The National Petroleum Authority recorded stronger financial performance in 2025, with revenue rising 43.09% to GH¢819.50 million and surplus climbing 75.89% to GH¢447.19 million.
COPEC projects marginal increases in petrol, diesel and LPG prices from September 1, 2026, despite a stronger cedi and slightly lower crude oil prices.
President Donald Trump says the United States has reached an agreement with Venezuela giving US interests majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves.
Ghana Chamber of Mines CEO Dr Ken Ashigbey is urging government to reduce taxes, power costs and other pressures affecting local gold refining as Ghana expands mineral value addition.
Ghana’s small scale miners have backed GoldBod’s local refining policy, arguing that higher operating costs should be weighed against jobs, value addition and wider economic benefits.
Ghana’s Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson says Africa’s industrialisation drive will struggle unless the continent fixes costly energy, weak utilities and macroeconomic risks that deter investment.
Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson says Africa’s battery industry will struggle without macroeconomic stability, local value addition, affordable energy and deeper regional integration.
Gold Fields’ Tarkwa mine generated US$278.5 million in adjusted free cash flow in the first half of 2026 as Ghana negotiates renewal of mining leases expiring in April 2027.
GoldBod CEO Sammy Gyamfi says the state gold trader has shifted gold purchases from the forex bureau rate to the interbank exchange rate, less 10 pesewas.
Former Sekondi MP Andrew Agyapa-Mercer warns that Ghana's extremely old transmission infrastructure needs massive financial resources to end nationwide blackouts.
ACEP Executive Director Benjamin Boakye is demanding a thorough investigation into the recurring trips on Ghana's power lines following a second nationwide blackout.
The 2026 AFREIKH Summer School has officially opened in Accra, challenging experts to rethink Managing Africa’s Extractive Future and shift from raw exports to real capabilities.