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By Leo Nelson A new strategic alignment between the Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) and Angola’s Instituto Nacional de Apoio às Pequenas e Médias Empresas (INAPEM) is set to redefine cross-border trade for small businesses, as the Authority’s CEO, Margaret Ansei, hosted a delegation from the Angolan Embassy to finalize preliminary frameworks for institutional collaboration. The meeting, which included Mr. Alcides Luis and Ms. Bamzi Teyegaga, signaled a departure from informal trade toward a structured, agency-led integration of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) framework. “I welcomed a delegation from the Angolan Embassy…

… How Ablakwa Is Redefining National Power When the 123 delegates at the United Nations General Assembly voted to adopt Ghana’s Resolution (A/80/L.48) to designate the Transatlantic trafficking of Enslaved Africans and the entire racialized chattel enslavement as “the gravest crime against humanity,” the moment was widely framed as President John Dramani Mahama’s moral leadership. That was true — but it was incomplete. The real architect of the vote’s operational success was Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, whose unassuming steadiness stitched together the political, technical, and human threads that turned a bold idea into a global consensus. The immediate…

…A Distraction from the Call for Merit-Based Selection By Innocent Samuel Appiah In recent weeks, Ghana’s security services recruitment exercise has ignited a fervent debate within the public sphere, culminating in calls from minority members of Parliament, particularly from the New Patriotic Party (NPP). They are demanding the government refund fees paid by unsuccessful candidates. Led by Ntim Fordjour, the Ranking Member of Defence and Interior, these calls reflect growing frustration over the recruitment process, particularly regarding the staggering number of hopeful applicants versus the limited positions available. However, a deeper examination reveals that the focus on refunds may be…

By Innocent Samuel Appiah In a night that celebrated public-sector excellence, the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) walked away with the highest honours at the Public Enterprises League Table (PELT) Awards — an achievement that underlines an extraordinary early success story for an institution built to reshape Ghana’s gold sector. Crowned State-Owned Enterprise of the Year, GoldBod also claimed the Most Profitable State-Owned Enterprise award and was named the Overall Best Specified Entity. The trifecta is not just a milestone for the Board; it is a public affirmation of wise political stewardship, decisive management, and the promise of sustained value for…

Vivo Energy Ghana PLC (VEGH) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the College of Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to collaborate on the upcoming NextGen Energy Innovators Challenge, an initiative aimed at empowering students to develop innovative solutions for Ghana’s evolving energy needs. The NextGen Energy Innovators Challenge is designed to foster innovation among students by providing a platform where young engineers and innovators can develop practical ideas and technologies addressing real-world challenges in the energy sector. The MoU was signed during a courtesy visit to the University by the leadership and management team…

…Told to Learn from Akufo-Addo and Stop Belittling It for PopularityBy Prince AhenkorahA parliamentary intervention by Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has united President John Mahama and Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa in rare accord, exposing a political miscalculation that isolates the NPP MP on a matter of historic and Pan-African significance.Afenyo-Markin used a recent parliamentary sitting to question the logic behind Ghana’s campaign for reparative justice, suggesting that African complicity in the slave trade undermines the case for compensation. “We maltreated our own and told the white man that he should also maltreat our own,” he told the House. The…

A new pact between the state’s petroleum regulator and the nascent 24-Hour Economy Authority signals a push to secure the logistical backbone of President John Dramani Mahama’s flagship industrial programme.An Memorandum of Understanding signed on 31 March between the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and the 24-Hour Economy Authority aims to force the downstream petroleum sector into round-the-clock operation. The deal, which brings together security services, private distributors, and state-owned BOST Energies, marks the first major institutional test for the government’s economic transformation agenda.Under the agreement, the NPA will impose new operational standards covering lighting, security, staffing, and digital fuel monitoring…

…as Mahama tests business allies at Kwahu forumBy Prince Ahenkorah President John Mahama will this weekend use the Kwahu Easter festivities to stage an unusual convergence of business elites, political operatives and emerging entrepreneurs billing the gathering as a diagnostic session on his government’s performance and a launchpad for its industrialization agenda. The Kwahu Business Forum, opening 3 April at the Mpraeso Hills Convention Centre, is being positioned by the presidency as a pivot from the region’s traditional merrymaking to hard-headed economic engagement.Behind the scenes, the event is largely the handiwork of Chief of Staff Julius Debrah, who has made…

$70 Million Vanishes in Export Scam By Leo Nelson A widening export fraud scandal has drained an estimated $70 million from Ghana’s rubber sector over two years, exposing deep failures in regulatory oversight and raising uncomfortable questions about political complicity. The scheme, built on under-invoicing and permit evasion, has left local processing factories idle and thousands of jobs hanging in the balance.Customs data obtained by The New Republic reveals that 89.68 million tonnes of raw rubber were exported in 2024 without a single permit issued by the Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA) the statutory body mandated to regulate the sector.…

Turns From Economic ‘Messiah’ To Digital ‘Evangelist’By Prince AhenkorahWhen former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia stepped onto the stage at the London School of Economics on March 28, he was returning to familiar territory. The lecture circuit had served him well once before: between 2012 and 2016, his public lectures on the economy helped establish him as a technocratic force, culminating in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) capture of political power.But his keynote address at the Africa Summit carried a telling omission. The subject was not the economy. It was artificial intelligence.For the man who was appointed head of the…