Ghana's Premier Business & Policy Journal
President John Mahama says the first 700 homes at Ghana's long-delayed Saglemi Affordable Housing Project should be completed and commissioned by March 2027. A further 800 units are expected by December, bringing the first phase to 1,500 homes.
A senior opposition MP says Parliament must establish what is causing repeated disruptions to Ghana’s power system, after a nationwide blackout on Thursday. He says the Energy Committee has yet to receive a full report into an earlier incident.
Kwabena Kesse , the businessman, who has died aged 68, spent more than three decades building interests spanning media, education, travel, hospitality, shipping and finance.
Education watchdog Africa Education Watch says a 14-year-old student who was allegedly sexually abused by two school security personnel should not have been sanctioned for “sexual misconduct”.
The Ghana Education Service has interdicted two watchmen and handed them to police after a 14-year-old student with autism was allegedly sexually abused at Bolgatanga Girls' Senior High School.
Civil society group Arise Ghana says efforts to tackle illegal mining must be sustained, warning that the practice continues to threaten Ghana's water bodies and public health.
Ghana says reforms to the energy sector have cleared about $1.47bn in legacy debt, while a shift from expensive liquid fuels to natural gas has saved the country a further $500m.
Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority recorded a GH¢70m surplus in 2025, but says ageing laboratory equipment and the growing threat of illicit products are putting pressure on its ability to protect public health.
Environment, Science and Technology Minister-designate Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings says Ghana's fight against illegal mining requires ministries, agencies and local authorities to work towards one strategy rather than operating separately. She says stronger coordination and regular reporting would be among her priorities if approved by Parliament.
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly says tricycle operators must use designated side roads or the outer lane where no side road exists, as part of new measures aimed at improving road safety.
The Methodist Church of Ghana says religious institutions must move beyond statements and prayers and take practical, measurable steps to help tackle illegal mining and environmental destruction.
The Ghana Association of University Administrators says its members will return to work after temporarily suspending their industrial action to allow further negotiations with government over the issues that triggered the strike.
For a hairdresser, a power cut can mean an empty shop. For a restaurant, it can halt food service, while a cold-store operator risks losing frozen stock worth thousands of cedis. As outages recur, businesses are finding ways to keep going but at a cost.