Category: News Stories

Scaling AI Across African Energy, Mining Operations….Microsoft Leads the Charge

Microsoft is targeting wider artificial intelligence adoption across oil and gas, power and utilities, and mining, focusing on the integration of enterprise data and operational technology to improve industrial decision-making and asset performance. During a Microsoft-hosted session at African Energy Week 2026 on Monday, Gargi Mishra, Frontier Industry Advisor for Energy and Resources, Microsoft, explored how companies can move AI from individual productivity applications into operational workflows. “The opportunity for the energy sector is to connect the data companies already generate across their operations with AI capabilities that can help…

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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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Ghana’s Finance Minister assures continued Partnership

..As ICC’s Arbitral Tribunal rules in favour of Ghana  Story: Mohammed Abu Ghana’s Finance Minister, Dr. Cassil Ato Forson says, the arbitral tribunal of the Rules of the Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce rule yesterday in favour of the country in the Tullow Tax Arbitration case, notwithstanding, the company remains a vital partner and it is the country’s largest petroleum producer. Its operations in the Jubilee and Ten Fields,Dr.Forson notes, support Ghana’s energy security, domestic gas supply and thousands of Ghanaian livelihoods. It is in the national interest…

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GNPC Moves Voltaian Basin Exploration Towards TUA 1X Well at Chegu

Years of subsurface studies in Ghana’s Voltaian Basin are advancing towards a major milestone, as the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and GNPC Explorco intensify preparations to drill the TUA-1X exploratory well at Chegu in the Mion District. The proposed well will take the exploration programme from seismic data and geological interpretation into the subsurface, providing new information to test years of technical work and help determine the direction of further exploration across the Basin. Management of GNPC and GNPC Explorco visited the proposed well location to review progress and…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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