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Democracy Cup 2026: Speaker receives trophy as Hearts, Kotoko gear up for decisive clash
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The countdown to the 2026 Democracy Cup has officially begun after the Right Honourable Speaker of Parliament received the trophy for this year’s edition, setting the stage for the third showdown between Ghana’s football giants, Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko.
The prestigious match is scheduled for Friday, August 28, 2026 at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.
The Democracy Cup was conceived and championed by the Speaker as a platform to promote national unity through football.
With the first two editions split evenly, anticipation is high. Asante Kotoko won the inaugural Democracy Cup in 2024, while Hearts of Oak responded with victory in 2025.
This year’s clash will therefore be decisive. The winner will take a permanent lead in the head-to-head record of the tournament.
At the trophy handover ceremony, the Speaker expressed profound gratitude to the Ghana Football Association and the leadership of both clubs for supporting the vision behind the Democracy Cup.
He urged players, officials, and supporters to see the match beyond rivalry and treat it as a celebration of Ghana’s democratic values.
“A football match, like an election, has winners and losers, but the bond of our nation must never break at the final whistle,” he stated.
“Let us show the world that Ghana can compete fiercely yet remain united, peaceful, and proud. I urge all Ghanaians to come out in numbers to Baba Yara and witness a spectacle that reflects the true spirit of our democracy,” he added.
The Speaker noted that the Democracy Cup goes beyond sport, serving as a reminder of civic responsibility, peaceful coexistence, and national pride.
With Ghana’s two biggest clubs set to battle it out in Kumasi, organizers expect a massive turnout. Football fans, political leaders, and dignitaries are expected to converge on the Baba Yara Stadium for what many are already calling one of the most memorable Super Clashes in Ghanaian football history.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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
