Anglogold Ashanti-Obuasi holds first graduate trainee graduation ceremony

The country risks losing billions of dollars in mining investment and ceding ground to regional rivals unless it eases its fiscal burden and restores investor confidence in the security of mining leases, the Ghana Chamber of Mines has warned.

Forty-five years after its creation, the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme has registered 50,000 products for duty-free access, yet intra-regional trade barely clears 12 per cent. A hard look at the levies, legal obligations and political will standing between aspiration and market reality.

Air pollution is imposing a significant and growing economic burden on the country, with the Ghana Sustainable Cities Strategy estimating the cost at about US$2.5 billion annually.

The government has secured a US$28 million investment from the Republic of Korea to expand digital Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education, marking a new phase in efforts to equip Ghanaian students with skills for the digital economy.