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’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…
The Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Matilda Asante‑Asiedu, has urged the nation to adopt a coherent, strategic approach to tackle the proliferation of unauthorised financial actors that are undermining confidence and resilience in Ghana’s financial architecture. Warning that as the economy rebounds and digital financial services and credit access widen, gaps…
Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa revealed that the administration plans to activate a fully digital visa (e‑visa) platform in the early months of 2026, aimed at simplifying and reducing the cost of journeys to Ghana for Africans residing abroad. This policy was unveiled during the concluding session of the first‑ever Diaspora Summit in Accra…
Professor Kwadwo Appiagyei‑Atua, a specialist in international law and human rights at the University of Ghana’s School of Law, has suggested that the United States judicial system could encounter difficulties if former Finance Minister Ken Ofori‑Atta asserts that the effort to have him sent from the U.S. is driven by political agendas, noting that while…
Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Dr. Nana Freduah Agyemang Badu II, Dormaahene, has called for strict accountability, urging that anyone found responsible for financial impropriety or mismanagement in the National Cathedral project be prosecuted, and appealed to President John Dramani Mahama to ensure that the law takes its full course. Speaking at the sod-cutting ceremony for the Sunyani–Atronie–Acherensua…
The government has indicated that efforts to bring back Ghana Airways are intended not just as a marker of collective identity, but as a deliberate part of the nation’s broader strategy to rejuvenate the economy and strengthen ties with Africans living abroad, the Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, said at the conclusion of the…
Dr. Joshua Zaato, a political scientist at the University of Ghana, has challenged the government’s choice to send Ghanaian military engineering units to Jamaica for post‑Hurricane Melissa rebuilding work while numerous communities in Ghana that were battered by natural disasters remain without repair, arguing that the specialised skills of the 48th, 49th, and 50th Engineer…
