Tag: Ghana
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🇬🇭 Ghana Garden and Flower Show Highlights Green-Economy Opportunities
The 14th Ghana Garden and Flower Show has opened in Accra with a focus on horticulture, floriculture, environmental sustainability and green enterprise. Vice-President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang highlighted opportunities across production, transportation, storage, standards, finance and mar…
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🇬🇭 When Martin Luther King Jr. Came to West Africa: Liberia, Ghana and the Birth of a New Nation
By Panafrican.email MONROVIA / ACCRA — March 1957 Before Martin Luther King Jr. became one of the world’s most recognized advocates of civil rights, he was already beginning to see the African liberation struggle as part of a much larger story about freedom. That connection became personal in March 1957, when King and his wife,…
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🇯🇲 Ghana–Jamaica Trade Push Revives Bauxite Link and Opens New Atlantic Commercial Corridor
Accra/Kingston — Ghana and Jamaica are moving to turn decades of Pan-African solidarity into a more concrete economic partnership, with bauxite and aluminium, shipping, ports, investment, health, aviation and agriculture emerging as key areas of cooperation. The renewed relationship gained momentum in 2026 following the resumption of the Ghana–Jamaica Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation (PJCC)…
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🇨🇦 The Eyes of Ghana to Open Montreal International Black Film Festival
MONTREAL — September 2026 — Ghana’s cinematic history will take center stage in Montreal this month as The Eyes of Ghana opens the 22nd Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF) with its Quebec premiere on Wednesday, September 23. The screening will take place at Théâtre Outremont at 7 p.m. as the festival launches its 2026…
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🇬🇭 Ghana’s Treatment of Foreigners Sparks Debate Over Business Culture and National Mindset
ACCRA, GHANA — A statement attributed to Fouad Chalabi, a former Commercial Director of Spacefon, now known as MTN Ghana, has reignited discussion about how Ghana treats foreign investors and businesspeople compared with its own citizens. Chalabi, who has reportedly conducted business in Ghana as well as Lebanon, is quoted as saying: “Ghanaians treat foreigners…
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🇬🇭 President Mahama Signs 10 Bills Into Law as Ghana Advances Economic and Legal Reforms
ACCRA, GHANA — President John Dramani Mahama has signed 10 Bills into law, marking another significant step in the government’s efforts to strengthen Ghana’s legal and economic framework while improving public revenue mobilisation, reforming aspects of the justice system and supporting domestic industry. The legislation forms part of a broader government agenda aimed at addressing…
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🇬🇭 Ghana Moves to End Raw Gold Exports as New Refining Rules Take Effect
By Panafrican.email News Desk Ghana, Africa’s leading gold-producing country, has tightened controls on gold exports as the government moves to retain more value from the country’s mineral wealth through domestic processing. Under a new directive from the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), unrefined gold doré can no longer be approved for export under the affected trading…
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🇬🇭 Meet Nii Amartei Amarteifio: The Ghanaian Engineer Building the Future One Machine at a Time
Accra, Ghana — Across Africa, a new generation of engineers, designers and inventors is challenging the idea that advanced technology must always be imported. Among them is Ghanaian engineer and innovator Nii Amartei Amarteifio, whose unconventional approach to engineering is turning ambitious ideas into physical machines. Amarteifio has attracted attention for developing experimental vehicles and…
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🇬🇭 Ghana to Host Diaspora Town Hall at Osu Castle as Government Deepens Engagement With Ghanaians Abroad
ACCRA, Ghana — Ghana is preparing to bring members of its global diaspora closer to national development discussions as the Diaspora Affairs Office hosts a town hall meeting on September 18, 2026, at the Osu Castle Gardens in Accra. The event is expected to provide a platform for Ghanaians living abroad to engage directly with…
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🇬🇭 GHANA AT NEW YORK FASHION WEEK: AFRICAN DESIGNERS TAKE THE GLOBAL RUNWAY
From Accra to New York, African creativity is stepping into one of fashion’s biggest global arenas By Pan African News New York is preparing for another major fashion moment—and this September, Africa’s creative industries are once again making their presence felt. At the center of the excitement is Ghana, where a new generation of designers…