41 h. ago The truth behind Ghana’s accumulated CPI: Why prices never seem to fall

In recent months, Ghana’s inflation narrative has shifted from aggressive acceleration to a more measured pace. The Ghana Statistical Service continues to report declining year-on-year headline inflation, and policymakers have rightly highlighted this trend as evidence of improving macroeconomic stability. Yet, for the average Ghanaian, the lived experience tells a different story. Market prices remain […]

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57 h. ago The 2026 crossroad: How Ghana can turn an energy crisis into an industrial renaissance

As we approach 2026, the data is no longer a forecast; it is a verdict. The “Industrial Competitiveness Index” (2015–2025) presented here reveals a stark truth: Ghana has suffered a strategic relapse.

Events

7 d. ago Ghanaians Deserve Answers: The Truth Behind the 5% vs 10% Lithium Royalty

In recent weeks, the national conversation around Ghana’s lithium sector has been shaped by mixed interpretations, political commentary, and understandable public frustration. The tension largely stems from the Parliamentary Select Committee on Lands and Natural Resources recommending an amendment to the Minerals Act to increase mineral royalties from 5% to 10%. This has stirred confusion […]

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3 w. ago Cocoa Prices Fall Eight Percent in October Amid Weak Global Demand

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/cocoa-prices-fall-eight-percent-in-october-amid-weak-global-demand/Global cocoa prices declined sharply throughout October 2025 as weak demand and an improved production outlook shifted market sentiment, though arrivals at Ivorian ports lagged behind last year’s pace, the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) reported. The intergovernmental body released its October 2025 Cocoa Market Report on Wednesday from its headquarters in Abidjan, revealing that prices […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/cocoa-prices-fall-eight-percent-in-october-amid-weak-global-demand/

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3 w. ago From promise to paycheck: Will Ghana’s 2026 Budget finally deliver jobs our youth can live on?

As Ghana joins over 200 countries worldwide this week in celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week (November 17-23, 2025), the timing couldn’t be more critical. While the world spotlights innovation, job creation, and youth-led enterprise, Ghana faces a moment of truth: Can we turn entrepreneurial ambition into actual opportunity? Every morning, thousands of young Ghanaians wake up […]

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3 w. ago Poisoned water, broken promises: Nanton Zuo’s long fight for one safe drink

For more than 30 years, the people of Nanton Zuo in northern Ghana have lived with one painful truth: their only source of drinking water is slowly killing them. More than 5,000 residents — children, farmers, pregnant women, and the elderly — depend on a polluted dam contaminated with human waste, animal droppings, agrochemicals, and thick layers of mud. The water is brown. It smells. Yet it is all they have.

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4 w. ago From Queues to Coffins: The Tragedy of Ghana’s Military Recruitment

Another national tragedy has struck, and once again, it is the youth who have paid the price. A simple military recruitment exercise has resulted in multiple injuries and the heartbreaking loss of six young Ghanaian lives. These were not soldiers in battle; they were job seekers. Young men and women with hope in their hearts, desperate for an opportunity to serve their country, seeking dignity, seeking a future. Yet in the process of trying to serve Ghana, Ghana failed them - victims not of bullets, but of a system that refuses to evolve. All in pursuit of a job opportunity that should have been conducted with dignity, structure, and modern efficiency. This tragedy forces us to confront a painful truth: in Ghana, the ordinary citizen suffers most not from enemies outside, but from the very systems meant to serve them. Even more disturbing is the persistent belief held by some officers that shouting, aggression, and intimidation are necessary to command respect, when simple, clear, r...

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