Month: September 2026

Circle Phone Dealer: The Ghana Police Service has arrested three people in connection with the alleged kidnapping and murder of 33-year-old Nana Yaw Kyere, a phone dealer whose disappearance in Accra has ended in a tragic discovery. The arrests follow investigations into the disappearance of the phone dealer, who was reported missing on September 22, […]

Africa’s industrial expansion is gaining another major infrastructure boost after Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote announced plans to help finance a $660 million fuel pipeline linking Ethiopia and Djibouti. The major energy project is expected to improve the movement of petroleum products into landlocked Ethiopia, reduce transportation times and strengthen the country’s fuel supply chain. The […]

Ghana Income Tax: Ghana’s Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2026 (Act 1178) introduces changes that affect both individual taxpayers and small businesses. The amendment increases the amount of income residents can earn before personal income tax becomes payable and expands the turnover ceiling for businesses that can use the simplified presumptive tax system. For individual taxpayers, […]

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has decided to maintain the country’s monetary policy rate at 14%, marking the third consecutive time the central bank has kept the benchmark rate unchanged. The decision was announced by Bank of Ghana Governor Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama on Thursday, September 24, 2026, during the 132nd Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) […]

The Government of Ghana is in negotiations with Befesa Desalination Developments Ghana Limited to purchase the Teshie Desalination Plant at a significantly reduced price, in an effort to resolve the long-running dispute surrounding the facility and avoid paying a reported $235 million arbitration award. The development was disclosed by the Office of the Attorney-General and […]

African business mogul Aliko Dangote has praised President John Dramani Mahama for what he described as a notable improvement in Ghana’s economic situation since the beginning of the current administration. Dangote, one of Africa’s most prominent business figures, said the developments in Ghana demonstrate the important role that confidence and trust can play in economic […]

IMANI Africa has called for major changes in Ghana’s approach to combating cocaine trafficking, arguing that the country’s drug problem should be addressed as an organised-crime and security challenge rather than being reduced to partisan politics. The policy think tank says Ghana has increasingly become an important transit corridor for cocaine trafficking, with criminal networks […]

Artificial intelligence is developing at extraordinary speed, but the infrastructure powering that revolution is creating a problem that is much more local and increasingly political. Behind every artificial intelligence-generated image, video or answer are enormous data centres filled with powerful computer chips. These facilities require vast amounts of electricity, generate substantial heat and, depending on […]

Brains Age: For decades, scientists have known that the way we live can influence how well our bodies age. But a more intriguing question is now gaining attention: could technology help us understand and potentially slow the ageing of the human brain? Researchers are increasingly combining artificial intelligence, brain imaging, sleep tracking, genetics and large […]

Getting Hands Dirty: Touching soil, grass, trees and other natural materials may do more than connect us with the outdoors. Emerging research suggests that regular contact with nature can increase the diversity of microbes living on our skin and may influence how the immune system functions. For many people, getting dirty is something to avoid. […]