Category: Ghana

Ghana Gov’t Announces Posthumous Promotions and Family Support Fund

Mr Mohammed

…….. As Six (6) Out of the Eight (8) fallen Heroes Laid to Rest   Report: Mohammed A. Abu Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama  announced in Accra,Friday,the posthumous promotion for the three (3)  Airforce  officers out of the total eight (8) victims of the recent tragic helicopter crush that hit the nation. The lates,Squadron Leader Peter Anala, was elevated to Wing Commander; Flying Officer Twum-Ampadu elevated to Flight Lieutenant; and Sergeant Ernest Addo elevated to Flight Sergeant. President Mahama also announced the creation of a Family Support Fund to take…

Global Investment in African Gold Surges Ahead of African Mining Week (AMW) 2025

Mr Mohammed

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, July 30, 2025/ — Africa – the world’s second-largest gold-producing region after China – is seeing a marked increase in gold mining investment in 2025. Driven by strong global demand, favorable prices and vast untapped reserves, international financiers are stepping up support for gold projects across the continent. In June, Canadian firm Asante Gold secured a $470 million financing package from Appian Capital and South Africa’s FirstRand Bank to expand the Chirano Mine and advance the Bibiani Project in Ghana – Africa’s leading gold producer and…

“The Northern Ghana is a gem of untapped potential”-Charles Abugre

Mr Mohammed

Dr.Charles Abugre,an International Development Economist,is also,a former CEO of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority(SADA) and Cotton Development Authority,Ghana.  “The Northern Ghana is a gem of untapped potential” Address at the Northern Ghana Development Conference The Northern Ghana Caucus in Parliament Tamale Charles Abugre 21/07/2025 Salutations Naa Chairman, Naa Yab Nanton-Naa I am most honored and humbled by the opportunity given to me by the Majority Leader and members of the Caucus to be on this podium. Please accept my  congratulations for this historic initiative. It was long in coming but…

Attaining Food Security and Combatting Global Warming: Scientists Eye Africa’s Baobab and Marula

Mr Mohammed

Report: Mohammed A. Abu Amidst food security concerns and the disastrous global warming that constitutes an existential threat to humanity today, scientific researchers posit that two iconic trees, the African baobab (Adansonia digitata) and Marula (Sclerocarya birrea) might be more important for food security and preventing disastrous global warming than any other species growing on our home planet. Baobab and marula, they say could be grown sparsely on vast areas without changing the existing land-use patterns. Their Unique Selling Points They can become large trees in arid conditions, where nothing…

Changing the Northern Ghana Narrative: Members of Parliament Adopt Affirmative Action

Mr Mohammed

Members of the Northern Caucus of Ghana’s 9th Parliament in collaboration with the Northern Development Authority(NDA) and other key stakeholders development Partners including Members of Parliament(MPs) from the five Northern Regions, held the First Northern Region Development Conference, in the Northern Regional’s Capital of Tamale. Hosted under the theme: “A Conference of Northern People, Leaders and Partners”, the event was intended to lobby President John Dramani Mahama and his ministers for fair resource allocation to accelerate development in northern Ghana. Majority Leader and MP for Bawku Central, Hon Mahama Ayariga, said…

Africa’s Business Heroes 2025 Edition: Event Unveils Top 50 Finalists from All 54 African Nations

Mr Mohammed

Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) (www.AfricaBusinessHeroes.org), the flagship philanthropic initiative of the Alibaba Philanthropy, is proud to announce the Top 50 finalists of its 2025 Prize Competition—marking a record-breaking year for participation and regional representation,says an official statement issued in Kigali,Thursday. This year,the statement said, ABH received 32,000 applications, the highest in the competition’s history, with submissions from all 54 African countries – reinforcing ABH’s status as one of the continent’s largest and most inclusive entrepreneurial competitions. The 2025 Top 50 provides an overview of Africa’s entrepreneurial landscape. African businesses are increasingly leveraging…

Building an Integrated African Built environment

Mr Mohammed

ACEACRES 2025 to Drive Africa/Global Stakeholder Engagement By: Mohammed A.Abu The flagship event of the Africa Continental Engineering & Construction Network(ACECEN),” The 3rd African Continental Engineering, Architecture, Construction and Real Estate Summit (ACEACRES 2025) scheduled to be held from the 29th-30th September,2025 in Accra, Ghana, is expected to attract an estimated eight hundred (800) in-person participants from Africa and other parts of the world. Held under the theme, Revolutionizing the Built Environment for Sustainable Infrastructure Development Through the use of Disruptive Innovations, Big Data and Quantum Technologies, participants confirmation has already…

“Trump’s unfounded attack on Cyril Ramaphosa was an insult to all African”-President John Dramani Mahama

Mr Mohammed

If we want to solve injustices in Africa today, we cannot forget the injustices that shaped our shared history   The meeting at the White House between Donald Trump and the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, was, at its heart, about the preservation of essential historical truths.   The US president’s claims of white genocide conflict with the actual racial persecution and massacres that took place during the two centuries of colonisation and nearly 50 years of apartheid in South Africa. It is not enough to be affronted by these…

Mr Mohammed

ACCRA, Ghana, May 28, 2025/ — The Mining in Motion Summit (MininginMotionSummit.com) is pleased to announce the participation of Hon. Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, Ghana’s Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, as a speaker. Hon. Muhammed’s involvement underscores the government’s commitment to environmentally responsible mining, technological innovation and scientific advancement in the extractive sector. As the head of the ministry leading innovation and sustainability, Hon. Muhammed is spearheading initiatives to align mining operations with national development goals and environmental stewardship. His efforts include forging partnerships with global public and private stakeholders to implement science-based solutions and…