Category: Ghana

GoldBod targets $400 million weekly gold purchases under GANRAP – CEO

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, Esq. has revealed that government, through the Ghana Accelerated National Reserve Accumulation Programme (GANRAP), is targeting the purchase of three tonnes of gold every week in a move expected to generate over $400 million weekly for Ghana’s economy through 2028. According to Mr. Gyamfi on TV3’s Key Points Program on Saturday, May 9, 2026, the programme seeks to purchase 2.45 tonnes of gold weekly from the artisanal and small-scale mining sector, while large-scale mining companies are expected to…

Village Capital backs two Ghanaian startups with $350,000 from latest fund

By Opeyemi Kareem,First Published,6th May, 2026 Village Capital, a global nonprofit that backs high-impact startups across emerging markets, has deployed $350,000 from its latest fund into two Ghanaian startups, marking the first investments from a vehicle designed to channel capital to early-stage African companies building essential services. The funding comes from the Africa Ecosystem Catalysts Facility (AECF), a $4 million investment fund launched in July 2025 in partnership with the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency. The facility targets startups addressing economic mobility and climate resilience through locally grounded…

Ghana signs gas deal with Eni, others to increase production at OCTP by 2028

Ghana has signed a key term sheet agreement to expand its domestic gas capacity. The deal which brings together Eni Ghana E&P, Vitol Upstream Ghana Limited and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) is to advance the next phase of the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) project. The agreement signed on Tuesday May 5, 2026 by the Minister of Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor formalises commercial principles for the proposed Non-Associated Gas (NAG) Upgrade Project and marks a transition from earlier strategic intent to execution-focused planning. Eni serves as…

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…

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…

About Disruption at UDS Council Meeting: Prof Nkegbe Sets the Records Straight

Story: Mohammed A. Abu The Dean of Graduate Studies,Prof Paul Nkegbe at the University of Development Studies (UDS), Tamale, Northern Region, has urged the public to disregard the false claims in a widely circulated mischievous publication relating to his person and treat its full content with the contempt it deserves. Prof Nkegbe has taken serious exception to attempts being made by others to employ deliberate misinformation and disinformation so as to falsely make him the central figure around the recent reported incident of the disruption of the University’s Council meeting…

Coconut Shells and Africa’s Built Environment: A Circular Economy Pespective

Introduction Coconuts constitute one of Ghana’s coastal zones invaluable natural resource endowments and its full economic potential has for decades been begging for being unlocked while the country’s East Asian compatriots have since been up to their game in that respect. For decades coconut has been generally treated and still continues to treated in Ghana by many simply as a natural goodie on break open the shell- enjoy the refreshing water-albumen-throw away the husk and shell away as waste supposedly and without appreciating them as potential vital raw materials for…

Stepping up the Northern Region’s Youth Drug Abuse Crusade

Queen Teiya’s Brightpath Global Foundation Takes Action Mohammed A. Abu The maiden edition of Ghana’s Northern Region Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Forum, is scheduled to be held in its administrative capital of Tamale on Thursday,16th April 2026 Held under the theme, “Drug Free Generation — Building Responsible Youth for National Development”, the event is being organised by the Brightpath Global Foundation in collaboration with Total Life Enhancement Centre Ghana (TOLECGH), Aisha Hospital, Tamale, Tamale Teaching Hospital — Mental Health Dept. Ghana Education Service, Northern Region University of Development Studies (UDS),…

Office of Hon.Issac Adongo Urges Public to Disregard Contents of Malicious Publication

The Office of Hon. Isaac Adongo, Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central,in a press release signed by Aboyom Job,Communication Officer, and issued in Accra,Monday, has categorically and unequivocally stated that the publication titled “I’ve been unfairly treated – Hon Isaac Adongo speaks”dated 5th April 2026, and attributed to https://phoenixbrower.com, is inaccurate, misleading, and without any factual basis. Hon. Isaac Adongo,the release said, has never made the statements contained in the said article. Any implication or suggestion that he expressed such sentiments is wholly false and does not reflect his position,…