Abena Osei Asare, the MP for Atiwa East and a former Deputy Finance Minister, has defended Ken Ofori-Atta, the former Finance Minister. She said that before the COVID-19 pandemic, he did a good job of running Ghana’s economy. On Adom TV’s Badwam, she talked about how Ghana’s economy grew quickly between 2017 and 2020, with…
Several oil marketing companies have lowered fuel prices in Ghana’s second pricing window of January. This has made the downstream petroleum sector more competitive as companies respond to good market conditions. Zen Petroleum has set the same prices across the country: petrol costs GH¢9.94 per liter and diesel costs GH¢11.21. JP Oil, TotalEnergies, Shell, PETROSOL,…
Gold prices have reached an all-time high, showing how important the metal is becoming as the world economy becomes more uncertain, tensions rise between countries, and monetary expectations change. On Tuesday, January 20, 2026, spot gold rose 1.6 percent to a record $4,748.09 per ounce. This was part of a strong rally that shows that…
Dr. Kojo Asante, Director of Advocacy and Policy Engagement at the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), has urged Ghanaians to actively support efforts to change the 1992 Constitution. He pointed out that this is the third major attempt in 15 years and shows that there is broad agreement on the need for reform. He…
The recent intermittent power outages in Ho, other parts of Ghana, especially Kumasi, have once again reignited national concern over electricity reliability, popularly referred to as DUMSOR. While some in the NDC camp hurriedly downplay the scale of the problem, businesses, households, and everyday Ghanaians continue to feel the sting of recurring outages. These outages…
The government has promised that the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) will not cause too much trouble with the electricity supply while it does scheduled maintenance on its gas facilities in Ghana on Sunday, January 18, 2026, from 6:00am to 3:00pm. The Ministry of Energy and Green Transition and the Ghana Grid Company Limited…
On January 14, 2026, Ambassador Khadija Iddrisu, the Chief Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with Taro Kawase, the Director of the First Africa Division of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to improve relations between Ghana and Japan. They talked about trade and investment, education, building capacity, and exchanges between people. Ambassador Iddrisu…
Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Minister for Government Communications, has said that the government is looking into the decision by the previous Akufo-Addo administration to give the Saglemi Housing Project to a private developer. He said this is because they are worried that it goes against the project’s original goal of providing affordable public housing. On…
Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, former MP for New Juaben South, has praised Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson for implementing what he describes as “common-sensical” fiscal controls that are curbing overspending, unchecked borrowing, and the perennial accumulation of government arrears, stating in an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Channel One TV’s Face to Face on…
Kofi Asare, Executive Director of Africa Education Watch (EduWatch), has called on the government to quickly send teachers to areas that need them and give them the promised allowances for working in those areas. He warned that not hiring teachers in 2025 has left about 30,000 classrooms without teachers and made the teacher shortage worse…
