Kofi Ahovi

 The Women in Poultry Value Chain (WIPVaC-Apex Ghana) has marked World Egg Day with an egg donation to the La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal Assembly, calling for increased support for women in the poultry industry to boost production, create jobs and strengthen Ghana’s food security. The donation formed part of the organisation’s corporate social responsibility activities aimed at promoting egg consumption, raising public awareness of its nutritional benefits and strengthening relationships with stakeholders. The National President of WIPVaC, Mavis Wobill, said the celebration was an opportunity to recognise the enormous contribution of eggs to nutrition, livelihoods and food security, while highlighting the important role women play in poultry production. She said women in the poultry value chain remained critical to ensuring access to nutritious food for families and communities, adding that sustained support for local egg production was necessary to strengthen the industry and im...

 The Women in Poultry Value Chain (WIPVaC-Apex Ghana) and the African Women in Animal Resources Farming and Agribusiness Network Ghana (AWARFA-N Ghana) have called for increased egg consumption and stronger support for local poultry farmers, particularly women, to improve nutrition, create jobs and strengthen Ghana’s food security. The calls were made during activities to mark World Egg Day 2026, which highlighted the nutritional benefits of eggs and the contribution of the poultry industry to livelihoods and economic development. As part of its corporate social responsibility activities, WIPVaC donated eggs to the La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal Assembly in recognition of the Assembly’s support for the organisation, including the provision of office space for its regional meetings. The organisation also extended its outreach to the Madina Market, where it distributed boiled eggs to kayayei (head porters) to promote awareness of the nutritional benefits of egg consumption. The Nat...

  Government has challenged MTN Ghana to position its newly launched MTN One TV as more than a streaming platform by investing in local content, talent development and the wider creative industry ecosystem. Deputy Minister for Communications, Digital Technology and Innovation, Mohammed Adams Sukparu, said the platform should not only distribute Ghanaian content but also help creators earn sustainable incomes and build viable businesses from their work. Speaking at the launch of MTN One TV, Sukparu, who represented the sector Minister, Sam George, said Ghanaian creative works had already demonstrated their ability to travel beyond the country. Our creatives have demonstrated that Ghanaian stories can travel,” he said. “The question is how we ensure that these stories reach wider markets while creators receive fair and sustainable value from their work,” he added. He said the growth of digital technology had fundamentally changed how creative content was produced, distributed and con...

  MTN Ghana has launched MTN One TV, a new digital entertainment platform aimed at giving Ghanaian filmmakers and content creators wider access to audiences while opening new opportunities to monetise their productions. The platform will host a mix of local, African and international content, including linear channels, video-on-demand programmes, series and drama productions. Chief Digital Officer of MTN Ghana, Ibrahim Misto, said the platform formed part of the company’s transformation from a traditional telecommunications provider into a broader digital platform business. MTN evolved from just years back connecting people and then providing just voice and data, today to becoming a platform business where we help customers, enterprises, governments, providing connectivity, providing financial services and then also digital services and platform business towards enhancing the digital economy,” he said. Misto said MTN One TV was being positioned as a home for local productions and w...

  The Ghana Chamber of Mines has urged Reuters to revise its report on the proposed Minerals and Mining Bill, 2026, saying the publication should clarify that the State’s special-share powers already exist under Ghanaian law. The Chamber said the special-share provision highlighted in the Reuters report of September 30, 2026, is not a new legal requirement, although the proposed legislation seeks to re-enact the framework with tougher sanctions for non-compliance. In a statement issued on October 7, the Chamber said Section 60 of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703), already empowers the Minister responsible for mines to require a mining company to issue a special share to the Republic for no consideration. The provision, it explained, gives the State consent rights over specified major corporate transactions. The power has therefore been part of Ghana’s mining legislation since 2006,” the Chamber stated. The clarification follows a Reuters report headlined “Ghana bill would...

  Bank of Ghana data shows that in June 2026 alone, Ghanaians made 954 million mobile-money transactions worth GH¢492.9 billion, up from GH¢323.2 billion in the same month a year earlier. Yet only 37% of Ghanaian businesses accept or use digital payments at all, according to a 2024 census of 1.9 million businesses by the Ghana Statistical Service, ISSER and ReFinD . The rails are built. The question now is what businesses can do with them. That gap is not just about adoption. The 2024 census found that where businesses do take digital payments, the use of a proper merchant account is associated with stronger revenue growth, higher employment and greater formalization. That distinction matters. Bank of Ghana puts Ghana at 26 million active mobile-money accounts and 546,000 active agents. The opportunity is therefore no longer simply to increase payment adoption. It is to close the distance between a consumer rail that works and merchant acceptance that has not kept pace. It is abou...