President Akufo-Addo has told Members of the Diplomatic Corp in the country that Ghana remains committed to the joint continental effort to ensure peace and stability on the continent. He noted that as the far as the interests of Africa are concerned, “we seek collectively a peaceful and secure Africa based on the progressive ideals of fostering democracy, good governance, ...

The Paris Club and the government of China are cooperating with Ghana on the West African country’s quest to restructure its external debts so as to meet the timeline for securing a board-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund for the $3-billion extended credit facility to bailout the ailing economy, President Nana Akufo-Addo has said. President Akufo-Addo believes once that ...

The Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission in charge of Corporate Services says his outfit is determined to see to the passage of the Constitutional Instrument (CI) that seeks to make the Ghana Card the sole document for voter registration. According to Dr. Bossman Asare, the CI will improve on the verification system for voters. He explained that Ghana has ...

Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, has called for Africans to look within to find workable solutions to African problems instead of running to the west to solve their challenges. He says when Africa becomes self-reliant, especially in fixing its economy it’ll prevent interference by outsiders. He also called for effective regional co-operation and for leaders to shun corrupt practices. Speaking at ...

The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bawku Central Constituency has expressed utmost disappointment over how government is handling the Bawku chieftaincy dispute. According to the constituency executives, polling station executives and electoral area coordinators, the conflict is making the party unpopular in Bawku and the Upper East Region in general. Led by the Constituency Chairman, the ...

The Local Organising Committee of the 2023 African Games have announced that the games will be held between March 8-23, 2024. This follows the stakeholders’ decision to reschedule from August 4 to 19, 2023. The announcement was made at a press conference on Tuesday night, following the conclusion of a two-day inspection by the Africa Union Sports Council. LEARN AND ...

Trading activity on the bond market rebounded sharply as total turnover jumped by 453.25% to ¢750.36 million. This is coming following the beginning of trading of new bonds. The new Government of Ghana bonds saw an aggregate traded volume of ¢44.47 million. According to trading activity, the market saw very little activity in the opening days, but witnessed some volumes ...

The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) today Wednesday, March 1 commences the implementation of licensing Cybersecurity Service Providers (CSPs), accrediting Cybersecurity Establishments (CEs) and Cybersecurity Professionals (CPs), pursuant to the Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act 1038), sections 4(k), 49, 50, 51, 57 and 59. The purpose of the regime is to ensure regulatory compliance with the Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act 1038) and ...

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has said it has noted of a roughly 600,000 barrels crude oil consignment that arrived at the Tema port on Friday 26th February 2023 aboard the vessel MT Theseus, which Bloomberg reports as “Russian Oil to be stashed in Ghana as pool of buyers shrinks”. IES said documents it has intercepted suggest that Planton ...

So where is the 600,000 barrels of crude oil from Russia that arrived at the Tema harbour? And who procured that cargo and for what purpose? Three central questions have emerged since Bloomberg broke the story that “a cargo of Russian oil is heading for storage tanks in Ghana”. The questions have become critical because of the clarity with which ...