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The 2024 soybean production season came with its fair share of challenges, particularly an unexpected drought that threatened yields across farming communities, especially in the Northern and Upper regions of the country. Despite these tough conditions, farmers working with Chi-Gaba found hope through timely interventions by Newage Agric Solutions Ltd under the HAPPY Program. Chi-Gaba is a social enterprise committed to supporting farmers with inputs for maize, soya and rice production throughout-grower schemes, which started as a flagship production unit of Newage Agric Solutions Ltd. Chi-Gaba received input support for their farmers under the HAPPY Program for the 2024 production…

play videoSpecial Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng and NDC National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketiah The National Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has called for the scrapping of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).According to Asiedu Nketiah, the OSP, as he predicted, has proven to be ineffective in the fight against corruption in the country.He suggested that the OSP should be scrapped and its resources used to separate the Office of the Attorney General and the Ministry of Justice because an independent Attorney General is key to fighting corruption and not a Special Prosecutor.“If the Constitution…

Residents of Asubuasu in the Sekyere Central District of the Ashanti Region are protesting the activities of nomadic herdsmen in the community that has since destroyed vast farmlands. The aggrieved residents, who are primarily farmers, have over the years endured what they describe as “torture” from the herders invading their source of livelihoods. The sway animals are said to have polluted the only water source in the area, forcing residents to purify water collected from the same source with chemicals like alum. Residents of Asubuasu took to the streets of the community clad in red head gear and armbands, wielding…

People carry bags of cocoa at a cocoa exporter’s in Abidjan, on July 3, 2019. – In June key producers Ivory Coast and Ghana threatened to stop selling their production to buyers unwilling to meet a minimum price of $2,600 per tonne. The two African nations — which together account for 60 percent of the world’s cocoa production — want to end a situation where cocoa producers make only $6 billion in a global chocolate market worth around $100 billion. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP) (Photo credit should read SIA KAMBOU/AFP via Getty Images) Opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP)…

Member of Parliament for Akuapem North, Samuel Awuku, has weighed in on the ongoing debate about hooliganism in Ghanaian football, stressing the need to address poor officiating as a major contributing factor. Speaking on the floor of Parliament, the former Director General of the National Lottery Authority emphasized that while efforts to curb violence in football are necessary, the role of refereeing decisions cannot be overlooked. “You cannot separate acts of vandalism, hooliganism, and fan riots from poor officiating. Across the world, whenever you see clashes among fans, a controversial refereeing decision is often at the heart of it,” Awuku…

Manasseh Azure Awuni, an investigative journalist, has urged government to return sanitation resources to local assemblies rather than sending them to Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a waste management company.He said that the nation has not been kept clean by the current system, which directs billions of cedis into contracts with Zoomlion.“The assemblies should be given back their resources to manage sanitation instead of the government channeling the funds to Zoomlion. If the assemblies need services, they can hire groups like BuzStopBoys to help,” he wrote in a social media post on Wednesday, February 19.He also criticised Zoomlion’s long-standing relationship with successive…

President John Dramani Mahama, on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, inaugurated the 9th Council of State of the 4th Republic of Ghana.Article 89 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana provides for the creation of a Council of State, whose role is to “counsel the president in the performance of his functions.”The article also specifies the composition of the Council of State with 14 appointees of the president including the President of the National House of Chiefs, and one elected regional representative from each region of the country.Among the 14 appointees, there must be a former Chief Justice, a former Chief of…

Nana Ekua, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2024 campaign spokesperson on health, has raised questions about the recent withdrawal of criminal cases by the Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine.Speaking on Accra-based GHOne TV on Wednesday, February 19, she said the mass discontinuation of cases involving NDC members, contradicts the ruling party’s anti-corruption stance.“There was a mass clearing exercise that happened, and for a political party that criticized the previous government heavily on that note, I mean, it is a little hypocritical,” she stated.Her comments come in the wake of the Attorney General’s decision to file a series of nolle prosequi,…

At least eight illegal miners have been arrested for invading the Potroase section of the Atewa Forest Reserve. The arrests were made through the collaborative efforts of guards from the Forestry Commission at Kyebi and a volunteer youth group from Potroase in the Eastern Region. This comes just days after the Rapid Response Unit of the Forestry Commission set four excavators ablaze, which belonged to a small-scale miner. The Eastern Regional Director of the Forestry Commission, Isaac Noble Eshun, who visited the site where the eight miners were arrested, disclosed that the operation took place while the suspects were actively…

From trading in a tiny room to partnering with Exness Team Pro, Kojo Forex’s story is one of grit, determination, and a relentless pursuit of knowledge. His commitment to empowering others has made him a leading force and inspiration for Ghana’s new generation of traders.Your technical analysis is very well–regarded. Does this mean you’re team ‘technical’? What are your thoughts on fundamentals? I’d say I’m about 80% technical, and the remaining 20% focusing on fundamentals. But my approach has evolved over time. Initially, I was a scalper chasing quick profits in short timeframes. Eventually, I realised that sustainable trading requires…