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By Prince Ahenkorah The Ghana Cocoa Board has quietly cleared a GH¢162 million liability to Cocoa Bill holders who stayed out of the 2023 Domestic Debt Exchange Programme. The announcement, made on 15 July, comes nearly three years after the DDEP was imposed, and two years after the holdouts were left unpaid while the state restructured its domestic debt. On the face of it, this is a welcome relief for individual investors who refused to accept the government’s haircut. But the timing and the source of funds invite scrutiny. COCOBOD cites “financial constraints” as the reason for the delay a…

Denials Meet Freeze, Revocation and Arrests.EOCO seizes accounts, BoG takes over operations and the CEO’s PR machine struggles to contain the damage as creditors circle. By Stanley Asor The fall of Zeepay Ghana is no longer a slow-motion regulatory crisis; it is a full-blown corporate collapse. The Economic and Organised Crime Office has frozen all accounts linked to the embattled fintech, following the arrest of CEO Andrew Takyi-Appiah and several directors on suspicion of mishandling client funds. They spent days in EOCO custody a fact that Zeepay’s public statements have carefully omitted. The Bank of Ghana, meanwhile, had taken operational…

Two days, nine projects, one political message Marks ‘Resetting Ghana’ Presidential MonitoringBy Prince Ahenkorah When President John Dramani Mahama touches down in the Volta Region today for a two-day “Resetting Ghana” tour, the official itinerary reads like a development parade: sod-cutting for a 24-hour market, inspection of a new college hall, road projects, a university lab, a hospital durbar, a sports stadium, a police headquarters, and a grand citizens’ engagement.But beneath the polished schedule lies a more telling narrative. This is not merely a project inspection it is a political calibration, coming barely 18 months after Mahama’s return to power,…

By Gifty Boateng Dennis Edward Miracles Aboagye walked out of EOCO custody yesterday with a carefully crafted statement: the GH¢55 million figure that has dominated headlines was never discussed during his four-day detention. But in the same breath, he refused to disclose what was actually put to him leaving the public to choose between his word and the official account of the country’s premier anti-graft agency. Aboagye’s Facebook post was emphatic: “FOR THE RECORDS: THERE WAS NO Discussion OF ANY GH¢55million with me by EOCO. None!!!” He described his arrest as an “unsuccessful attempt to intimidate” him and claimed it…

Economists, business leaders and policymakers have urged the government to maintain strict fiscal discipline and adopt a cautious borrowing strategy to safeguard Ghana’s improving macroeconomic recovery, warning that the country’s recent economic gains could quickly unravel if debt accumulation accelerates. The call was made during Channel One TV’s second Quarterly Economic Outlook, held under the theme, “A Mid-Year Review of the Ghanaian Economy: Measuring Progress, Identifying Risks and Charting the Way Forward.” The forum brought together leading voices from academia, banking and the private sector to assess Ghana’s economic performance and identify policy priorities for sustaining growth. Managing Partner at…

Fashion entrepreneur Osebo the Fashion King has shared his philosophy on music, saying he prefers songs with meaningful messages and life lessons over tracks focused solely on rhythm and entertainment. Speaking on Hitz FM, Osebo explained that the lyrics of a song determine whether he continues listening or skips it. “I’m saying this because it’s my point of view. Every piece of music I listen to teaches me something, so I don’t listen to music that doesn’t make sense,” he said. According to him, music is more than entertainment, as he believes every song should offer wisdom, inspiration or a…

Andrey Santos has been unveiled after he completed a permanent move from Chelsea F.C. to Manchester United F.C. in a deal worth £50 million. The agreement consists of a guaranteed £48 million fee, with a further £2 million in performance-related add-ons. Chelsea have also secured a 10 per cent sell-on clause as part of the transfer. The 22-year-old Brazil international becomes the first permanent signing under new Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick. Santos opted for a move after facing increased competition for regular minutes at Chelsea, particularly following the club’s failure to qualify for European competition for the 2026/27…

Ismail Sidqui Research Fellow (Morocco), Africa-China Centre for Policy & Advisory (ACCPA) The continent is building sophisticated sustainable finance frameworks. However, they are not sufficiently designed to serve small businesses, the backbone of African economies. African countries are moving fast on green finance taxonomies. South Africa published its Green Finance Taxonomy in 2022. Rwanda’s Cabinet approved its own in April 2025. Zambia launched one in December 2025. Kenya became the first African country to set a mandatory adoption timeline. The African Development Bank validated a continental framework designed, in its own words, “by Africans, for Africa.” On paper, this is…

 – Gunfire, slaps, missing ballots as Bawumia’s grassroots strategy crumblesBy Philip AntohWhat was billed as a routine internal election to refresh the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) grassroots machinery has instead become a nationwide spectacle of violence, intimidation, and electoral sabotage. From Ashanti to Volta, the weekend’s constituency executive polls were marred by gunshots, physical assaults, destruction of ballot materials, and mysterious deletions from voter registers raising urgent questions about the party’s capacity to govern itself, let alone the nation.At the heart of the turmoil lies a bitter irony: the very “top-bottom” strategy engineered to consolidate Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s grip on…

By Sandra Biney The Government of Ghana, has moved closer to completing its external debt restructuring programme following the successful exchange of the outstanding SADEREA Notes, a development the Ministry of Finance says marks a major milestone in the country’s economic recovery efforts. The Ministry announced in a statement issued on Monday, July 13, 2026, that the exchange of the outstanding SADEREA Notes was successfully settled on July 13, 2026, with a value date of July 10, 2026. According to the Ministry, the transaction brings Ghana to the final stage of its external debt restructuring process by resolving the last…