mr.Mohammed in August 2025 Thus, the inclusion of cash tree crop farming…

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Boosting Industrialization in Ghana’s Up Country, Creating Jobs.

…..As Mahama Officially Inaugurates Northshore Factory  Report: Mohammed A. Abu  Ghana’s President Mahama has inaugurated his country’s Northern sector’s first sustainable and regenerative Northshore Apparel manufacturing hub, that uses zero-waste and renewable energy technologies. During the ribbon cutting ceremony in Savulgu, Friday, President Mahama while appreciating Alhaj Mohammed Nurudeen, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Northshore Apparel Ghana Ltd and partners, for their efforts and as well as, His Royal Highness, Yoo Naa Abdulai Yakubu Andani, the Paramount Chief of the Savulgu Traditional Area for donating land for the…

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Ghana Gets set for Non-Interest Banking & Finance roll out

…… As BOG Inaugurates Non-Interest Advisory Council Story: Mohammed A. Abu The Governor of Ghana’s central Bank, Bank of Ghana (BOG), Dr. Johnson Pandit Asiama says, his bank is committed to a fair and inclusive financial system that responds to the different needs of Ghanaians. “A trader, seeking stock, a manufacturer needing equipment, or a family looking for a product consistent with its values should have an option it can understand and trust” Dr. Asiama intimated. Non-interest finance, he noted, widens that choice. “It is not free finance, but a…

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