Also known as: GCX
Ghana Commodity Exchange — market infrastructure platform used by government to finance school feeding and support commodity value chains for crops including cashew, shea, and maize.
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Joy Online
… ng organised by the Office of the Presidential Initiatives in Agriculture and Agribusiness at the Office of the President in partnership with Savannah Golden Tree Limited, Ghana Export Promotion Authority, Ghana EXIM Bank, Tree Crop Development Authority, Ghana Commodity Exchange …
Government establishes 30-acre hybrid shea tree demonstration farm in TamaleJoy Online
… y the Office of the Presidential Initiatives in Agriculture and Agribusiness (PIAA) at the Office of the President in partnership with Savannah Golden Tree Limited, Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), Ghana EXIM Bank, Tree Crop Development Authority, Ghana Commodity Exchange …
Opoku-Agyemang opens World Shea Expo 2026 in TamaleJoy Online
… At the time, GoldBod was also working with the Ghana Commodity Exchange on initiatives involving tokenisation and exchange-traded funds, while the Securities and Exchange Commission was engaged on investor protection. …
GoldBod model draws interest as 7 African countries seek gold governance lessonsJoy Online
… Both the National Food Buffer Stock Company and the Ghana Commodity Exchange, because of her record and the comments from members of CHASS in the Ashanti Region, encouraged her to register for new supplies, which she did by paying the respective registration fees of GHc5000 each. …
Open SOS call to President Mahama for justiceBusiness & Financial Times
… Abor, therefore, urged government to empower agriculture supply chain actors like the NAFCO and Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) to aggressively mop up the excess grain and mandate state institutions to source their food locally. …
Rice farmers abandon farms over 700,000-tonne unsold riceJoy Online
… The GETFund, through the Ghana Commodity Exchange and the Buffer Stock, is adequately making sufficient provisions for food,” he explained. …
Education Minister raises alarm over indiscipline in SHSs, announces national reform conferenceJoy Online
… The GETFund, through the Ghana Commodity Exchange and the Buffer Stock, is adequately making sufficient provisions for food,” he explained. …
Education Minister raises alarm over indiscipline in SHSs, announces national reform conferenceJoy Online
… He attributed the improvement to the government’s decision to decap the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), which he said had strengthened the financing of school feeding operations through the Ghana Commodity Exchange and the Buffer Stock Company. …
Free SHS: Education Minister hails end of school food shortagesJoy Online
… He attributed the improvement to the government’s decision to decap the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), which he said had strengthened the financing of school feeding operations through the Ghana Commodity Exchange and the Buffer Stock Company. …
Free SHS: Education Minister hails end of school food shortagesJoy Online
… The GETFund, through the Ghana Commodity Exchange and the Buffer Stock, is adequately making sufficient provisions for food,” he explained. …
World Bank set to approve US$300m for expansion of Ghana’s school infrastructureThe government has established a 30-acre hybrid shea tree demonstration farm at Futa in Tamale Metropolis named after President John Mahama. The farm will serve as a research facility and heritage site, showcasing a hybrid shea variety developed by the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana that matures in three years, compared with 20 to 30 years for wild varieties.
17 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The government has established a 30-acre hybrid shea tree demonstration farm at Futa in Tamale Metropolis named after President John Mahama. The farm will serve as a research facility and heritage site, showcasing a hybrid shea variety developed by the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana that matures in three years, compared with 20 to 30 years for wild varieties.
17 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang opened the three-day World Shea Expo in Tamale, calling for stronger partnerships, investment and value addition to grow the shea industry. The event aims to promote investment, innovation and processing while positioning Ghana to capture greater global market share, with about 7,000 participants including women's cooperatives, youth-led businesses and international buyers.
17 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's GoldBod model is drawing interest from seven African countries—Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Sudan, and Namibia—which have undertaken official visits over a 12-month period to study Ghana's approach to centralised gold market regulation and formalised gold trading for value maximisation and local value retention.
16 September 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that ordinary Ghanaians who supplied food items under the Free Senior High School Policy in Q4 2024 are waiting for payment, citing a norm that government pays for fourth-quarter services in the first quarter of the following year. The writer calls for President Mahama to ensure justice for these suppliers.
8 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's rice farmers have abandoned fields for the 2026 planting season because they remain burdened with more than 700,000 metric tonnes of unsold paddy rice from last year, lack planting capital, and say government has made no tangible intervention despite promises. A former director of the Peasant Farmers Association reported that tractors are idle across major rice-producing valleys in the North, Volta, and Oti Regions, with farmers owing equipment operators and unable to service debts incurred to buy paddy rice on credit.
18 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has identified growing indiscipline in senior high schools as a major challenge and announced that a national conference will be held in Kumasi or Sunyani before the end of July, bringing together educators, academics, religious leaders, traditional authorities, parents and education officials to develop solutions.
10 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has identified indiscipline in senior high schools as a major challenge and announced plans to convene a national conference in Kumasi or Sunyani before the end of July, bringing together educators, religious leaders, traditional authorities, parents and other stakeholders to develop solutions.
10 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu said schools are no longer experiencing food shortages for the first time in many years, attributing the improvement to the government's decision to decap the Ghana Education Trust Fund and allocate GH¢4 billion this year to school feeding through the Ghana Commodity Exchange and Buffer Stock Company.
10 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has said that schools are not experiencing food shortages that affected the sector in previous years, attributing the improvement to the government's decision to decap the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), which has strengthened financing of school feeding through the Ghana Commodity Exchange and Buffer Stock Company. The government has allocated GH¢4 billion this year for school feeding.
10 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The World Bank is expected to approve a US$300 million facility on June 16 to support the expansion of educational infrastructure across Ghana, with plans to upgrade 50 senior high schools by converting 30 Category C schools to Category B status and 20 Category B schools to Category A.
10 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The World Bank is expected to approve a US$300 million facility on June 16 to support expansion of educational infrastructure across Ghana, with plans to upgrade 50 senior high schools by converting 30 Category C schools to Category B status and 20 Category B schools to Category A.
10 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The Education Minister announced that the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will be extended from five days to eight days, beginning on a Wednesday and ending the following Wednesday, to reduce pressure on candidates and provide more preparation time between papers.
10 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu announced the government is extending the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) from five days to eight days, beginning on a Wednesday and ending the following Wednesday, to reduce pressure on candidates and provide more preparation time between papers.
10 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Peter Dzasa, Head of Treasury at Ecobank Ghana, said billions of cedis in pension funds could finance commodity value chains if market infrastructure, grading systems, and regulatory safeguards are in place. He highlighted the Ghana Commodity Exchange and warehouse receipt system as enabling mechanisms, noting that verified quality and available markets build investor confidence to support crops including cashew, shea, and maize.
5 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
The Ghana National Buffer Stock Company says senior high school food prices are agreed by a committee comprising the Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service, CHASS, and the Buffer Stock Company at the start of each academic year, and are then approved by the Public Procurement Authority before being communicated to all parties.
19 May 2026 · Joy Online →