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Ghana Civil-Society Cocoa Platform dissatisfied with new cocoa price
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August 18, 2025
The Ghana Civil-Society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) has expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s recently announced cocoa producer price for the 2025/2026 season. The platform described the increase as misleading and insufficient to improve the...
Ghana Explores Tech Partnerships to Modernize Transport
News Ghana
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August 18, 2025
Ghana’s Communications Minister Sam George has pledged government support for technology-driven transport solutions, emphasizing collaboration between his ministry, transport authorities, and ride-hailing firm Yango. During Friday’s meeting in...
Ghana to Host Landmark International PR Conference, Global Awards Gala
Ghana News Agency
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August 18, 2025
By Stanley Senya Accra, Aug. 18, GNA – Accra will host a three-day international public relations conference and the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) Golden World Awards Gala from October 1 to 3, 2025. The event, organised by the...
Roundup: Ghanaians urge gov't to curb illegal mining after military chopper crash
Xinhua News Agency
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ACCRA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- A cross-section of Ghanaians on Monday urged the government to intensify the fight against illegal mining activities, locally referred to as "galamsey," to end the menace that is devastating the country's environment....
Ghana Oil Regulator, National Firm Deepen Ties with New Data Pact
News Ghana
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August 18, 2025
Ghana’s push to unlock onshore energy potential gained momentum as the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and the Petroleum Commission (PC) signed a landmark agreement to jointly promote and monetize seismic data from the Voltaian Basin....
Ghana and Lesotho Forge Alliance to Drive Africa’s Digital Transformation
News Ghana
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August 18, 2025
Ghana and Lesotho are spearheading a continental push to harness artificial intelligence and digital technologies, announcing joint initiatives to position Africa as a competitive force in the global tech landscape. The collaboration emerged from...
Ghana Banks Face Dividend Ban Over Bad Loans From 2027
News Ghana
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August 18, 2025
Banks exceeding Ghana’s new limits on toxic debts will lose the right to reward shareholders and staff starting January 2027, the Bank of Ghana announced. Institutions with non-performing loan (NPL) ratios above 10% – or 5% for microfinance – face...
Ghana-Led Summit Forges New Path for Global Health Equity
News Ghana
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August 18, 2025
African leaders have launched the Accra Initiative for a New Global Health Governance Architecture, aiming to dismantle systemic inequities in pandemic response and healthcare funding. The framework emerged from the Africa Health Sovereignty...
Ghana Breaks New Ground In Forest Governance: Issues Africa's First Forest Law Enforcement, Governance And Trade (FLEGT) Timber Licence
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ACCRA, Ghana, August 18, 2025/APO Group/ -- Ghana today officially launches the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) licence, making it the first African country and the second globally after...
Ghana Orders Districts to Return Shared Road Equipment
News Ghana
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August 18, 2025
All Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) must immediately return District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP) machinery to Regional Coordinating Councils (RCCs) after completing projects. The directive aims to ensure equitable...
Culture Key to Strengthening Ghana-Korea Relations – Ambassador Park
Ghana News Agency
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August 18, 2025
By James Amoh Junior Accra, Aug. 18, GNA – Mr. Park Kyongsig, the Korean Ambassador to Ghana, has underscored the central role of culture in deepening relations between Ghana and Korea, stressing that cultural exchange is as vital as cooperation...
Ensuring food security: Ghana must prioritize building soil organic matter and fertility – Researcher
Ghana News Agency
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August 18, 2025
By Florence Afriyie Mensah Kwadaso (Ash), Aug 18, GNA – A soil research scientist has stressed the need for Ghana to prioritize building its soil organic matter and strengthening soil fertility to help promote sustainable food security. Mr...
When the Talking Drum Changed Hands: Paid advocacy, and the fate of Ghana’s Democracy -Ato Kwamena Haizel writes
CNR Citi Newsroom
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August 18, 2025
There is a story our elders tell about a talking drum that once belonged to the village. In times of drought or danger, the drum called the people together, spoke truth to the chief, and steadied the village. One day, the drum’s keeper accepted a...
‘Ghanaians will not tolerate nonsensical colonialist-induced insults’ – Apaak to UK Bar Council, Commonwealth lawyers
Kumasi Mail
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August 18, 2025
Dr. Clement Abas Apaak, Member of Parliament and Deputy Minister for Education, has sharply criticized the UK Bar Council and the Commonwealth Lawyers Association for their recent statements regarding the suspension of Ghana’s Chief Justice,...
Fire guts Accra High School’s computer lab
CNR Citi Newsroom
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August 18, 2025
A fire incident at Accra High School on Sunday, August 17 severely damaged the school’s computer laboratory, destroying most of the electronic equipment housed there. Although a few computers and tablets were recovered, school authorities say a...
Ghana’s Rising Road Deaths Drain Economy and Dreams
News Ghana
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August 18, 2025
The crumpled remains of bus GW-5535-24 on the Accra-Kumasi highway tell a grimly familiar story. Last Saturday’s crash at Asuboi killed at least five people, joining a surge of collisions from Sekondi to Asamankese that have left families...
GWR: Ghanaian teacher to attempt 240-hour Read-A-Thon
GhanaWeb
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August 17, 2025
A Ghanaian teacher, Morkporkpor Fiador, is aiming to make history with an attempt to break the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the Longest Reading Aloud Marathon (Read-A-Thon). The event, which was initially scheduled for December 26, 2024, but...
Accra-Nsawam Road Decay Chokes Commerce and Commuters
News Ghana
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August 18, 2025
The cracked tarmac and cratered stretches of the Accra-Nsawam highway are more than a nuisance; they’re a tax on Ghana’s economy. As trucks crawl through bottlenecks and minibuses bottom out in potholes, the costs ripple far beyond frayed tempers....
Accra Streets Pulse with Color as Chale Wote Festival Returns
News Ghana
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August 18, 2025
Drumbeats echo through Osu as Accra’s Chale Wote Street Art Festival launches its 15th edition, turning the city into a living canvas. Under the theme “The Orbs Beneath the Nile Lead to Kongo,” this week-long celebration weaves Pan-African...
Movies to Music: Some Ghanaian filmmakers who also became musicians
GhanaWeb
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August 18, 2025
Movies and music are two entertainment sectors that move together, like rhythm and rhyme. A good tune can turn a film into magic, and sometimes the filmmakers themselves swap the script for a microphone. It is not unusual to see a filmmaker step...