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Financial skills like managing debt are key to success, but Ghana’s small businesses don’t have them

Financial literacy is vital for individuals and households. Simply put, it’s the ability to understand and effectively use various financial skills: budgeting, managing debt, making sound investments, and understanding financial statements.

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Eco-dome to stage William’s Earthshot Prize ceremony in South Africa

The finalists, from countries including France, Ghana, Indonesia and Nepal, are vying for a £1 million prize pot awarded to five category winners.

Evening Standard

Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey appointed Commonwealth secretary general

Ghana’s foreign minister since 2017, Botchwey supports calls for reparations for transatlantic slavery and colonialism

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Commonwealth Announces Ghana Foreign Minister As New Secretary General

The 56-nation Commonwealth announced Ghana's foreign minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey as the new secretary general of the organisation as a rancorous summit concluded in Samoa on Saturday.

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How Victor Lawrence Changed The Telecommunications Game

Two events — both occurring far from his birthplace in Ghana — sparked Victor Lawrence's interest in science while high school. And they both inspired him to become a top innovator in communications, too.

Investors Business Daily

‘I’m a creative military’: London embraces Ghanaian artist who chose to paint, not fight

On the verge of giving up on his artistic ambitions and under pressure to join the army, Michael Blebo was saved by an agency dedicated to bringing the art of Africa to collectors worldwide

The Guardian - UK

Ghana loses historic forts along its coastline to climate change

Ghana is gradually losing its historic forts along the 550-kilometer coastline to intense tidal waves from the Atlantic Ocean.

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Londoners sentenced for smuggling cannabis from Ghana in sacks of Gari powder

Gang was caught after detectives switched out cannabis for dummy packages and tracked their delivery

Evening Standard

UK deports record number of Nigerians and Ghanaians in single flight

Flight comes as news emerges of plan to send asylum seekers who arrive on Chagos Islands to British territory of Saint Helena

The Guardian - UK

Ghana grapples with crisis caused by world's throwaway fashion

This week's podcast focuses on textile waste from fast fashion. As cheap clothes from China, Asia and Europe increasingly end up in West Africa, pollution is rising – particularly in Ghana. RFI spoke to Greenpeace Africa investigators to understand the scale of the issue and how to combat it.

Radio France Internationale

Ghana’s informal settlements are not all the same – social networks make a difference in community development

Informal settlements in Africa are diverse. Across regions and even in the same city, socioeconomic and physical conditions vary. One thing is common though: upgrading them is a challenge.

The Conversation

Ghana needs to stop households from using firewood: what must be done

Cooking on firewood and coal increases air pollution and ill health. Some of the dangers include stunted growth in children and undernutrition in children and adults. Babies who’ve been exposed to charcoal and firewood smoke while in the womb can have reduced birth weight.

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University lecturers strike against illegal mining in Ghana

In tonight's edition: An indefinite strike is voted in Ghana by a major union whose members want to force the government to ban gold mining in forest reserves, farmlands and rivers. Also, we bring you an exclusive interview with Abdulwahid al-Nur, the leader of the Sudan Liberation Army Al-Nur, which…

France 24

Cocoa Prices Rally as Global Stockpiles Shrink

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) Thursday closed up +178 (+2.42%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) closed up +146 (+2.72%). Cocoa prices Thursday extended this week's rally to 1-week highs. A shrinking of global cocoa stockpiles is underpinning prices. ICE-monitored cocoa inventories held in US ports have...

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Cocoa Prices Underpinned by Shrinking Global Stockpiles

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) today is up +142 (+1.93%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) is up +107 (+1.99%). Cocoa prices today extended this week's rally to 1-week highs. A shrinking of global cocoa stockpiles is underpinning prices. ICE-monitored cocoa inventories held in US ports have...

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Cocoa Prices Finish Sharply Higher on Tight Global Supplies

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) Wednesday closed up +301 (+4.27%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) closed up +254 (+4.96%). Cocoa prices Wednesday jumped to 1-week highs and settled sharply higher as global cocoa stockpiles tightened. ICE-monitored cocoa inventories held in US ports have been trending lower...

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Cocoa Prices Jump to a 1-Week High as Global Supplies Tighten

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) today is up +324 (+4.60%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) is up +254 (+4.96%). Cocoa prices today jumped sharply to 1-week highs as global cocoa stockpiles tighten. ICE-monitored cocoa inventories held in US ports have been trending lower for the past...

France 24

Kenyan MPs vote to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua

Kenya's National Assembly has voted to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Some 281 MPs voted for the motion, with 44 voting against. Having fallen out of favour over the past year, Gachagua was criticised by both the opposition and deputies aligned with President William Ruto. Meanwhile, the civil war may…

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Cocoa Prices Push Higher on Tight Global Supplies

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) Tuesday closed up +142 (+2.06%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) closed up +89 (+1.77%). Cocoa prices Tuesday rallied on signs that global supplies remain tight. ICE-monitored cocoa inventories held in US ports have been trending lower for the past 15 months...

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Signs of Tight Global Supplies Boost Cocoa Prices

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) today is up +142 (+2.06%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) is up +86 (+1.71%). Cocoa prices today are moderately higher on signs that global supplies remain tight. ICE-monitored cocoa inventories held in US ports have been trending lower for the past...

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Cocoa Prices Fall Moderately as Supply Concerns Ease

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) Monday closed down -161 (-2.28%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) closed down -76 (-1.49%). Cocoa prices Monday settled moderately lower, with NY cocoa holding just above last Friday's 4-1/2 month nearest-futures low. Cocoa prices have been under pressure since last Wednesday...

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Supply Concerns Ease and Weigh on Cocoa Prices

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24) today is down -104 (-1.47%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24) is down -31 (-0.61%). Cocoa prices today are moderately lower, with NY cocoa holding just above last Friday's 4-1/2 month nearest-futures low. Cocoa prices have been under pressure since last Wednesday when the...

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Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo says security in Sahel has ‘worsened’ since French troops left

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said he hoped Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger would rejoin the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional bloc, in an interview with FRANCE 24. The decision of the military juntas in the three countries to withdraw from ECOWAS was a setback, and the security…

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Cocoa Prices Finish Higher as ICE Inventories Shrink

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) Friday closed up +39 (+0.55%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) closed up +52 (+1.03%). Cocoa prices recovered from early losses on Friday and posted moderate gains as tighter cocoa stockpiles sparked short covering in cocoa futures. ICE-monitored cocoa inventories held in...

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Cocoa Prices Recover as ICE Inventories Tighten

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) today is up +53 (+0.75%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) is up +64 (+1.27%). Cocoa prices today recovered from early losses and are moderately higher as tighter cocoa stockpiles sparked short covering in cocoa futures. ICE-monitored cocoa inventories held in US...

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