Most central banks across the globe will continue cutting their policy rates in the second half of 2025, Fitch Solutions has stated. For instance, it expects the European Central Bank (ECB), the US Federal Reserve, and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), to cut policy rate by a cumulative 50 basis points by the end of 2025. It disclosed this in…
Dreams FC will welcome Accra Hearts of Oak to the Nii Adjei Kraku II Sports Complex in Tema Newtown on Monday in one of the standout fixtures of matchday two in the 2025/26 Ghana Premier League. Dreams will be seeking a quick response after suffering a narrow 1-0 defeat to Heart of Lions on the opening weekend. Despite dominating possession…
An Associate Director, Tax and Legal at Deloitte Ghana, Gilbert Yirenkyi-Addo has expressed worry about the lack of skilled labour in advanced technologies, constraining industrial growth in Ghana. According to him, the world is now fixated on digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence and therefore Ghana must develop its industrial economy by investing more in technology, create deliberate policy for the manufacturing…
Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS) The persistent malfunctioning of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS), despite repeated assurances of improvement from its managers, has sparked mounting frustration among importers, agents, and freight forwarders across the country. Importers say they are now incurring heavy demurrage charges due to delays caused by the unstable ICUMS platform, which continues to experience fluctuations in…
Two police officers have been treated and discharged from the Community Hospital in Kukurantumi in the Eastern region following violent clashes between police and angry youth after the death of a suspect, identified as Bright, while in custody. Reinforcement teams from the Eastern Regional Police Counter Terrorism Unit, deployed to support colleagues from the Akyem Tafo Division, were met with…
In a spirited interview with the media, the La Shikitele, Nii Adjei Koofeh IV reflected on the successful conclusion of the Homowo Festival, marked by the sacred Kpleshwemor rite; a ceremony where the principal deity, La Kpa is given a bull in appreciation for its good works for the La State during the year. The final ceremony, held with pageantry…
Story by: Abdul-Hayi Moomen In a pulsating and history-making encounter at the Universities World Football Tournament in Dalian, China, the University for Development Studies (UDS) of Ghana delivered a footballing spectacle to remember, outclassing Spain’s Ramon Llull University 4-1 to become the first African university to qualify for the quarterfinals in the tournament’s history. From the first whistle, it was…
Asante Kotoko claimed a narrow 4-3 victory over Nigerian side Kwara United in the opening leg of their CAF Confederation Cup preliminary tie in Accra. The Ghanaian giants looked in control at several stages, with goals from Emmanuel Antwi, Albert Amoah and Joseph Ablorh putting them ahead. Amoah later added a second from the penalty spot to make it 4-2.…
By Benjamin Nii Nai Anyetei When Ghana pauses every September 21, to mark Founders’ Day, it is more than just another red-letter date on the calendar. It is a day wrapped in history, ideology, and political contestation — a national holiday that has, over the years, mirrored the very struggles and triumphs of the country’s independence story. For decades, September…
Africans do not talk to each other more, and so do not know each other well; and this is the reason why Africans not only do not get along as nations to nations, but also as tribe to tribe as exemplified by the deep ethnic divisions even within African countries, Chairman of Festac Africa Engineer Yinka Abioye tells MARTIN-LUTHER C.…