At first light in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s largest city with around six million people, many residents start their day frantically looking for water. With Christmas coming up, the usual holiday cheer is dimmed by dry taps as severe water shortages drag on. In some homes, plastic jerrycans sit by the door ready to be…
Ghana’s music scene just experienced a huge milestone as Black Sherif became the first artist to completely fill the 11,000‑seat University of Ghana Legon Stadium, a moment that has excited fans and industry people alike. Growing up in Konongo‑Zongo in the Ashanti Region, Mohammed Ismail Sherif Kwaku Frimpong, known to many as Black Sherif, has…
Atlantic Lithium has sent a revised mining lease for its main Ewoyaa Lithium Project to Ghana’s Parliament, restarting the approval process that could allow the country to open its first lithium mine, a move that excited investors. The updated lease has been sent to Parliament’s Select Committee, which will review it when lawmakers return in…
Emotional maturity usually occurs in the ability of person and his or her readiness to take full responsibility for their actions. It is not demonstrated by being defensive, making excuses, or blame shifting, but by owning up to the errors without trying to twist the situation or make the other person feel at fault.In our…
The Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has said that the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has started the work to link the new AKSA Ahwomaso Power Plant into the national electricity network and carry out testing as part of the connection process, according to a statement issued on Monday, December 22. This is part…
Ghana’s Constitutional Review Committee has put forward a set of wide‑ranging changes aimed at cutting down the high cost of elections, including setting a fixed period for campaigns and limiting how much parties and candidates can spend, saying long, open‑ended electioneering and unregulated money give an advantage to wealthy contestants, fuel vote buying and weaken…
Joseph Bukari Nikpe, Ghana’s Transport Minister and MP for Saboba, has started a tech-driven revamp of the state transport system to fix problems with the old manual cash collection at the State Transport Company (STC) and Metro Mass Transit (MMT). A key part of the 2026 bus upgrade is a digital payment system in partnership…
The IMF projects that in the year 2029, both Ghana’s extractive industries like oil, gas, and gold and non-extractive sectors such as agriculture, services, and parts of manufacturing will grow at about 5 percent, showing a more balanced growth path over the medium term. Currently, non-extractive industries are growing faster, while extractive sectors have slowed…
Ghana has taken a major step toward bringing its rapidly expanding crypto and digital asset market under official rules after Parliament approved the Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill, which sets up a clear system for supervising virtual asset businesses and the services they offer. With lawmakers’ approval now complete, the focus turns to putting the…
Ghana’s cedi is projected to receive additional backing after approximately US$365 million from the International Monetary Fund was paid into the Bank of Ghana’s account on Monday, December 22, 2025, after the Fund endorsed the nation’s fifth review under its programme. The release followed the IMF Executive Board’s assessment of Ghana’s Extended Credit Facility arrangement…
