Parliament has approved a $300 million World Bank loan to transform secondary education infrastructure in Ghana, focusing on upgrading schools and improving skills alignment.
Ghana is finalising its first standard treatment guidelines for lead exposure and poisoning. The guidelines will specify tests, treatments, and equipment needed across the health system.
President John Dramani Mahama has announced that the government will recruit 16,000 trained teachers in 2026, more than double an earlier commitment of 7,000 posts made in April. He made the announcement on July 17 while inspecting a new assembly hall at the Peki College of Education in the Volta Region, part of a two […]
The Dagbon Kingdom is one of Ghana’s oldest and most structured traditional states, centered on the town of Yendi in the Northern Region and led by a monarch known as the Yaa Naa. Unlike a simple hereditary crown, Dagbon is governed through a layered customary system built around gate skins, kingmakers, and a formal regency, […]
The Bank of Ghana revoked Zeepay Ghana Limited’s Dedicated Electronic Money Issuer (DEMI) licence on July 14, 2026, ending the fintech company’s authority to issue mobile money and digital wallet balances in Ghana with immediate effect. The central bank said the move follows years of unresolved regulatory breaches, including a failure to keep enough cash […]
Ghana’s Ministry of Health is widening its campaign against maternal mortality, sending its Deputy Minister for Health, Prof. Dr. Grace Ayensu-Danquah, on a series of community and training visits across the Northern Region under the Maternal Mortality Action and Response Programme (MMARP). In plain terms, the government is trying to close the gap between good […]
Ghana Treasury bills are short-term government securities sold through the Bank of Ghana on behalf of the Ministry of Finance, and they remain one of the most popular places for Ghanaians and the diaspora to park cash. In plain terms, you lend the government money for 91, 182, or 364 days, you pay less than […]
Ghana’s latest treasury bill auction raised approximately GH₵7.39 billion, exceeding the government’s borrowing target of GH₵5.67 billion, according to auction results reported by the Ghana News Agency and other Ghanaian financial news outlets. Investors submitted more than GH₵10.03 billion in bids across the 91-day, 182-day, and 364-day treasury bills. The government accepted roughly three-quarters of […]
The Ministry of the Interior and the Ghana Police Service destroyed more than 2,000 surrendered and seized firearms on July 9, 2026, at a ceremony held at the Police Depot in Tesano, Accra. The event marked the eighth Arms Destruction Ceremony under Ghana’s National Gun Amnesty Programme and closed out a process that pulled thousands […]
Ghana’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture has deployed 506 Feed Ghana Brigade officers across the country to strengthen agricultural extension services and support farmers, agribusinesses, and institutions nationwide. In plain terms, the government just added hundreds of trained agricultural workers to a system that has long struggled with too few extension officers reaching too many […]
Ghana Citizenship Team
