8 d. ago Chinese Ambassador to Ghana visits Waylead’s Alphabet City Project

The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Ambassador Tong, led a delegation to visit the Alphabet City residential development, a flagship project by Waylead, one of Ghana’s leading real estate developers. Ambassador Tong and his delegation toured the villas and apartments within the estate, expressing high regard for the project’s master planning, construction quality, and overall […]

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2 w. ago Galamsey’s silent scars deepen in Ghana amidst China’s blame on local collusion

Ghana, the legendary Gold Coast, continues to reel from an environmental disaster that runs far deeper than the visible land destruction and contaminated waterways. Illegal small-scale mining, known locally as galamsey, is tearing the heart out of Ghanaian communities. Beyond the physical damage, it has spawned a human cycle of devastation too often buried beneath political and diplomatic rhetoric. Addressing the deportation of Chinese nationals arrested for galamsey, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Tong Defa, condemned the widespread illegal mining in the West African nation. He emphasised Beijing’s zero-tolerance policy and highlighted measures China has instituted to deter its nationals from engaging in such acts.

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2 w. ago Kumasi Airport City partners KNUST to establish technology hub for innovation and growth

HDG Homes, together with its partners for the development of the Kumasi Airport City project, has forged a strategic partnership with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), led by Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to establish a state-of-the-art technology hub.

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3 w. ago UTAG president challenges Chinese Ambassador over galamsey remarks

The National President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Prof. Mamudu Akudugu, has questioned the basis on which the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Tong Defa, made his controversial statement regarding the illegal mining (galamsey) menace.

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3 w. ago Kumasi Airport City project takes off – Asantehene calls for policies to attract local private capital

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has underscored the need for unique policy interventions to give incentives to indigenous individuals to invest more in the country to spur economic growth. “It is time to begin a national conversation to encourage Ghanaians to have faith in the nation and be prepared to put their money where […]

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3 w. ago Stop blaming us for galamsey; you hired them – Chinese Ambassador fires back at Ghanaians

Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Tong Defa, has stirred national controversy by asserting that Ghana “can never eliminate” illegal mining, known locally as galamsey, and must instead find ways to manage its environmental impact. Addressing journalists at a media interaction held at his private residence in Accra on Thursday, June 19, the envoy blamed […]

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