The Latest Breaking News from Ghana

The new Ghanaian president, John Mahama, is being sworn in this Tuesday, 7 January, in Accra, as the nation looks for solutions to its worst economic crisis in a generation.

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25 ) Monday closed up +139 (+1.24%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25 ) closed up +10 (+0.11%). Cocoa prices Monday climbed to 1-week highs on concern slowing Ivory Coast cocoa exports will tighten global supplies. While government data shows Ivory Coast farmers shipped 1.11...

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25 ) today is up +130 (+1.16%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25 ) is up +30 (+0.33%). Cocoa prices today are moving higher and posted 1-week highs on concern slowing Ivory Coast cocoa exports will tighten global supplies. While government data shows Ivory Coast...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) form the backbone of emerging economies. This is especially true in Ghana, where they represent around 90% of registered businesses and contribute significantly to employment and the economy of the west African nation.

In 2024, 18 elections took place on the African continent, from Senegal to South Africa, Algeria to Ghana, with the results an equal mix of democratic success stories and challenges still to overcome.

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25 ) Friday closed up +101 (+0.91%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25 ) closed up +46 (+0.51%). Cocoa prices Friday settled moderately higher. Friday's weaker dollar sparked some short covering in cocoa futures. Shrinking global cocoa stockpiles are also bullish for prices. ICE-monitored cocoa...

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25 ) today is up +141 (+1.26%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25 ) is up +76 (+0.85%). Cocoa prices today are moderately higher. Today's weaker dollar has sparked some short covering in cocoa futures. Shrinking global cocoa stockpiles are also bullish for prices. ICE-monitored...

Thousands of traders face ruin after blaze razes two-thirds of Accra’s Kantamanto, which receives an estimated 15m used clothes from global north each week

Ghana's informal economy has suffered an enormous blow after a fire engulfed the Kantamanto used clothes market in the capital on Thursday, destroying more than 100 shops and goods worth millions of the local cedi currency. Thousands of traders have lost their livelihoods.

Ghana recently granted citizenship to 524 people from the Black diaspora, and most were Black Americans

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25 ) Thursday closed down -538 (-4.61%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25 ) closed down -169 (-1.85%). Cocoa prices Thursday closed sharply lower as a rally in the dollar index (DXY00 ) to a 2-year high spurred long liquidation in cocoa futures. Losses in...