The newly established Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has announced a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s gold trading sector following the enactment of the Ghana Gold Board Act, 2025 (Act 1140). Under this new legal framework, the state has revoked all existing gold trading licenses previously issued by the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC) and the Ministry of Lands and Natural …

The acquisition of the Black Volta and Sankofa gold projects by Engineers & Planners marks a transformative moment for the mining industry in Ghana’s Upper West Region. By taking over equity in Azumah Resources and Upwest Resources, the indigenous firm has successfully transitioned these long-stalled concessions into Ghanaian hands. This move ends nearly twenty years of inactivity caused by financial …

Ghana’s Minister for Communications, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Sam Nartey George, has officially appointed KPMG as the transaction advisor to oversee the proposed merger between AT Ghana (formerly AirtelTigo) and Telecel Ghana. Announced on September 5, 2025, this move is a strategic intervention by the government to restructure the telecommunications landscape, which is currently dominated by a single major player. …

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has enforced a one-month suspension of the remittance partnerships of three major Payment Service Providers (PSPs): Flutterwave, Cellulant Ghana, and Halges Financial Technologies. Effective September 18, 2025, these firms are prohibited from facilitating inward money transfers following a series of regulatory breaches. The central bank specifically noted that Halges Financial Technologies is barred from any …

MTN Ghana has announced a long-term strategic plan to phase out its legacy 2G and 3G network infrastructures. Speaking at the Digital Africa Summit in Accra, CEO Stephen Blewett explained that the move is designed to optimize spectrum efficiency, allowing the company to reallocate frequency bands to more advanced 4G and 5G technologies. This transition is essential for providing faster …

In a significant move to stabilize its financial position, the Ghana Cocoa Board has successfully paid out GH¢2 billion in coupons to investors holding restructured cocoa bonds as of September 1, 2025. This payment follows the implementation of the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme, which saw short-term cocoa bills converted into long-term bonds, primarily affecting the balance sheets of local commercial …

Onion farmers in the Asante Akyem North District have issued an urgent appeal to the government to regulate the influx of foreign onions, citing a market imbalance that threatens the local industry. Despite a successful farming season resulting in a bumper harvest, farmers are struggling to find buyers as the market remains saturated with cheaper imports from neighboring countries like …

At least four individuals lost their lives on Tuesday, august 6, 2025, when a civil protection surveillance aircraft crashed at the Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport in Taher, northern Algeria. According to reports from Algerian civil protection authorities, the plane went down during a routine training mission within the airport’s perimeter. Emergency response teams were immediately deployed to the site of …

A catastrophic magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, sending powerful tsunami waves across the Pacific and forcing hundreds of thousands to flee coastal areas. The quake, which the Russian Academy of Sciences identified as the strongest to hit the region since 1952, was centered just 74 miles from the city …

In a major effort to address its deepening demographic crisis, the Chinese government has launched its first nationwide childcare subsidy program. Starting in January 2025, families are eligible for an annual payout of 3,600 yuan (roughly $500) for every child under the age of three. This universal policy marks a significant shift from previous local experiments to a unified central …