Category: Ghana

Ghana develops Data Exchange Hub to power AI for national development

Mr Mohammed

By: Evelyn Borquaye,First published On Mar 28, 2025,Ghana News Online Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George has announced that government is developing a one-stop-shop Data Exchange Hub to power Artificial Intelligence for national development. The Minister made the announcement in a speech read on his behalf by the CEO of the Kofi Annan ICT Centre, Dr. Collins Yeboah-Afari at the opening of the maiden Ghana AI Summit and Awards in Accra. The summit, organized by Knowledge Innovations in collaboration with Deloitte Ghana, was under the theme “Harnessing Artificial…

Ghana Drives Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) Growth, Sustainable Mining with Global Partnerships

Mr Mohammed

ACCRA, Ghana, March 26, 2025/ — Ghana is strengthening its collaboration with international partners to enhance (https://apo-opa.co/4kYCvVX) its small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector and the broader gold value chain for socioeconomic development. The Ashanti Green Initiative, led by Oheneba Kwaku Duah, Prince of Ghana’s Ashanti Kingdom, is spearheading the inaugural Mining in Motion Summit in partnership with the World Bank and the World Gold Council. Scheduled for June 2-4, 2025 in Accra, the summit brings together stakeholders from Ghana’s ASGM sector, major mining players and global investors to discuss best…

Boosting Ghana’s Industrial Development: A Strategic Approach-(By:Charles Dzradosi)

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Former Secretary,Avetime-Vane Citizens Association First Edition published in the Evening News of July 4th 2001 Introduction After a sharp contraction of 1.7% in 2023, Ghana’s industrial sector rebounded with a strong 7.1% growth in 2024, driven by mining, manufacturing, construction, and electricity. The 2025 Budget has projected a modest 4.8% growth in 2025. The 2024 performance, compared with the projected growth for 2025  has been the subject of some debate among analysts, but no clear reasons have been offered to explain the low projections. Even though there are various theories…

Piloting Cedi-Naira Currency Swaps Fintech Solutions

Mr Mohammed

By: Mohammed A. Abu Ghana’s Central Bank (Bank of Ghana) has denied some earlier local media publications that it had licensed MTN Ghana to conduct cross-border transactions with MTN Nigeria. The bank under its Sandbox programme to study emerging Fintech innovations, has rather approved Brij Fintech Ghana, a licensed Payment Service Provider(PSP) to conduct a limited testing of BrijX-a B2B Currency Swap Platform,it said in a Public announcement in Accra,Thursday. The platform the Bank said, is built to act as a digital marketplace that collaborates with banks, mobile money operators…

Resetting Ghana’s Economy to break the Loans and Aid Dependency Jinx

Mr Mohammed

By: Mohammed Abu Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama in Accra,Thursday,emphasized the importance of backing up good policies with proactiveness on the part of the part of all national stakeholders  in other to  realise  the much desired change in the economic situation of the country. “This is a defining moment, but policies alone, no matter how well-couched, will not change our reality—action will” adding, “As your president, I am taking the necessary actions to create growth opportunities and enhance our economic independence” President Mahama was delivering his speech to mark the…

Ghana’s National Economic Dialogue ends in Accra with Key Policy Recommendations

Mr Mohammed

Story: Mohammed Abu Ghana’s two-day National Economic Dialogue has ended in the country’s  capital City of Accra with recommendations bordering  on  a number of key issues Monetary Policy In other to strengthen monetary policy operations and effectiveness, it was recommended that coordination between the Ministry of Finance and Bank of Ghana be enhanced so as to ensure fiscal and monetary policy alignment. Then also, the Bank of Ghana should work with key stakeholders to integrate Fintech/liquidity transactions into overall banking sector liquidity system. Foreign Exchange Markets In other to improve…

Ghana’s Mining in Motion Summit Gains Support from Key Leaders

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Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, King of the Ashanti Kingdom; Hon. Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources of Ghana; and Oheneba Kwaku Duah, the son of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and Managing Director of the Ashanti Green Initiative recently met to discuss the upcoming Mining in Motion Summit in Ghana. They explored the summit’s potential to improve the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector in Ghana and the role of government, international partners and major mining firms in accelerating the sector’s growth. Hon. Kofi Buah endorsed…

Potential of Kings and Chiefs as Stakeholders in Development

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Last year’s historic visit by H.R.M.,the Yogbonwura(King of the Yogboun or Gonja Kingdom),Savannah Region, to the Dagbon Kingdom, Northern Region of Ghana which was reciprocated by its King,H.R.M.,the Yaa Na,tends calls for a rethinking of the position of Kings and Chiefs collectively  as potential stakeholders within the context of our national economic development paradigm Key Takeaways The benefits of the two royal visits included engendering of mutual respect and  peaceful co-existence between the two Kingdoms ,opportunity for addressing the boundary disputes between the two Kingdoms through dialogue and peaceful means…

Wa Gold Project, Upper West Region, Ghana gets a Booster

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Report: Mohammed A.Abu A quite impressive mineralisation encountered at the Kpali Gold Prospect  under the Wa Gold Project announced recently by Castle Minerals comes as a further boost to the Upper West Region’s image as an emerging gold province The project with multiple prospects is the single largest commercial gold concession in the entire Northern sector that promises to offer a maiden  commercial mining operation in the region. Castle Executive Chairman, Stephen Stone, commented “The Kpali Gold Prospect is developing into a robust discovery and is a strong indicator that…