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🚨Ghana 🇬🇭 and Colombia 🇨🇴 have signed a landmark agreement to link the Port of Tema with the Port of Cartagena, creating direct maritime trade between West Africa and Latin America.
The deal, signed in Bogotá, is expected to boost trade and strengthen economic ties.
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🚨Ofankor-Nsawam road project update.
Second Layer Of Asphalt Underway on The Kpobiman Road Flyover.
🎥: BenArcherTV
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🚨 Ghana 🇬🇭 has reached an agreement with Belarusian 🇧🇾 mining equipment manufacturers to send a delegation to the country next week to explore investment opportunities.
Discussions are expected to cover mining, logistics, road, railway and transport development.
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🚨Ghana 🇬🇭 has secured an arrangement with Belarus 🇧🇾for the supply of 1,840 agricultural machines and equipment.
The equipment will provide mechanisation services to farmers under the Feed Ghana Programme and strengthen agricultural productivity.
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🚨 Ghana's largest oil refinery, Sentuo Refinery, to receive 1 million barrels of crude oil from the Jubilee Field for local processing, marking the first time Jubilee crude has been refined at the facility.
This is expected expand Ghana’s downstream petroleum capacity.
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🚨 Government is pushing for an early completion of the planned AKSA 900MW combined-cycle power plant in Takoradi.
While the project is currently scheduled for December 2027, developers have been directed to accelerate works and target completion by September 2027.
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🚨 Update.
Ghana’s first freight locomotives and container wagons are expected to arrive in July, with operations beginning in August.
The new rail service will move containers between Km55 and Tema Port in just 58 mins, each locomotive can haul up to 50 40-foot containers.
🚨 Ghana 🇬🇭 is acquiring new locomotives and 2 wagons from the UK 🇬🇧 to strengthen passenger and freight rail transport.
Government says technical teams are currently inspecting the equipment before shipment, with the move expected to improve cargo haulage and rail efficiency.
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🚨 Ghana 🇬🇭 and South Korea 🇰🇷 have outlined plans to deepen cooperation.
This year, the two countries will open a new university in Ghana, establish a West Africa Hyundai automotive manufacturing plant and launch new solar irrigation systems.
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🚨 Ghana will begin refining crude oil from its own offshore fields at the Tema Oil Refinery this month, marking a major step in local value addition.
Government says the first shipment of Ghanaian crude will be delivered to TOR for processing instead of export.
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🚨 Ghana 🇬🇭 to build one of the world’s and Africa's largest gold refineries with a 600-tonne capacity.
Sod-cutting and construction is expected in 2026, with completion targeted for 2027. The refinery will also refine gold from Burkina Faso 🇧🇫, Togo 🇹🇬 and others.
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🚨 The Accra-Kumasi Expressway project is making steady progress, with about 51km of the corridor already cleared by the Ghana Armed Forces.
Compensation payments to affected residents are expected to begin in June after assessments by the state agencies are completed.
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🚨 Ghana’s Tema Oil Refinery has received 1 million barrels of Bonga crude aboard MT Cap Felix as refining operations ramp up.
The low-sulphur crude is expected to yield substantial volumes of LPG, gasoline, diesel, kerosene, ATK and fuel oil for Ghana and regional markets.
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🚨 Ghana 🇬🇭 has signed an MoU with Canadian 🇨🇦 firm Portage Energy Group to convert municipal waste into clean electricity and Sustainable Aviation Fuel.
The project, centered around the Kpone landfill site, is expected to generate up to 25MW of power per facility.
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🚨 Ghana 🇬🇭 will review South Africa's 🇿🇦 Gold Fields’ mining lease under stricter terms as it nears expiry; renewals will no longer be automatic.
Gold Fields must submit detailed plans for technical and ministerialreview before any extension decision.
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Source: reuters.com/world/africa/gha…
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🚨 Concrete casting on the new expansion lanes leading toward Lapaz and Kasoa is nearly complete.
Work has now shifted to the opposite side of the interchange toward Tema, where massive T-beams are currently being laid.
🎥: @exploringmann
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Watch the full video here. 👇🏾
First Concrete Section Completed at Tetteh Quarshie Interchange Expansion
youtu.be/v6ScAzsW0XU
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🚨 Update.
The proposed 1,000MW nuclear power plant is moving closer to reality as government says it is now in the process of signing a bilateral agreement for the construction.
The plant will serve as a baseload power source, while a construction roadmap is expected in the coming months.
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You can read more here. 👇🏾 gbcghanaonline.com/general/g…
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