Elon Musk’s SpaceX is getting ready to become one of the most valuable publicly traded companies in the world. The company has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in secret, which could give it a value of over $1 trillion and make Musk the first trillionaire. The company, which is known for its rockets,…
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has ordered 2,200 members of the South African National Defence Force to help fight crime in five provinces: the Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, North West, and Western Cape. The troops will help the South African Police Service stop and fight crime, especially illegal mining and gang violence. The…
Paschal Donohoe, the World Bank Group’s Managing Director and Chief Knowledge Officer, will go to Ghana and Liberia from March 15 to 20, 2026. This will be his first trip to West Africa since he was appointed in November 2025. He will meet with senior officials and John Mahama in Accra and Joseph Boakai in…
The African Union has chosen former Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to head its Election Observation Mission to the Republic of the Congo. The mission will go to the country before the presidential elections on March 15, 2026. A statement from his office on March 10 said that the mission will include members of…
The war between the US, Israel, and Iran has been going on for eleven days and has killed more than 1,700 people and caused a lot of damage to people and the economy. President Donald Trump says that “major strides” have been made and that the mission is partially successful. However, Iran has ruled out…
The Government of Ghana has told the boards of state-owned businesses and public institutions to stop all international travel paid for by public funds right away. This is to improve fiscal discipline and keep costs down. The order came from Jubilee House under President John Dramani Mahama and was sent out by Dr. Callistus Mahama,…
President John Dramani Mahama is in Seoul, South Korea, for a five-day working visit. The goal of the visit is to improve relations between Ghana and South Korea and look into ways to work together in trade, investment, and technology. Park Kyongsig, Chung Kwangyong, and Kojo Choi all welcomed him. He will meet with President…
Ukrainian officials say that at least 55 Ghanaians who joined the Russian army for the war in Ukraine have died. Brigadier General Dmytro Usov told a Ghanaian delegation led by Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa in Kiev that 272 Ghanaians have joined the army in the last three years, with recruitment rising by more…
Jack Dorsey has said that his tech company Block Inc. will lay off almost half of its workers, going from about 10,000 to fewer than 6,000. He says that AI is changing the way companies are built and run. In a letter to shareholders, he said that many other companies are likely to make similar…
The National Union of Ghana Students – United Kingdom (NUGS UK) is worried about the fact that Ghanaian students in the UK still have to take the IELTS and that government scholarships are taking too long to be paid out. On February 25, 2026, the Union called for diplomatic talks between the Ministries of Foreign…
