NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Isaac Kofi Dzokpo, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/daniel-ampedu-twum-jnr-fellowship-launched-to-empower-ghanas-next-creative-leaders/The Daniel Ampedu Twum Jnr Fellowship has been launched to nurture and empower the next generation of creative professionals in Ghana’s marketing communications industry. The fellowship, established in honour of the late Daniel Ampedu Twum Jnr, was unveiled in Accra to mark 20 years since his passing. He was a celebrated creative director widely regarded […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Isaac Kofi Dzokpo, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/daniel-ampedu-twum-jnr-fellowship-launched-to-empower-ghanas-next-creative-leaders/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/efcc-raids-abuja-fraud-academy-where-recruits-were-held-captive/Nigeria’s anti-graft agency has dismantled what it described as an internet fraud training school in Abuja, arresting 31 suspects including two alleged kingpins in circumstances that reveal a criminal operation with characteristics of forced confinement and human exploitation. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) carried out the sting operation on Thursday, April 9, 2026, […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/efcc-raids-abuja-fraud-academy-where-recruits-were-held-captive/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/us-embassy-abuja-suspends-visa-appointments-amid-security-evacuation/The United States Embassy in Abuja has suspended all visa appointments, a day after Washington authorised the voluntary departure of non-emergency staff from its Nigerian capital mission over what it described as a deteriorating security situation. The embassy announced the suspension on Thursday, April 9, 2026, through its official social media account, directing affected applicants […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/us-embassy-abuja-suspends-visa-appointments-amid-security-evacuation/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/british-man-in-court-over-alleged-al-shabaab-leadership-in-somalia/A British man has appeared before Westminster Magistrates Court in London charged with directing the activities of the Somalia-based Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab, in a case that prosecutors say stems from a long-running counter-terrorism investigation. Jermaine Grant, 43, of no fixed address, has been charged under the Terrorism Act 2000 with directing the activities of […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/british-man-in-court-over-alleged-al-shabaab-leadership-in-somalia/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/hawaii-doctor-convicted-of-attempted-manslaughter-after-cliffside-wife-attack/A Hawaii anesthesiologist has been convicted of attempted manslaughter after a jury found that he attacked his wife on a scenic cliffside hiking trail, beating her with a rock and attempting to push her off the edge in what prosecutors described as a calculated effort to avoid a divorce. Gerhardt Konig, 47, was found guilty […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/hawaii-doctor-convicted-of-attempted-manslaughter-after-cliffside-wife-attack/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/maphlix-gets-ministerial-visit-but-tomato-hub-awaits-formal-commitment/The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has toured the Maphlix Trust Ghana Limited farm at Dawhenya in the Greater Accra Region, pledging that the facility will supply 3,000 tonnes of tomatoes to the domestic market by year-end. Yet the farm’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Felix Mawuli Kamassah, says a more ambitious proposal […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/maphlix-gets-ministerial-visit-but-tomato-hub-awaits-formal-commitment/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/tor-was-deliberately-run-down-for-cheap-sale-says-md/The Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Edmond Kombat, has made a pointed assertion about the facility’s troubled past, saying the refinery was deliberately allowed to deteriorate over time with the intention of selling it cheaply to private interests, a move that was blocked by vigilant workers and trade unions. Speaking during a […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/tor-was-deliberately-run-down-for-cheap-sale-says-md/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-smes-need-right-capital-not-just-more-of-it/Industry leaders gathering in Accra to mark a new funding milestone for Growth Investment Partners (GIP) delivered a pointed message this week: the central obstacle holding back Ghana’s Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) is not the absence of money, but the persistent mismatch between how capital is structured and what growing businesses actually need. The […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-smes-need-right-capital-not-just-more-of-it/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-3-2-inflation-faces-test-from-global-fuel-shocks/Ghana’s headline inflation reached a record low of 3.2 percent in March 2026, completing 15 consecutive months of decline, but a fresh warning from the World Bank signals that the country’s hard-won price stability faces external threats it cannot fully control. The World Bank’s April 2026 Africa Economic Update, released on Wednesday, projects that rising […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-3-2-inflation-faces-test-from-global-fuel-shocks/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Prosper Kay, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/heath-goldfields-takes-65m-collateralized-trafigura-loan-without-government-approval/A controversial financing agreement between Heath Goldfields Ltd and Trafigura is drawing scrutiny over concerns that the deal may have been executed without prior government approval, despite involving critical national mining assets in Ghana. At the center of the issue is a $65 million secured financing facility provided by Trafigura to support the restart of […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Prosper Kay, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/heath-goldfields-takes-65m-collateralized-trafigura-loan-without-government-approval/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Prosper Kay, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-risks-losing-bogoso-prestea-mine-over-65-million-trafigura-loan/Fresh scrutiny of a financing agreement between Heath Goldfields Ltd and Trafigura has raised concerns that Ghana could risk losing control over the Bogoso–Prestea mine despite the deal being valued at just $65 million—not the widely claimed $2.8 billion. Earlier narratives framed the arrangement as a massive gold offtake deal involving up to 700,000 ounces […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Prosper Kay, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-risks-losing-bogoso-prestea-mine-over-65-million-trafigura-loan/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/six-reforms-that-could-turn-ghanas-10-interest-rate-dream-into-reality/When Bank of Ghana (BoG) Governor Dr. Johnson Pandit Asiama told the Kwahu Business Forum that his daily ambition is to bring interest rates down to below 10%, he gave businesses and households something they have long stopped expecting: hope. But banking consultant Dr. Richmond Atuahene says hope, without structural reform, will not be enough. […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/six-reforms-that-could-turn-ghanas-10-interest-rate-dream-into-reality/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/mahama-demands-global-action-on-health-mining-and-climate-at-lyon/President John Dramani Mahama has issued a forceful call for the world to move beyond declarations and deliver concrete action on the interconnected crises threatening human health, food systems, and ecosystems, warning that the countries bearing the heaviest burden have the fewest resources to respond. Speaking on April 7 at the 2026 One Health Summit […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/mahama-demands-global-action-on-health-mining-and-climate-at-lyon/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/oil-shock-and-weak-currencies-cloud-africas-resilient-growth-outlook/Africa is on course to outpace global economic growth through 2027, but a sharp surge in oil prices and widespread currency depreciation are testing the continent’s resilience, according to new research from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). The continent’s gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to expand 4.4% in 2026 and 4.5% in 2027, following […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/oil-shock-and-weak-currencies-cloud-africas-resilient-growth-outlook/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/nia-warns-public-against-false-ghana-card-payment-claims/The National Identification Authority (NIA) has firmly rejected circulating reports suggesting that the Ghana Card is now enabled for financial transactions, describing the claims as inaccurate and misleading. In a statement issued on Tuesday, April 8, 2026, and signed by Williams Ampomah Emmanuel Darlas, Head of the Corporate Affairs Directorate, the NIA stated that the […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/nia-warns-public-against-false-ghana-card-payment-claims/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/world-bank-warns-africas-growth-recovery-is-losing-steam/Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic recovery from a decade of global shocks is showing signs of stalling, as the World Bank revised its 2026 growth forecast downward and pointed to mounting geopolitical and structural pressures threatening the region’s stability. The World Bank Group’s latest Africa Economic Update, released on April 8, 2026, projects that economic growth across […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/world-bank-warns-africas-growth-recovery-is-losing-steam/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-moves-to-shield-athletes-from-trafficking-networks/Ghana is stepping up efforts to protect young athletes from exploitation as the International Organization for Migration (IOM) prepares to host a national forum in Accra focused on curbing trafficking tied to the sports industry. The upcoming forum, titled “Play It Safe: Choose the Right Path in Sports,” will bring together policymakers, regulators, sports institutions, […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-moves-to-shield-athletes-from-trafficking-networks/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-oil-decline-meets-its-biggest-investment-counter-push/Ghana’s crude oil output has fallen for six straight years, dropping from 71.44 million barrels in 2019 to 37.3 million barrels in 2025, according to the Public Interest and Accountability Committee’s (PIAC) 2025 Annual Report released this week. Yet behind that sobering number, a parallel story of committed capital is now taking shape that could […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-oil-decline-meets-its-biggest-investment-counter-push/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-50-cocoa-processing-goal-hinges-on-idle-plant-revival/Ghana’s ambition to process at least half of its cocoa domestically faces a concrete infrastructure test: one of its two primary state-linked processors has a major plant sitting idle in Sekondi, and reviving it will cost up to $7 million. West African Mills Company (WAMCo) Deputy Managing Director Dr. Boakye Danquah has disclosed that the […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-50-cocoa-processing-goal-hinges-on-idle-plant-revival/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-exchange-cannabis-chamber-link-up-to-build-regulated-market/The Ghana Commodities Exchange (GCX) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Chamber of Cannabis Industry Ghana (Cannacham) to develop a structured, commercially viable cannabis market, as Ghana moves to formalise its emerging medicinal and industrial cannabis sector. The agreement pairs the GCX’s commodity market infrastructure with Cannacham’s industry advocacy and regulatory coordination […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-exchange-cannabis-chamber-link-up-to-build-regulated-market/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/africa-energy-body-joins-court-battle-over-climate-obligations/The African Energy Chamber (AEC) has formally applied to participate as a friend of the court in a major advisory proceeding before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR), seeking to ensure the continent’s energy development interests are heard in a case that could reshape how African states are legally bound to respond […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/africa-energy-body-joins-court-battle-over-climate-obligations/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/new-buses-wont-fix-accras-traffic-expert-warns/As the government rolls out its first batch of 100 new minibuses to address Ghana’s worsening urban transport crisis, a growing body of expert opinion is questioning whether the intervention targets the right problem at all. The government confirmed delivery of the first 100 of 300 procured buses in early April, with additional batches expected […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/new-buses-wont-fix-accras-traffic-expert-warns/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/billion-dollar-mining-decisions-signal-africa-investment-surge/A cluster of major final investment decisions (FIDs) across Africa’s mining sector is pushing several large-scale projects into construction, as developers and investors move to capitalise on rising global demand for minerals and an estimated $8.5 trillion in untapped continental resources. Australian mining company Resolute Mining has approved a $516 million FID for its Doropo […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/billion-dollar-mining-decisions-signal-africa-investment-surge/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/sunyani-market-traders-squeezed-by-ginger-shortage-eye-tomato-fix/Retail traders at the Nana Bosoma Central Market in the Sunyani Municipality are caught in a deepening supply squeeze, unable to compete with bulk-buying traditional medicine producers who are draining ginger stocks directly from farm gates at prices small-scale sellers cannot match. A Ghana News Agency (GNA) market survey conducted at the market on Wednesday […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/sunyani-market-traders-squeezed-by-ginger-shortage-eye-tomato-fix/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Kwabena Adu Koranteng, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/kenya-affirms-support-for-autonomy-under-moroccan-sovereignty/  Kenya expressed on Thursday its support for autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty and affirmed its intention to cooperate with like-minded States to promote its implementation. This position was expressed on the occasion of the first session of the Morocco-Kenya Joint Cooperation Commission, co-chaired in Nairobi by Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Kwabena Adu Koranteng, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/kenya-affirms-support-for-autonomy-under-moroccan-sovereignty/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/vietnams-rice-revolution-exposes-the-cost-of-ghanas-drift/While Ghana spent GH¢3.05 billion importing rice in 2024, the country’s leading supplier was quietly running one of the most consequential agricultural programmes in the world, one that is widening the production divide with every passing season. Vietnam accounts for the dominant share of Ghana’s rice import bill, ahead of Thailand and India, yet the […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/vietnams-rice-revolution-exposes-the-cost-of-ghanas-drift/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/joana-quaye-takes-rnaq-divorce-battle-to-appeal-court/Joana Quaye, the former wife of Ghanaian businessman Richard Nii Armah Quaye, has filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal in Accra, challenging a High Court ruling that dissolved their marriage and determined how their marital assets should be shared. The notice of appeal, filed on April 1, 2026, was submitted on her behalf […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/joana-quaye-takes-rnaq-divorce-battle-to-appeal-court/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/dangote-charts-us100-billion-growth-plan-with-afreximbank-backing/The Dangote Group has unveiled one of the most ambitious corporate expansion strategies ever presented on African soil, targeting annual revenue of $100 billion by 2030 as it deepens a long-running financing partnership with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). The group’s leadership presented the strategy, titled “Vision 2030: Supercharging Dangote Group for Long Term Success,” […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/dangote-charts-us100-billion-growth-plan-with-afreximbank-backing/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/middle-east-war-drags-down-africas-2026-growth-outlook/The World Bank trimmed its 2026 economic growth forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa on Wednesday, warning that the ongoing conflict in the Middle East is feeding higher fuel and fertilizer prices across the region and threatening to undo years of fragile recovery. In its latest Africa Economic Update, released on April 8, the World Bank now […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/middle-east-war-drags-down-africas-2026-growth-outlook/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-economy-grows-7-5-percent-in-january-as-services-outpace-agriculture-and-industry/Ghana’s economy expanded by 7.5 percent in January 2026 compared to the same month a year earlier, according to provisional data released on Wednesday by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), sustaining the economy’s growth trajectory even as the pace moderated from the 8.2 percent recorded in January 2025. The Monthly Indicator of Economic Growth (MIEG) […] NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-economy-grows-7-5-percent-in-january-as-services-outpace-agriculture-and-industry/ Continue reading at the publisher's website.