Tag: Gold

Ghana Seeks to Turn Gold into a Bigger Source of Economic Leverage

Ghana is seeking to leverage rising gold production through formalisation, local refining…

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Ghana To Introduce Gold Traceability System To Track Mine Sources

Ghana is set to acquire a modern gold traceability system to verify…

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Ghana to Secure 30% of Large-Scale Gold Output for Strategic Reserves

Under the arrangement, GoldBod will serve as a principal implementing institution, purchasing…

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Gold Dominates Ghana’s Export Basket, While Cocoa Does Much of the Heavy Lifting for Food Trade

Ghana recorded a GH¢7.2 billion food trade surplus in 2024, but cocoa…

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Gold Has Been Ghana’s Export Leader for Nearly Two Decades—Now It Dominates

Gold accounted for 63.1% of Ghana’s merchandise exports in 2025, up from…

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Gold Dominance Raises Concerns Over Ghana’s Export Resilience – GSS

Ghana’s growing reliance on gold, which accounted for 63.1 percent of exports…

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GSS Urges Refining Gold, and Processing Cocoa to Cut Trade Vulnerabilities

The statistical Service calls for more domestic value addition, fuel refining and…

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Ghana’s Biggest African Trade Partner Is Now Its Most Politically Fraught One

Ghana’s largest African trade relationship with South Africa, driven by gold exports,…

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Gold Tightens Its Grip on Ghana’s Exports as Diversification Gap Widens

Ghana’s export earnings in 2025 remained heavily concentrated in gold, cocoa and…

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NRGI Warns Gold Boom Masks Petroleum Sector, Governance Risks

NRGI says Ghana’s gold-driven fiscal gains mask declining petroleum production and governance…

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Gov’t Must Avoid Mistaking Spending Cuts and Gold Strength for Lasting Economic Capacity — C-NERGY

C-NERGY warns Ghana’s recovery must move beyond spending cuts and gold gains,…

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Could the Gold Boom Be Masking Ghana’s Real Economy? Analyst Pushes for a ‘Non-Gold GDP’ Metric

Policy analyst Alfred Appiah wants Ghana to adopt non-gold GDP and non-gold…

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