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2026 Ga Homowo festival peaceful –Nae Wulomo
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The Nae Wulomo, Nuumo Akwaa Mensah III, has described this year’s Homowo festival of the Ga Mashie people as one of the most peaceful and well-observed celebrations in recent years.
According to him, the festival was conducted without the tensions and disagreements that had characterised previous celebrations, particularly among chiefs, priests and other traditional groups.
“This year’s Homowo has been one of the peaceful Homowo celebrations I have had so far. It has also been one of the well-observed Homowo celebrations,” the Nae Wulomo told The Spectator.
He said the various traditional rites associated with Homowo had been duly observed, including the lifting of the ban on drumming and noise-making and other ceremonies leading up to the main celebration.
This year’s celebration also marked 200 years since the Katamanso War, with renewed emphasis on preserving and protecting Ga culture and history, particularly among the youth.
Nae Wulomo said the focus on the youth was necessary because of the increasing influence of foreign cultures and lifestyles on the younger generation.
He said traditional authorities had therefore adopted approaches that combined cultural activities with social events to attract more young people to the celebration.
According to him, activities such as Womba and other social events had helped to generate interest among the youth while exposing them to important aspects of Ga culture and tradition.
He noted that some of the youth-led processions and cultural displays provided an opportunity for young people to learn about traditional practices and understand their significance.
Nae Wulomo also used the occasion to caution the youth against drug abuse, describing substance abuse as a serious threat to the future of young people.
By Esinam Jemima Kuatsinu
President John Dramani Mahama will be joining African heads of state, business leaders, investors and innovators shaping Africa’s next chapter, at the inaugural Alamein Africa Forum scheduled to take place from 2nd to 4th October 2026 in the historic city of Alamein on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast.
The three-day Alamein Africa Forum is established as a permanent African Business Forum to convene biennially in Egypt.
It is to become the continent’s premier gathering where political power meets entrepreneurial prowess, bridging the established engines of African growth with the new sectors defining its future.
Co-organised by the Government of Egypt, African Export – Import Bank (Afreximbank), the African Union and AUDA-NEPAD, it is expected to bring together more than twenty (20) heads of state and government representatives alongside business leaders, bankers and development institutions.
Ghana’s President, who on 23rd September 2026 declared Ghana is open for business in New York after ringing the ceremonial closing bell at the Nasdaq Stock Market will be leading the Ghanaian delegation, to include the Minister for Trade, Agribusiness, and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu – Adjare, to the forum.
Other members of the Ghanaian delegation are the Head and Presidential Advisor for Ghana’s 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme, Hon. Augustus Goosie Tanoh, Ghana’s Special Envoy to the Alliance of Sahel States, Colonel Larry Gbevlo – Lartey alongside key Ghanaian private sector players.
Bringing together leaders in politics, business and policy from across the continent, the Alamein Africa Forum will provide a unique opportunity to shape Africa’s growth agenda by aligning policy and investment priorities, mobilising partnerships for implementation and strengthening financing and investment pathways.
The private sector must become an integral part of Agenda 2063, the African Union’s strategic fifty-year masterplan to transform the continent. The private sector is the core economic engine required to turn the African 2063 from an aspirational government roadmap into realized infrastructure, jobs, and value-added trade.
By Chris KONEY
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Contractors move to site to begin construction of 120-Bed Trauma Hospital at Bole – Felix Kwakye Ofosu
Minister for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has revealed that contractors have moved to site to begin construction of a 120-bed Specialised Trauma and Emergency Hospital at Bole in the Savannah Region.
According to the Minister, the 16,000 square metre facility will be equipped with modern medical infrastructure to provide emergency and trauma care.
The hospital will have a 24-hour Accident and Emergency Unit, trauma resuscitation bays, emergency operating theatres, an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and a High Dependency Unit (HDU).
It will also include specialised trauma wards, a burns treatment unit, orthopaedic and surgical units, as well as imaging and diagnostic facilities, among others.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
