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Newmont Donates US$700k in Medical Supplies to Ghanaian Hospitals
News Ghana
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July 19, 2025
Mining firm Newmont Africa has delivered $700,000 worth of medical equipment to six healthcare facilities in Ghana’s Bono and Ahafo regions. The donation, facilitated through partnership with U.S.-based nonprofit Project CURE, benefits Sunyani...
AfDB Invests US$40M in Africa Renewable Energy Push
News Ghana
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July 19, 2025
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $40 million equity investment in Project Zafiri, a pan-African initiative designed to accelerate renewable energy access for underserved communities. This commitment advances “Mission 300,” which...
Bank of Ghana Vows to Protect Economic Stability
News Ghana
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July 19, 2025
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has pledged to safeguard recent macroeconomic gains and ensure sustained recovery, Governor Dr. Johnson Asiama stated following an emergency Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on July 17, 2025. The central bank...
AfDB Launches Gender-Focused Clean Energy Initiative
News Ghana
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July 19, 2025
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Climate Investment Funds (CIF) have launched a Gender and Renewable Energy Country Diagnostics program to center women in Africa’s clean energy transition. Covering Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Lesotho, Madagascar,...
Upstream Momentum Builds In Ghana As Eni Declares Eban-Akoma Commercial And Tullow, Kosmos Extend Licenses
MENAFN
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July 19, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Ghana's oil and gas sector is showing clear signs of resurgence, underscored by Eni's recent declaration of commerciality for the Eban-Akoma complex in the Cape Three Points Block 4. Estimated to hold between 500 and 700...
MPC holds emergency meeting as Ghana’s economic indicators show strong momentum
Ghana News Agency
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July 19, 2025
By D.I. Laary Accra, July 19, GNA – The Bank of Ghana Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has convened an emergency meeting to evaluate Ghana’s strengthening macroeconomic indicators and assess whether immediate policy adjustments were necessary ahead...
IPPs agreement review to ensure financial sustainability in energy sector
GhanaWeb
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July 19, 2025
Government is actively reviewing agreements with independent power producers (IPPs) to ensure fairness, transparency and financial sustainability in the energy sector. This forms part of a broader energy sector recovery review programme aimed at...
Guardians of the Flow: Ghana's Blue Water Awakening
Modern Ghana
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💧A quiet revolution stirs across the rivers of Jomoro and Amenfi. The Blue Water Programme—Ghana’s bold response to environmental degradation—has birthed a new generation of guardians. Young women and men, called not by conflict but by conscience,...
Ghanaian music inspires Jullian Ellison to compose Afro-pop tracks
Joy FM
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July 18, 2025
Ghanaian music is evolving at a fast pace, generating interest from music lovers and industry players around the world. From the traditional highlife genre to ‘borga’ highlife, to hip-hop, and down to Afro-pop, music of Ghanaian origin is gaining...
Ghana’s Green transition sparks concern over job losses in auto industry
Ghana News Agency
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July 18, 2025
By Elsie Appiah-Osei Accra, July 18, GNA – The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame, Mr. John Darko on Friday, raised concern about the potential impact of Ghana’s green transition on the country’s auto mechanics. He said,...
Ghana, Serbia partner on Lithium and tech to power economic growth
The Herald Ghana
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July 18, 2025
By Patrick Biddah Ghana and Serbia have agreed to embark on a major economic partnership centered around lithium development, artificial intelligence, and expanded trade, marking a renewed phase in bilateral relations driven by innovation and...
BAR Water System providing safe clean water, Creating Jobs and Changing Lives in Ghana.
News Ghana
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July 19, 2025
As Ghana battles a growing water crisis caused by pollution, illegal mining, and poor sanitation, a new innovation is quietly rewriting the narrative—not just by providing safe and clean drinking water but also creating jobs, transforming...
Mining equipment to be fitted with tamper-proof GPS tracker
Graphic
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July 18, 2025
The Minerals Commission has initiated an exercise to fit every earth-moving and mining equipment with a tamper-proof GPS tracker to significantly reduce the abuse of excavators in illegal mining and improve environmental governance, the Minister...
Ghana's OSP charges former NPA boss over GH₵280m extortion and money laundering scheme
Business Insider Africa
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July 18, 2025
According to a statement issued on Thursday, 17 July 2025, the charges stem from investigations launched in late 2024 into the unlawful diversion of public funds and alleged collusion with oil marketing and bulk distribution firms. A total of...
Ghana Traders Promise Price Cuts as Port Reforms Take Effect
News Ghana
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July 18, 2025
The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has projected significant consumer price reductions if government succeeds in curbing excessive shipping charges at ports. Clement Boateng, GUTA’s 1st Vice President, confirmed traders have already...
Ghanaian Producer Awaits Payment Year After Landmark CAF Copyright Win
News Ghana
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July 18, 2025
Over a year since Ghana’s High Court ruled in favor of music producer Kobby Spiky Nkrumah, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has yet to pay $250,000 in damages awarded for illegally using his track “Okomfo Anokye” in 2018 awards...
Ghana's unemployment rate still pegged at 14.7% – Government Statistician
GhanaWeb
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July 18, 2025
Government Statistician, Dr Alhassan Iddrisu, has stated that Ghana’s unemployment rate remains high at 14.7%, with youth joblessness exceeding 25%. According to him, over 70% of the labour force, primarily women and young people, remain in the...
Ghana Highlights Jobs Crisis at UN Forum Despite Economic Gains
News Ghana
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July 18, 2025
Ghana’s Government Statistician Alhassan Iddrisu presented a stark assessment of the nation’s employment landscape at the UN High-Level Political Forum in New York, citing a 14.7% unemployment rate and youth joblessness exceeding 25% despite 5.7%...
Ghana Negotiates Work Permit Pact with Serbia for Youth Employment
News Ghana
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July 18, 2025
Ghana is finalizing a Labour Mobility Agreement with Serbia to access 100,000 work permits for young professionals, Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa announced during Serbia’s Foreign Minister Marko Đurić’s visit to Accra. The pact targets...
Ghana Construction Inflation Eases Amid Divergent Sector Trends
News Ghana
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July 18, 2025
Ghana’s construction sector recorded a 6.0% year-on-year inflation rate in June 2025, down from 7.4% in June 2024 and 7.4% in May 2025, according to the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). Month-on-month prices dipped 0.4%, offering marginal relief...