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Ghana Gas CEO warns: Galamsey near pipeline a ticking time bomb
Kumasi Mail
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August 4, 2025
The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana National Gas Company, Judith Adjobah Blay, has raised the alarm over the growing threat illegal mining poses to a vital national gas pipeline in Akango, a community in the Nzema East District of the Western...
Ghana debates state honours for music legend Daddy Lumba
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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August 4, 2025
By Nana Karikari, Senior Global Affairs Correspondent The death of highlife legend Charles Kwadwo Fosu, better known as Daddy Lumba, has triggered a profound national discussion that is much more than a debate over funeral rites. It is a moment of...
Ghana supports Palestine with 40 metric tons of cocoa products
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August 4, 2025
The government has donated 40 metric tons of premium cocoa products to the people of Palestine as a gesture of solidarity and humanitarian support amid the ongoing crisis in Gaza. The donation, make up of Golden Tree-branded chocolates and other...
Ghana’s DSTV Pricing Dispute Sparks Debate on Market Regulation
News Ghana
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August 4, 2025
Communications Minister Samuel Nartey George has demanded a 30% reduction in DSTV subscription fees from MultiChoice Ghana, igniting national debate over consumer fairness versus free-market principles. The minister cites the cedi’s recent...
Ghana launches rCOMSDEP to revolutionise Small-Scale Mining and drive sustainable livelihoods
Joy FM
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August 4, 2025
The government of Ghana has officially launched a comprehensive new programme aimed at overhauling the country’s artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector, to promote sustainable employment and environmental rehabilitation across mining...
Min. of Communications inaugurates Ghana Post governing board
Ghanaian Times
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August 4, 2025
Hot!News August 4, 2025 Less than a minute The Minister of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Mr. Samuel Nartey George, has inaugurated a new governing board for Ghana Post. The new 7-member board is chaired by Ms. Petra Aba...
Producer price of cocoa jumps from $3,100 to $5,040 per tonne – Finance Minister
Ghanaian Times
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August 4, 2025
The Government has announced a significant increase in the producer price of cocoa ahead of the 2025/2026 crop season, which opens on Thursday, August 7, 2025. According to the Minister for Finance, Mr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the new price has been...
How to position your healthcare brand in Ghana’s digital age
Joy FM
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August 4, 2025
The digital age has changed the way healthcare brands interact with their audiences in Ghana. From Accra and Kumasi to rural communities, patients are turning to digital platforms for health education, appointment scheduling, and even telemedicine...
Stunnin Music Calls Ghana to Keep the Cedi Clean
News Ghana
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August 4, 2025
On July 19, 1965, history was made. Ghana, bold and proud under the visionary leadership of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, introduced the Ghana Cedi as the nation’s official currency. It was more than just money, it was a symbol of independence, identity, and...
MobileMoney LTD CEO Shaibu Haruna Wins Ghana Fintech Leadership Award
News Ghana
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August 4, 2025
Shaibu Haruna, Chief Executive Officer of MobileMoney LTD (MTN MoMo), has been named CEO of the Year – Fintech at the 4th Ghana CEO Vision and Awards in Accra. The accolade recognizes his transformative leadership in advancing digital finance and...
The Business Strategy Analyst with Jules Nartey-Tokoli: Rethinking development through the lenses of family, youth, education, and authentic leadership in Africa (III)
Business and Financial Times
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August 4, 2025
In part II, we noted that education plants the seeds of potential, but leadership provides the climate in which they grow. In Africa, a crisis of leadership has become a crisis of values. Corruption, cronyism, and materialism have tainted both...
Referee Derrick Maccaire narrates origin of kickboxing in Ghana and its challenges
GhanaWeb
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August 4, 2025
Ghanaian kickboxing referee Derrick Maccaire has revealed that kickboxing was first introduced in Ghana by some Japanese and Korean nationals. According to him, these individuals later left the country, after which some Ghanaians took it upon...
Reggie Rockstone Confirms No Casualties in Accra Tourist Office Fire
News Ghana
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August 4, 2025
Ghanaian hiplife pioneer Reggie Rockstone has addressed the fire that gutted the Rockstones Office within the Accra Tourist Information Center, confirming no lives were lost despite “pretty devastating” damage. Rockstone expressed gratitude to the...
From Susu to savings: How childhood shapes Ghana's financial future
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August 4, 2025
In the Accra Makola Market, traders count what they received the previous day to save a certain amount for the next day’s needs. This ceremony is a manifestation of a basic fact that what we think of money starts long before we even earn a pesewa....
Marketing versus Corporate Communications: End the Debate
Business and Financial Times
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August 4, 2025
By Linda Narh (Dr) In today’s fast-paced business environment, effective communication is essential for any organisation’s success. However, not all forms of communication serve the same purpose. Two key branches, Marketing Communications (MarCom)...
Businessman Accused of Defrauding Paramount Chief Granted GH¢3M Bail
The Chronicle News Online
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August 4, 2025
Ismail Abass Iddrisu, a 53-year-old Businessman accused of defrauding the President of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs, King Professor Odaifio Welentsi, to the tune of GH¢4 million, has been granted bail by the Dansoman Circuit Court....
OUR CEDI, OUR IDENTITY : Stunnin Music Calls Ghana to Keep the Cedi Clean”
New Crusading Guide
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August 4, 2025
Fast forward to 2025, and the Cedi turns 60 years old. But here’s the twist—while our nation’s currency has endured decades of inflation, redesigns, and economic storms, one battle it still can’t win is against us. From crumpling and folding our...
Nigerians Safe In Ghana – Mahama Assures Tinubu
Daily Guide
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August 4, 2025
President John Mahama President John Mahama has assured his Nigerian counterpart President Ahmed Tinubu that Nigerians in Ghana are safe, and that there would not be mass deportation of nationals of the sister country. This was revealed by Ms....
US Market Divergence Poses Risks and Opportunities as Economic Rift Widens
News Ghana
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August 4, 2025
A stark divide in the U.S. economy is exposing investors to potential blind spots, with markets failing to price in the growing gap between soaring tech-finance profits and struggling consumer sectors. While S&P 500 giants in technology (+40%...
Inconvenient truth: When the mind is poor, a rich nation still fails - Economic growth means nothing if citizens think small
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August 4, 2025
In recent years, the global conversation around nation-building, particularly in emerging and developing economies, has intensified. From policy conferences in Addis Ababa to reform roundtables in Abuja, and across countless media platforms,...