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Until Ghana Business News broke a story about Ghana having bought Israeli tech company, NSO’s dangerous Pegasus equipment, most Ghanaians were unaware, despite a court case involving former government officials. The case was focused on the purchase of the equipment and nothing about its usage. During the entire trial that …

With an unchanged score of 43 over 100 since 2020, Ghana ranks 73 among 180 countries on the Transparency International (TI) 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). According to TI, overall, the CPI shows that control of corruption has stagnated or worsened in 86 per cent of countries over the last …

Countries of the world won’t be able to achieve their own education targets by 2030. Sub-Saharan African countries won’t also be able to meet their Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) of ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all by 2030, a new report by …

The rider of the motorcycle said to be involved in the Appiatse explosion claims he did not collide with the explosive-carrying truck as being reported. He told the Ghana News Agency that he was rather hit by another vehicle from behind and rushed to a nearby health facility, before the …

Despite the established fact that Ghana bought the malevolent spyware of NSO, the Israeli tech company, Pegasus, there has never been any confirmation within the country that it has ever been used in the country. But Israeli media are reporting that Pegasus was used in Ghana in 2016. NSO has …

The $66 million SSNIT Operational Business Suite (OBS) trial has commenced with the State calling it’s first prosecution witness. Mr. Godson Kwadzo Ladzekpo, the first prosecution witness, was led in evidence by Mrs Yvonne Atakora Obuobisah, the Director of Public Prosecution. But Mr Samuel Cudjoe, one of the counsels of …

The ripples of COVID-19 won’t go away soon. The impacts would be felt for a long time, and for West Africa, a new report shows that the pandemic has increased extreme poverty. A joint report by the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS), the United Nations Economic Commission for …

Some 17 people have sadly been confirmed dead with 59 injured in the Apiate explosion yesterday afternoon. Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in a statement issued in Accra on Friday said 42 of the injured persons were receiving treatment in some health facilities in the Western Region. Vice President Mahamudu …

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, says the Electronic-levy component of the 2022 Budget will be re-submitted to Parliament for approval in January. This follows extensive consultation with stakeholders and the agreement reached with telecommunication operators to reduce Mobile Money charges by 0.25 per cent so as to reduce the …

The African Development Bank (AfDB) loaned Ghana some $156 million from its African Development Fund to construct the Fufulso-Sawla road and additional projects including schools, teachers’ quarters, clinics, lorry parks, markets, and water systems. The project was concluded on scheduled in 38 months and launched in August 2015. The Ghana …