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Kwame Nkrumah

Also known as: Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah · President Kwame Nkrumah

2026-04-242026-05-09
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India-Africa Forum Summit reflects deepening partnership

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The fourth India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi, themed "India-Africa Strategic Partnership for Innovation, Resilience, and Inclusive Transformation," brings together the two regions to build economic strength and resilience. Ghana has been a key partner in this relationship since the first summit in 2008, with recent visits by Prime Minister Modi to Ghana in July 2025 elevating ties to 'Comprehensive Partnership'.

19 hours ago · Business & Financial Times →

Yesterday

  1. India-Africa Forum Summit reflects deepening partnership

    The fourth India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi, themed "India-Africa Strategic Partnership for Innovation, Resilience, and Inclusive Transformation," brings together the two regions to build economic strength and resilience. Ghana has been a key partner in this relationship since the first summit in 2008, with recent visits by Prime Minister Modi to Ghana in July 2025 elevating ties to 'Comprehensive Partnership'.

    19 hours ago · Business & Financial Times →

  2. Tema Shipyard faces decline despite Ghana's strategic maritime advantage

    Founded in 1962 as part of Ghana's post-independence industrial vision, Tema Shipyard has struggled due to inadequate reinvestment, loss of skilled personnel, and lack of sustained institutional support, allowing commercial opportunities to be captured by facilities in Europe, the Middle East, and Southern Africa. The article argues this matters now as West Africa's maritime economy has shifted in importance.

    21 hours ago · Business & Financial Times →

  3. China grants zero-tariff treatment to 53 African nations from May 2026

    Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that China will implement zero-tariff treatment on all products from 53 African countries with diplomatic relations starting May 1, 2026, making China the first major economy to unilaterally grant full zero-tariff treatment to all African countries and least developed countries with which it has diplomatic relations.

    8 May 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →

Thursday 7 May

  1. Ghana asks African Union to address South African xenophobic attacks

    Ghana has formally petitioned the African Union to place the issue of xenophobic attacks against African nationals in South Africa on the agenda of the Eighth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting scheduled for June 24–27, 2026, in El Alamein, Egypt. Ghana's Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa described the matter as one of "urgent continental interest," expressing concern over recurrent xenophobic incidents that have caused loss of lives, destruction of investments, and threats to African migrants' safety.

    7 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Wednesday 6 May

  1. Tema Shipyard seeks revival under new leadership amid West African opportunity

    Tema Shipyard and Drydock Limited, founded in 1962 as a symbol of Ghana's post-independence industrial ambition, has struggled for decades due to inadequate reinvestment and loss of skilled personnel to better-resourced yards elsewhere. The facility's new leadership is betting that a shifting commercial context in West Africa's maritime economy presents a renewed opportunity for Ghana to reclaim a significant role.

    6 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Tuesday 5 May

  1. China grants zero tariffs to 53 African countries from May 2026

    Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that China will implement zero-tariff treatment on all products from 53 African countries with diplomatic relations starting 1 May 2026, making China the first major economy to grant full zero-tariff treatment to all African countries and least developed countries with which it has relations.

    5 May 2026 · Business & Financial Times →

  2. Ghana must invest in research and local expertise for development

    An opinion piece argues that Ghana's rapid local response to the Akosombo power disruption demonstrates the need for sustained investment in universities, technical institutions, and the newly operationalised Ghana National Research Fund to build domestic capacity rather than outsourcing critical capabilities.

    5 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 4 May

  1. Reparations debate revisits African identity and imperial power structures

    An analysis examines how simplified narratives of the transatlantic slave trade—particularly the phrase "they sold us"—obscure the complex reshaping of African identity through colonialism and imperial expansion, and argues for situating slavery within Africa's longer history of precolonial civilizations and resistance.

    4 May 2026 · Business & Financial Times →

Sunday 3 May

  1. Asantehene praises KGL Group as model Ghanaian enterprise

    Otumfuo Osei Tutu II hailed KGL Group and its Executive Chairman Alex Apau Dadey as an exemplary indigenous Ghanaian enterprise during a coronation anniversary dinner in Kumasi, citing the company's completion of a mental health facility at KNUST's medical school and its payment of GHc 153 million in taxes this year.

    3 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 27 April

  1. Mercury import channels fuel Ghana's illegal mining crisis

    An opinion piece questions how mercury reaches galamsey (illegal mining) sites in Ghana, tracing its journey through official import channels—ships, customs, clearing agents, and transport escorts—and asks who profits from supplying the toxic substance that kills miners and contaminates rivers.

    27 April 2026 · Joy Online →

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