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Inflation drops to 5.4% in December
Ghana’s inflation rate ended 2025 at 5.4 per cent, extending its downward trajectory for a 12th straight month, according to the Ghana Statistical Service...
Building construction inflation drops to 5.9% in November 2025
Ghana’s building construction sector recorded a further slowdown in inflation in November 2025, offering relief to contractors, developers and households, amid easing cost pressures.
According...
Youth joblessness a security risk as 1.3m remain idle – Opare Addo
The Minister for Youth Development and Employment, George Opare Addo, has cautioned that the growing number of unemployed young people in Ghana poses a...
Finance Minister sets records straight on industry growth and 1D1F claims during budget debate
The Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has dismissed assertions that Ghana’s industrial sector slowed because of the realignment of the One District...
AfCFTA Executive Assistant faces charges for defrauding US businessman of GH¢221,000
An executive assistant at the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Anthonette Ama Boakye, has appeared before Circuit Court 3 in Accra, accused of...
UK bans over 1,000 Ghanaians for visa fraud
The United Kingdom has banned 1,632 Ghanaians for a visa for 10 years for using fraudulent means to acquire the document.
The 1,632 represented four...
Study says fame lowers life expectancy for musicians
Fame can take as many years off a musician's life as occasionally smoking cigarettes, a new study has found, after comparing data between famous...
Ghanaian students in UK warn of “perilous” conditions as funding crisis deepens
Ghanaian students in the United Kingdom studying under the Government of Ghana scholarship scheme have issued an urgent plea to the country’s newly appointed...
Police remand three suspects linked to viral domestic violence video
The Ghana Police Service has remanded three suspects captured in a viral video showing a violent assault on a woman believed to be the...
Education Minister announces free education for all special needs learners from 2026
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has unveiled an ambitious plan to expand government support for learners with special needs nationwide, including a proposal to introduce...
Mahama deserves another term, we will test the law – Kojo Adu-Asare
Former Member of Parliament for Adentan, Kojo Adu-Asare, has said that President John Dramani Mahama deserves a third term in office.
Speaking on Asempa FM’s...
Government to upgrade Mankraso SHS after outstanding NSMQ performance
The government has announced a major upgrade for Mankraso Senior High School following the school’s impressive performance in the recently concluded National Science and...
Terrifying moment bandits attack Kwara church, kidnap members [Video]
A chilling video has surfaced showing heavily armed bandits storming a branch of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area...
65% of adult Ghanaians cannot afford healthy diets
Up to 65 per cent of adult Ghanaians are unable to afford a healthy diet daily.
The recommended healthy diets consist of half a plate...
Ghanaian gov’t-sponsored PhD students in UK face deportation over unpaid fees
Government-sponsored PhD candidates from Ghana studying in the United Kingdom say they are on the verge of expulsion and deportation over unpaid tuition fees...
Producer price inflation increases to 3.2% in September 2025
The year-on-year producer price inflation for all goods and services was 3.2% in September 2025.
This was 0.2 percentage points higher than that of August...
Producer Price Inflation for August 2025 declines to 3%
The Year-on-Year producer price inflation (PPI) for August 2025, declined to 3.0%, from 3.6% in July. This represents a 0.6 percentage points decline.
This means...
Ghana’s inflation drops to 11.5% in August, lowest in nearly four years
Ghana’s headline inflation dropped to 11.5% in August 2025, down from 12.1% in July, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has reported.
This marks the eighth...
Ghana records slight decline in unemployment; youth joblessness remains high
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has released the July 2025 edition of its Quarterly Labour Statistics, showing a marginal drop in the national unemployment...
Health Minister rewards Ghanaian nurse who won global award
The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has announced a cash reward of GH¢50,000 for Mrs. Naomi Oyo Ohene-Oti, the Ghanaian oncology nurse who...
PAC refers Finance Ministry Internal Audit Director to A-G over procurement breaches
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has referred the Director of Internal Audit at the Ministry of Finance, Jacob Ahadzi, to the Attorney-General...
Producer price inflation fall to 3.8% in July 2025
Ghana’s Producer Price Inflation (PPI) went down by 2.0 percentage points to 3.8% in July 2025.
This was the 6th consecutive month of decline and...
Govt settles $1m fees for Ghanaian students at University of Memphis, averts deportation
A financial crisis threatening the academic future of nearly 200 Ghanaian students at the University of Memphis has been temporarily averted.
The University of Memphis...
Retail in Transition: The Ghanaian consumer at the centre of the upheaval
Pre-2000: Informal Retail Dominance
Before the turn of the millennium, Ghana’s retail sector was overwhelmingly informal, dominated by open-air markets, roadside vendors, and family-run kiosks,...
Deportation looms for Ghanaian students in UK as scholarship support collapses
President of the Ghana PhD Cohort, Prince Bansah, has raised alarm over the worsening plight of Ghanaian government-sponsored students in the United Kingdom, describing...
Inflation for June 2025 slows significantly to 13.7%
The year-on-year inflation rate for June 2025 slowed significantly to 13.7 percent from 18.4 percent in May 2025, marking the sixth consecutive monthly decline...
Asantehene’s son to chart future in Astronomy at Wesleyan University
Oheneba Kwame Kyeretwie, the son of the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is set to embark on an academic journey in astronomy, having gained...
Economy recovery on paper but not in pockets – Economist warns [Video]
Ghana’s economy may appear to be improving on paper, but that recovery has yet to translate into tangible relief for ordinary citizens.
That’s the caution...
Producer Price Inflation drops sharply to 10.2% in May 2025
The year-on-year producer price inflation (PPI) for ex-factory prices of all goods and services fell sharply to 10.2% in May 2025, down from 18.5%...
Economy grew by 5.3% in quarter one 2025
Ghana's economy grew by 5.3% in the first quarter of 2025, up from the 4.9% recorded during the same period in 2024.
The non-oil GDP...
Inflation for May 2025 drops sharply to 18.4%
Inflation for the month of May 2025 has dropped significantly to 18.4 percent year-on-year, down from the 21.2 percent recorded in April.
The Ghana Statistical...
Get ready for a Feast of Finals on Showmax Premier League
The final whistles may have blown on the Premier League and the Betway Premiership seasons, but for football fanatics, the action is far from...
President Mahama swears in Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu as Government Statistician
President John Dramani Mahama has officially sworn in Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu as the new Government Statistician, charging him to lead efforts to place credible...
10 more arrested for galamsey in Tano Nimiri forest
The Ghana Police Service has intensified its crackdown on illegal mining activities in the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve and along the Tano River in...
Producer price inflation for March eases to 24.4%
The year-on-year producer inflation rate for March 2025 has reduced to 24.4 percent, from 27.6 percent recorded in February 2025, the Ghana Statistical Service...
Depoliticize Bawku conflict: Let Asantehene’s wisdom resolve crisis – Otumfuo Gold Coin initiative pleads
The Otumfuo Commemorative Gold Coin Initiative has called on politicians to depoliticize the Bawku conflict and allow the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to...
Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu appointed as Acting Government Statistician
President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu as the Acting Government Statistician, pending further consultations with the Council of State.
The announcement was...
Atta Akyea defends Adu Boahene, wife
The lawyer for former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director, Kwabena Adu Boahene, has mounted a strong defense for him and his wife, Angela Adjei...
Ghana’s economic growth now fueled by digitalisation; let’s commend Bawumia – Gideon Boako
Member of Parliament for Tano North, Dr. Gideon Boako, has highlighted the transformative impact of digitalisation on Ghana’s economy, calling for recognition of former...
Bawumia’s digitalisation agenda proven right – Franklin Cudjoe
President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has commended the success of former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s digitalisation agenda, stating that recent developments have...