Plans by Google to build a huge data centre at a former RAF airfield have been approved.
The new campus at North Weald Airfield near Harlow in Essex is expected to create up to 780 local jobs and generate £79m per year for the local e…
A billionaire investor keen on buying TikTok's US operations has told the BBC he has been left in limbo as the latest deadline for the app's sale looms.
The US has repeatedly delayed the date by which the platform's Chinese owner, Byt…
Stronger cooperation among Global South nations is becoming increasingly urgent as countries seek new pathways to accelerate development, expand trade and strengthen long-term economic resilience. For Africa, strengthened ties amon…
It takes a village to shift a narrative — and Africa No Filter’s village just got stronger.
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?Africa No Filter (ANF) today announced the formation of its inaugural Council: a collective of eight highly respected leaders whose expertis…
The President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bessa Simons, says plans are underway to establish a national music museum that will celebrate Ghana’s musical heritage, with the late highlife legend Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popular…
Flash floods have killed at least 37 people in Morocco's coastal Safi region, according to state-owned television.
Cars and mounds of rubbish were seen sweeping through the main port city of Safi after torrential rain hit on Sunday.
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A new dawn begins. Ghana’s long-standing vision of celebrating and empowering farmers, uniquely initiated under the PNDC administration led by Flt. Lt. J.J. Rawlings, in the mid-1980s, continues to yield huge dividends.
The 41st Nati…
Vice President of policy think tank IMANI Africa, Bright Simons, has raised serious concerns about the Bank of Ghana’s proposed guidelines for regulating what it calls “Non-Interest Banking,” warning that the approach could create lega…
Improvements to roads, bridges, and other infrastructure could take a hit as data center construction accelerates, according to Bloomberg.
In 2025, state and local governments reportedly sold a record amount of debt for the second yea…
The Majority Leader in Parliament, Mr. Mahama Ayariga, has said that he will reconsider his decision on the withdrawal of a Private Members Bill that he and the Majority Chief Whip, Mr. Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, had drafted seeking the…
The President of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Mr. Michael Edem Akafia, has called on government to urgently pass a Minerals Revenue Management Act to ensure greater transparency, accountability, and sustainable use of Ghana’s mineral we…
WITH December in GH celebrations in full swing, the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) is calling on patrons and event organisers to widen their focus beyond the concerts and entertainment-packed events that have come to define the season.
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Palestine, Dr. Varsen O.V. Aghabekian, has arrived in Ghana on Saturday for a three-day visit.
The visit aims to strengthen bilateral cooperation between Ghana and Palestine. It is …
The Tree Crops Development Authority has engaged key stakeholders in the cashew industry in Techiman in the Bono East Region as part of preparations towards the announcement of the Minimum Producer Price for the 2025 cashew season.
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The board of the Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA) has approved a flagship proposal to establish tree crop enclaves across all 16 regions.
Each region will develop a minimum of 1,000 hectares of the six regulated tree crops: …
WhatsApp, Meta’s messaging app that millions of Indians rely on daily, is facing a critical moment in India as recent government directions threaten to disrupt how the platform works for everyday users and businesses.
Issued late last m…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has revived its domestic tax revenue compliance and enforcement exercise to compel taxpayers to voluntarily comply.
The exercise, which was intensified from last month, saw the authority further ste…
The European Union (EU), in partnership with the Government of Ghana and Oxfam, has held its maiden “Orange Terrace Talk”, a space to reflect and strengthen collective resolve to end all forms of gender-based violence to mark this year’s…
After months of legal dispute and family disagreement threatened to overshadow legendary Highlife artiste, Daddy Lumba's final burial service is taking place today, December 13, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.
The Accra Hi…
A majority of Electoral Area Coordinators in the Sissala East Constituency have thrown their weight behind New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
Out of the 21 coordinators in the constituency, 18 pub…
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Godwin Edudzi Tameklo, has announced that a new 6,000-metric-ton (MT) LPG storage facility, currently being developed by a private petroleum warehousing partner, will…
A study has revealed that five out of 10 boys between the ages of four and 17, who are supposed to be in school, are out of the classroom in 20 districts across the five regions in northern Ghana.
About 3,536 boys across 20 districts…
Apple is releasing another tool to dial down Liquid Glass’ transparency with its release of iOS 26.2, out now. With the update, users will be able to control the transparency of the Lock Screen’s clock. The release follows an update that i…
Zenith Bank Ghana has ushered in the Christmas and New Year festivities by lighting up major intersections in the national capital, Accra.
The light-up of the Zenith Heights and the Kotoka International Airport enclave, which has been …
The Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (GCPS) has inducted 350 members and fellows into the college.
They are made up of 299 members, 14 fellows by election and 37 fellows by examination.
They were from various fields of me…
Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics, Mussa Dankwah, says recent polling data from the Kpandai Constituency suggests that while voter sentiments largely favour the ruling National Democratic Congress, the parliamentary contest re…
The Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, has reaffirmed the Service’s commitment to strengthening Port Health operations, improving staff welfare and building capacity to ensure effective disease surveil…
The government has expressed its readiness to deepen collaboration with Zoomlion Ghana Limited to make environmental cleanliness, climate resilience, innovation, and sustainable job creation an everyday reality for Ghanaians.
The Mi…
The government, through the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee (IMCC) Secretariat, has convened the maiden meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee (IMCC) on Decentralisation in Accra, under the chairmanship of the V…
MTN Ghana is observing this year's 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence with the theme “Unite to End Digital Violence Against Women and Children.” The campaign is taking place in various parts of the country.
During the lau…
The Ladima Foundation is excited to announce that entries are now open for the 2026 edition of The Adiaha Award for Best Documentary by an African Woman.
Following on from last year's successful pivot to an online competition, this ye…
Junior Achievement (JA) Africa (https://JA-Africa.org) successfully concluded the 15th edition of the JA Africa COY Competition, held from December 3–5, 2025, in Abuja, Nigeria, bringing together Africa’s brightest young entreprene…
The story of Robben Asare, Ghana’s National Best Youth Farmer 2025, is a powerful testament to how Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) is transforming youth passion into profitable and nationally impactful agribusiness.
Robben’s journey with…
TECNO, official CAF global partner, introduces four intelligent tools designed to transform how fans watch, interpret and share the continent’s biggest football tournament
As preparations intensify for the Africa Cup of Nations 2025, TE…
The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and the Pan African Federation of Accountants (PAFA) have launched a $5.2 million institutional support project to address a severe shortage of qualified public sector accountants and a…
When 32-year-old Zainab Issah found out she was pregnant in March, she never thought of carrying her fourth baby beyond the usual nine months.
After carrying her pregnancy for ten months and one week amid fears of stillbirth, the native…
Senegalese President H.E. Bassirou Diomaye Faye opened the 2025 edition of the MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power conference and exhibition in Dakar today, setting an ambitious tone for regional integration, energy sovereignty and shared prosperit…
Ghanaian-American journalist and founder of TheAfricanDream.net, Oral Ofori, delivered a stirring address at the 9th Pan-African Congress in Lomé, Togo, calling on Africa, and the continent's governing bodies to reclaim Africa's narrative …
School Farm Competition
What began simply as a learning activity providing inputs, mentorship, and guidance to students to spark their interest in agriculture has evolved into something far more powerful than we imagined. The KIC Scho…
Telecel Ghana’s Head of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME), Alfred Neizer, has called for a decisive national push to translate Ghana’s financial access gains in rural areas into more meaningful financial participation.
Speaking at the …
MTN Ghana has held its annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at the Accra International Conference Centre, bringing together customers, partners, staff, and invited guests for an evening of music, scripture, reflection, and celebratio…
Global conversations about artificial intelligence have been framed around the contest between the United States and China, as if innovation can only emerge from Beijing, Silicon Valley, or a narrow band of Western laboratories. Yet as the…
The crypto downturn has pushed a slew of Bitcoin miners to the brink of unprofitability, prompting operators to scale back the energy-hungry machines that keep the blockchain running.
A closely watched measure of mining revenue known as…
A tiny leadless pacemaker – the first of its kind in South Africa and a fraction of the size of a AAA battery – has been successfully implanted in the chamber of a patient’s heart in a sophisticated, minimally invasive procedure at Netcare…
ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) was founded in 1975 in order to consolidate West Africa’s trade channels, SADC (Southern African Development Community) formalised in 1992 in order to stabilise Southern Africa’s post-apa…
Global memory chip prices have been surging worldwide as supply tightens, making key components for phones, computers, and data centers harder to secure. The squeeze is being driven by demand for advanced memory chips from artificial intel…
Accra, December 11, 2025 – MTN Ghana has successfully graduated 80 young professionals from its 2025 Graduate Development Program, an initiative designed by the telecommunications company to promote the inclusion of women in the business.
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MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS
Q2, 2025 Real GDP Growth 6.3%
Average Real GDP Growth for 2025 6.3%
2026 Projected Real GDP Growth 4.8%
BoG Policy Rate 18.0%
Weekly Interbank Interest Rate 16.29%
Inflation for November 2025 …
The Vice-President of Columbia, Francia Elena Márquez Mina, has paid a visit to the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and Museum in Accra to pay homage to the country’s founding President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
Accompanied by her delegation,…
Apple on Wednesday released its annual list of the most downloaded apps and games for the year. For the U.S. market, OpenAI’s ChatGPT topped the ranks of free iPhone apps (not including games) with the most installs in 2025.
The AI app …
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