Ghana Redirects Petroleum Revenue to Infrastructure Under Amended Law

Ghana’s petroleum revenue management framework underwent sweeping changes in 2025, redirecting all discretionary oil funds toward infrastructure projects while fundamentally altering how the nation uses its petroleum wealth for development. The...

Ghana Burns Millions While Gas Processing Plant Stalls

Ghana’s petroleum industry finds itself trapped in an expensive paradox, flaring roughly 10.6 percent of its natural gas production while simultaneously importing costly diesel to power thermal plants, a situation costing the country an estimated...

Austrian Ambassador lauds Ghana’s progress

AUSTRIAN Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Jürgen Heissel, says Austria is impressed by Ghana’s motivated and young population, positive economic dynamics, and ongoing ambitious reform and investment plans. “What Austria can offer includes world-leading...

  Grenada, Ghana sign landmark health cooperation agreement

Back: Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell (left) and Ghanian President John Dramani Mahama (right). Front: Ministers for Foreign Affairs Joseph Andall (left) and Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa (right). ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada--The governments of Grenada and the...

How Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings shaped Ghana’s political landscape

The midday calm in Accra was pierced by heartbreaking news on Thursday, 23 October 2025. The death of former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, a towering figure in Ghana’s political and social history, was confirmed. According to multiple...

Ghana Card Verification System Drives Financial Inclusion Across Africa

Ghana’s biometric verification infrastructure is transforming how millions of citizens access financial services, and other African nations are taking notice. Moses Kwesi Baiden Jnr., Chief Executive Officer of Margins ID Group, outlined at the...

Ghana’s Parliament Ranks Second in Africa for Transparency

Ghana’s Parliament has emerged as Africa’s second most transparent legislative body, according to the 2025 Africa Open Parliament Index released by the Africa Parliamentary Monitoring Organisations Network. The achievement reflects significant...

'40 hospitals have integrated traditional medicine units, to be covered by N

The government has announced fresh plans to integrate traditional and herbal medicine into Ghana’s mainstream healthcare delivery system as part of efforts to diversify and strengthen the nation’s health services. Health Minister Kwabena Mintah...

Ghana Medical Trust Fund deepens commitment to NCD care with visit to Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital

The Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF) has reaffirmed its commitment to equitable healthcare delivery across all regions with a working visit to the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital in the Central Region. The visit marked the final stop of a...

GAF commits to research initiatives that promote well-being of personnel and Ghana – Air Vice Marshall Mensah-Larkai 

By Joyce Danso, GNA Accra, Oct. 23, GNA- Air Vice Marshall, (AVM) Joshua Lartei Mensah-Larkai, Chief of Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces, says the Military High Command will continue to support research initiatives that promote the well-being of...

Legal Aid Week 2025 to champion justice for women and girls 

By Frank Kwame Abbor Ho, Oct. 27, GNA – The Legal Aid Commission, with support from GIZ Ghana, has announced the celebration of the 2025 Legal Aid Week, scheduled from Monday, October 27 to Sunday, November 2, 2025. It is on the theme: “The Role...

Air pollution now kills one in every eight people worldwide – Ghana among hardest hit

Air pollution was responsible for 7.9 million deaths in 2023, roughly one in every eight deaths worldwide, according to the latest State of Global Air Report 2025. The report, produced by the Health Effects Institute in partnership with the...

Ghana-Grenada reaffirm commitment to improve bilateral relations

Ghana and Grenada have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral relations in key sectors of their economies for the mutual benefit of their citizens. The priority areas of cooperation include education, health, climate change,...

Ghana boxing ‘reset’ comeback nears as IMC reviews final medical protocols

The return of professional boxing in Ghana is drawing closer as the Interim Boxing Management Committee (IMC) overseeing the sport’s normalization process reports significant progress. The IMC’s Medical Sub-Committee has finalized and submitted a...

Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings wasn’t celebrated enough while...

Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Elikem Kotoko, says Ghana failed to give the late former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings, the recognition she truly deserved while she was alive. Nana Konadu was confirmed dead...

Ghana’s Future at Risk: Poisoned lands, sick children, and a booming illegal gold economy- Minority raises alarm

Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has called on the government to move beyond dialogue and take urgent action to combat illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey, warning of its severe environmental and health consequences. Addressing...

Joy Cancer Awareness Month: What you should know about retinoblastoma in children

Paediatric Oncologist at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Samira Yamyolia, has called for increased awareness and early detection of retinoblastoma, a rare but curable eye cancer that affects children. Speaking on the Joy FM Super Morning Show...

Ghana, Grenada sign health pact to recruit Ghanaian nurses for caribbean job

Ghana and Grenada have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Health Cooperation to enable Ghanaian healthcare professionals, particularly nurses, to work in the Caribbean island nation. The agreement was sealed at the Jubilee...

Ghana’s Pension Funds could unlock over $1bn for private investment –Report

A new report released by the African Private Capital Association (AVCA) has revealed that Ghana’s pension funds could unlock more than US$1 billion for private sector investment—a shift that could transform domestic development financing. The...

GNAD urges Ghanaians to recognise, respect their language 

By Erica Apeatua Addo Tamso (W/R), Oct 23, GNA-Mr. George Kakra Ussher, President of the Western Regional branch of the Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD) has called on Ghanaians to recognise and respect their language. He said they...