Mahama Breaks Ground on $137m Floating Dry Dock at Takoradi Port
President Mahama has cut the sod for a US$137 million floating dry dock at Takoradi Port, a 25-year concession meant to make Ghana a West African ship repair hub.
President Mahama has cut the sod for a US$137 million floating dry dock at Takoradi Port, a 25-year concession meant to make Ghana a West African ship repair hub.
Ghana’s Treasury bill auction on 6 November attracted GH¢5.01bn in bids against a GH¢3.54bn target, with GH¢4.11bn accepted and most of it in 91-day paper.
President Mahama has met Boeing officials over Ghana’s plan to re-establish a national airline, with preliminary studies confirming the project is viable and a road map agreed.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies says Ghana collected GH¢63.38bn less than the regional average in 2025, blaming weak mining revenue, port leakages and tax exemptions.
Ghana’s Office of the Registrar of Companies will strike unrenewed business names off its register after January 17, 2027, with trading under a cancelled name made unlawful.
Queen Máxima, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Financial Health, has called for a Financial Health Council in Ghana as a new 2027-2031 strategy is drafted.
Government and the Association of Ghana Industries met in Tamale to push for factories, cheaper loans and jobs in the Northern Region as Ghana’s economy stabilises.
GRIDCo and ECG say Kumasi’s AFD-funded transmission upgrade will be done by end-November 2026, bringing a new 161kV line and an end to daytime power cuts.
Ghana’s Treasury accepted GH¢1.92bn at the 30 October auction despite GH¢2.55bn in bids, missing its GH¢2.45bn target as it rejected higher-rate offers on the one-year bill.
The Ghana Revenue Authority has been named Public Relations Organisation of the Year 2025 in the public sector category at the IPR Ghana Excellence Awards in Koforidua.