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  The first quarter (Q1) of 2021 saw the Ghana Stock Exchange top the African stock market with an annual return of 14.62% in dollar term for investors. The performance of the market translated into an improved market capitalization of GH¢57.16 billion at the end of March this year. The …

Ghana’s local currency has ended the first quarter of 2021 on a high note with a year-to-date appreciation of 0.6 percent to the US dollar. This means the Ghanaian cedi has outperformed some other prevalent 15 currencies in Africa making it the best performing currency. These include the Egyptian pound, …

Bafana Bafana coach Molefi Ntseki has been sacked, South Africa Football Association (Safa) announced on Wednesday. This follows Sunday’s 2-0 defeat to Sudan in Omdurman that saw Bafana fail to qualify for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) when a draw would have seen the South Africans reach the …

Popular flamboyant Malawian Prophet, Shepherd Bushiri on Monday announced the passing of his and wife Mary’s first-born child, Israella Bushiri. Bushiri took to his social media pages to announce the news, revealing that the little girl had been treated at a hospital in Kenya. In a post published on 18 …

President Akufo-Addo has left Ghana for the “Focus Africa 2023” Conference in Madrid, Spain. The President left on Sunday, March 28, 2021. He is travelling with Foreign Affairs Minister Shirley Ayorkor-Botchwey. Focus Africa 2023, an in-person conference, defines Spanish foreign action in Africa until 2023, and forms part of the …

  Two Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) scientists – Dr Christopher Larbie of the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology and Dr Anthony Afum-Agyei Awuah of the Department of Molecular Medicine – have been selected as part of the 6th cohort Affiliates of the African Academy of Sciences …

  Ghana have booked a place in the AFCON tournament despite a laboured performance against South Africa in Johannesburg. Mohammed Kudus scored the opener early in the second half and Percy Tau got the equalizer for the hosts a few minutes after. Here are the five things we learned Wakaso …

  The Black Stars of Ghana secured a vital point away against South Africa in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier to seal qualification to the next edition of the African Cup of Nations. Mohammed Kudus goal in the opening minutes in the second half was cancelled by South Africa’s …

Welcome to the Live Updates of the 2022 AFCON qualifying game between South Africa vs Ghana. The Bafana Bafana boys from South Africa take on the Black Stars at the FnB Stadium in Johannesburg at 16:00 GMT. Ghana defeated the South Africans by 2-0 in the first leg at Cape …

Ghana held their first training session in Johannesburg ahead of the crunchy 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa on Thursday. The Black Stars touched down in the Rainbow nation in the early hours Wednesday for the penultimate Group C clash against the Bafana Bafana at the FNB …