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… Contributing to the forum, some stakeholders including Mr Isaac Arkoh of the Ghana News Agency urged the GHS to intensify media reporting on cholera, promote inter-agency collaboration particularly between the Ghana Water Company and district assemblies to drive timely prevention …
Central Region moves to tame cholera outbreakJoy Online
… Contributing to the forum, some stakeholders including Mr Isaac Arkoh of the Ghana News Agency urged the GHS to intensify media reporting on cholera, promote inter-agency collaboration particularly between the Ghana Water Company and district assemblies to drive timely prevention …
Central Region moves to tame cholera outbreakJoy Online
… She said restoring river flow first would allow the technology to help remove heavy metals and improve turbidity levels, potentially supporting the production of cleaner water for treatment by the Ghana Water Company. …
EPA links plastic pollution and blocked waterways to worsening floodsJoy Online
… d be reduced through improved management and efficiency measures. “They [utility providers, e.g., ECG, Gwl] should know that the financial challenges they find themselves in are attributed to their own inefficiencies in their operations,” he said. “If you take Ghana Water Company …
Blame inefficiencies; tariff hike not solution – GUTAJoy Online
… He cited significant losses within both the Ghana Water Company and the electricity distribution system, attributing them largely to theft, illegal connections and wastage. …
Current economic conditions do not justify tariff increases — GUTA PresidentJoy Online
… He noted that residents of Weija, Bortianor, Amanfrom, Sowutuom, Dansoman and surrounding communities rely on water sourced from the Densu River, adding that pollution of the water body forces the Ghana Water Company to incur additional costs in treating water before distribution …
Arrest and punish Densu River polluters — Titus GloverBusiness & Financial Times
… Add Ghana Water Company (−GH¢4.88bn), COCOBOD (−GH¢4.06bn), Tema Oil Refinery (−GH¢1.54bn) and the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (−GH¢0.65bn), and you have explained essentially the entire sector loss with five entities. …
Most state enterprises made money in 2024: The cedi made sure the state still lost GH¢9.7bnJoy Online
… Assembly Member for the area, Mawuenyega Atukpa, claims community leaders had noticed rising water levels days before the flooding and had reached out to officials over concerns. “Today marks three days since I called the Ghana Water Company to tell them that we had noticed the w …
‘No warning came’: Tetegu residents say communication failure worsened flood crisisThe Ghanaian Times
… It is urging government, specifically the Ghana Water Company to immediately halt water disconnections for households unable to pay, describing such actions as violations of the fundamental human right to water. …
GWJN outlines policy recommendations to transform water access, governanceBilkis Zulkarnain, a Kumasi Technical University graduate in fashion design, runs a workshop in Sawaba training young women in sewing and garment decoration. She aims to develop African designers in the modest fashion market, which she sees as dominated by imports from Turkey, Dubai, and Saudi Arabia despite abundant local creative talent.
4 November 2026 · Joy Online →
Bilkis Zulkarnain, a Kumasi Technical University graduate in fashion design, runs a workshop in Sawaba training young women in sewing and garment decoration. She aims to develop African designers in the modest fashion market, which she sees as dominated by imports from Turkey, Dubai, and Saudi Arabia despite abundant local creative talent.
4 November 2026 · Joy Online →
The Tema Oil Refinery has reduced its debt from $650 million to about $300 million through a restructuring programme supported by the Energy Sector Levies Act, according to its Managing Director. The refinery has also settled exposures to four banks as part of efforts to restore its financial viability.
27 October 2026 · Joy Online →
Tema Oil Refinery's managing director reports the refinery was near total collapse upon his January 2025 appointment, with GH¢10 billion in accumulated losses, debt of $517 million, and two major production units non-functional since 2019 and 2021 respectively.
26 October 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
The Tema Oil Refinery's Managing Director disclosed that when the current management assumed office in May 2025, TOR had accumulated losses of approximately GH¢10 billion and debt of about US$517 million, alongside a negative equity position of GH¢7.6 billion by end-2024. He attributed the deterioration to prolonged operational shutdowns, outstanding statutory obligations, and growing liabilities, noting that key production units had been inactive since 2019–2021 and audited financial statements had not been filed for six years.
26 October 2026 · Joy Online →
The Public Accounts Committee has called on the Ghana Revenue Authority to intensify recovery of outstanding taxes owed by public institutions including Ghana Airports Company Limited, Ghana Water Company, and the Electricity Company of Ghana. The committee's chairperson stressed the need for greater transparency in tax collection.
17 October 2026 · Joy Online →
More than a year after a JoyNews investigation exposed serious contamination in Nanton Zuo's main water source, residents continue to rely on the same dam because attempts to find alternatives—boreholes and piped supplies—have failed. The dam's microbial contamination was so high it could not be counted, yet the community's latest proposal is to rehabilitate it.
14 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana Water Ltd announced it will resume spillage from Weija Dam on September 9, 2026 as water levels approach the 46-foot threshold following heavy rains, with evacuation ordered for downstream communities including Tetegu, Oblogo, and others.
9 September 2026 · The Chronicle →
The Bank of Ghana has transferred its Domestic Gold Purchase Programme entirely to the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) as of July 2026, moving an estimated GH₵22 billion in losses from 2025 off the central bank's books. GoldBod now finances its own gold purchases from commercial banks and off-takers, taking on all trading and pricing risk that the central bank previously absorbed.
1 September 2026 · Joy Online →
On the first anniversary of an August 6 helicopter crash that killed eight people, Awula Serwah, coordinator of Eco-Conscious Citizens, called for decisive action against illegal mining, describing it as an "ongoing ecocide" and arguing that Ghana owes it to all who have died from the practice—including children in mining pits, mothers from mercury poisoning, and police officers drowned pursuing miners.
6 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Deputy Director of A Rocha Ghana Daryl Bosu says the country has reached "a point of hopelessness" in combating illegal mining, with systems put in place failing to deliver results despite government interventions and the deaths of eight officials in last year's helicopter crash. He called for urgent protection of forest reserves and river bodies, and warned against selective enforcement of anti-galamsey measures.
6 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Central Regional Health Directorate has launched a public-education campaign targeting market women, traders, food vendors, schools and community leaders to strengthen cholera-prevention measures through hygiene demonstrations and safe-water handling advice. The initiative was prompted by recurring cholera outbreaks, particularly following recent floods in the region.
17 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Central Regional Health Directorate has launched an intensive public-education campaign targeting market women, traders, food vendors, schools, and community leaders with hygiene demonstrations and safe-water handling advice. The initiative was prompted by recurring cholera outbreaks, especially following recent floods in the region.
17 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's Environmental Protection Authority links plastic pollution, construction on waterways, and blocked drainage systems to worsening floods. The EPA CEO says a planned styrofoam ban and phase-out of single-use plastics could help reduce flood-related disasters.
29 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana Union of Traders' Associations president Clement Boateng says utility providers' financial difficulties stem from operational inefficiencies—including theft, illegal connections and wastage—rather than the need for tariff increases. He cited Ghana Water Company's operational losses of 51–52 per cent and the electricity sector's 32 per cent losses, arguing consumers should not bear the cost through frequent rate hikes announced by PURC for July 2026.
25 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ghana Union of Traders' Associations president says current economic conditions do not justify the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission's third-quarter tariff increases, which raised electricity tariffs by 3.49 per cent and water tariffs by 0.85 per cent largely due to exchange rate pressures.
25 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Former Deputy Minister Titus Glover has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of those responsible for polluting the Densu River, warning that indiscriminate dumping of refuse poses a threat to public health and water security in the Greater Accra Region. He attributed the problem to an attitudinal issue rather than government failure, stating that enforcement is necessary to deter further pollution.
15 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The 2024 State Ownership Report shows 35 of 54 state-owned enterprises turned a profit, but the sector posted a net loss of GH¢9.68 billion after tax, worse than the GH¢7.14 billion loss in 2023, driven by losses at a handful of giant utilities and currency revaluation effects from the weakening cedi.
9 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Residents of flood-hit communities in Weija-Gbawe say the Ghana Water Company failed to notify them before opening the dam, despite assembly members alerting officials about rising water levels days earlier. Local leaders say an established emergency communication system was not activated, and residents were assured spillage would be managed carefully only for the dam to be opened in the afternoon.
29 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ghana Water Justice Network, a coalition of civil society organisations, has issued policy recommendations to transform water access and governance, calling on government and the Ghana Water Company to halt disconnections for households unable to pay and to prioritise affordable, universal access to water as a fundamental human right.
12 May 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →