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We spent about $35,000 for my 40th birthday trip to Ghana. It was worth every penny.
I celebrated my 40th birthday in Ghana with nine of my closest friends. We spent about $35,000 on t…
Ashlee Tuck
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Five-feet-tall 'tentacles' of second-hand clothes are building up in Ghana's beaches, destroying fisheries
Being the world’s largest importer of used clothing might seem like business is booming, but this a…
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Highest sovereign defaults in 2022, two in 2023: Moody's
Global credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service on Friday said that 2022 saw a spike in the a…
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Inside Ghana's largest secondhand clothing market, where 7.5 million pounds of donated garments arrive every week
Daniel Attoh and Modestus Zame / Kashif Khan Productions
Isaiah Reynolds,Emily Harger
Women shea butter-makers in Ghana are fighting for their livelihoods
Women in Ghana have been turning shea nuts into butter for centuries. People across Africa have use…
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Meek Mill is facing backlash for filming a music video in Ghana's equivalent of the White House
"To the people of Ghana no video I drop is ever meant to disrespect the people of Ghana," said Mill…
Barnaby Lane
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Ghana declares outbreak of Marburg virus, a deadly and contagious disease like Ebola, which officials are trying to contain
This is the second instance of the virus causing an outbreak in West Africa. Two people have died s…
Marianne Guenot
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I became a virtual assistant as a college student. These are my 4 tips for getting started.
Christina Jane became a virtual assistant as an undergraduate after working part time for Amazon. S…
Christina Jane
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Debt-ridden Ghana plans to buy oil with gold instead of dollars, as foreign currency reserves dwindle to an alarming low
Ghana's gross international reserves stood at $6.6 billion as of end-September — just enough to cov…
Huileng Tan
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Web3 entrepreneurs in Ghana and Zimbabwe are showing how crypto can be used for social good
African fintech startups focus on blockchain's use cases, like cross-border payments and ID verific…
Lisa Kailai Han
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Ghana looks to exact revenge on serial biter Luis Suarez in Qatar, 12 years after infamous handball broke the African nation's heart
"The whole of Ghana hates him, and the whole of Africa hates him," said the former Ghana player Ibr…
Barnaby Lane
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A Ghana airport is fining airlines $3,500 for every passenger who is unvaccinated
Ghana is also fining airlines for every passenger who has a positive PCR test after arriving at Kot…
Sinéad Baker
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26-year-old YouTuber Douglas 'DLuxx' Tandoh reportedly died in a car accident
A popular Ghanaian YouTuber in the UK, Douglas "DLuxx" Tandoh, reportedly died in a car crash on Su…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
Ghana is a world leader in cocoa production. So why does it see just 2% of the $100 billion chocolate industry's profits?
In 2021, Ghana grew 1 million tons of cocoa. But it exported most of that to Europe and North Ameri…
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Ghana is using drones to deliver coronavirus vaccines to rural communities
Zipline has started delivering coronavirus vaccines via drone in Ghana as part of COVAX's first-eve…
Grace Dean
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Bank of Baroda closes subsidiary in Ghana
"We further advise in the matter that Bank of Baroda (Ghana) Ltd has surrendered its banking licens…
PTI
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At least 80 dead dolphins washed up on a beach in Ghana, and people have no idea why
People also found dead fish at another beach on the Ghanaian coast. Authorities have opened an inve…
Marianne Guenot
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Ujjwala inspires Ghana, India to assist Ghana in implementation of its LPG promotion policy
New Delhi, Jan 22 () Ghana wants to replicate the highly successful Ujjwala model of giving out coo…
PTI
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Ghana's health minister contracts COVID-19
In a state broadcast on Sunday night, President Nana Akufo-Addo said the health minister had "contr…
PTI
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A pregnant woman went into labor on a plane weeks before her due date, giving birth in the air between Ghana and the US
A United Airlines plane arrived into the US with a newborn passenger on board. A doctor and nurse o…