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…
Rolf Olson, Charge d’Affaires at the United States Embassy in Ghana, has warned Ghanaians against overstaying their visas in the United States, describing it as a serious offence that can result in deportation and future visa denials. Speaking in Accra, he said although the standard stay for a “B” visa is generally six months, the…
The US government is back up and running after President Donald Trump signed a $1.2 trillion budget into law. The measure barely passed the House of Representatives and the Senate. The package pays for most federal agencies until the end of the fiscal year in September. However, it only pays for the Department of Homeland…
On January 26, 2026, the Ghana High Commission in the United Kingdom hosted a high-level Business Breakfast Meeting with the theme “Harnessing Diaspora Capital and Partnerships to Drive Investment to Ghana.” The goal was to encourage diaspora investment and strategic partnerships. As part of the High Commission’s efforts to promote economic diplomacy, the event brought…
According to a Global Financial Integrity (GFI) report, Ghana lost an estimated US$54.1 billion to trade-related illicit financial flows (IFFs) between 2013 and 2022. This makes it the third most affected country in Africa. The study found that almost 28% of Ghana’s trade may be misinvoiced or not counted, especially when it comes to gold,…
The Prime Minister of Libya, Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, said that Libya has signed a 25-year, $20 billion oil development deal with France’s TotalEnergies and U.S.-based ConocoPhillips through Waha Oil Company. The deal aims to increase production capacity by up to 850,000 barrels per day (bpd) and bring in more than $376 billion in net revenues. Waha’s…
