By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Jeune Afrique
The National Democratic Congress, in power in Ghana, is preparing for the 2028 presidential election and its first manoeuvres to succeed John Dramani Mahama. According to Jeune Afrique, these manoeuvres have already begun within the party.
Former Bayelsa governor Henry Seriake Dickson, national leader of the NDC, accuses politicians who defected to the APC of giving the ruling party a mandate it did not win at the ballot box. He calls on supporters to mobilise peacefully for the 2027 elections, according to P.M. News.
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Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama plans to invest more than $9 billion between 2027 and 2030 in sectors with high job-creation potential under the “New Economy” policy. The programme is to be detailed in the 2027 national budget, presented on 12 November, according to MyJoyOnline.
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Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama plans 10 million cedis in the 2027 budget to launch the Media Development Fund. The allocation is intended to fund journalists’ welfare, training and investigative journalism, among other areas, according to 3News.
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Ghana is testing a digital bed management system to direct patients to facilities with available capacity. President John Dramani Mahama also announced emergency capacity equivalent to 10% of functional beds, according to the Ghanaian Times.
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In Ghana, the One Million Coders programme faces the ITUGhana is using the ITU’s PP-26 conference in Doha to promote its One Million Coders programme. According to the Ghanaian Times, 46,330 certificates have been issued and 107 of 118 learning centres are operational.
Orji Kalu says he funded the PDP and Obasanjo’s travelsSenator Orji Uzor Kalu says he funded meetings, planes and fees when the People’s Democratic Party was formed, before being abandoned by the party. He also says he funded former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s travels after Obasanjo’s release, according to an interview with Arise Television.The week in Africa
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