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Two years of impacting lives…untold story of Tina Muulikaa
It all started two years ago in fulfillment of her dream and since then, there has been no turning back.
Through her Tina Reports on YouTube, she tells the untold stories in rural Ghana, and for the past two years, she has told compelling stories in rural areas that were seemingly totally forgotten.
For years, Ernestina Muulikaa, has facilitated social change, developmentand impacted many lives.Also, extending a hand to the less privileged and marginalised in society as a core value.
Sharing her story with The Spectator, she said “I feel proud of myself, without partnership or support, I have applied whatever I learnt as Development Communication student to pursue my dreams of impacting the downtrodden positively.”
According to her, on Ocotber 16, 2019, she woke up one day and told her cousin, a cameraman, to follow her to the Northern Region, after she had recuperated from a terrible accident.
By so doing, she decided to put spotlight on those pitiable condition and serve them to the best of her ability, ie to serve humanity.
Background
Tina, as she is affectionately called was born in Ahafo Hwidiem, in the Ahafo Region of Ghana.
She is a Dagao (Dagarti), who hails from Upper West Region, her mother, Madam Jacqueline Muulikaa, a trader hails from Jirapa, and her father, Mr.John Muulikaa a former Principal Accountant at St.Elizabeth Catholic Hospital at Hwediem, is a native of Lawra.
Tina has four siblings, two boys and two girls.
Education
Ernestina Muulikaa started her educational journey from Ola Preparatory School at Hwidiem, and continued to Ola Girls’ Senior High School at Kenyase in Ahafo.
Eager to pursue higher educaion, she went to African University College of Communication (AUCC) for Diploma in Communication Studies, in 2005.
With the desire to get to the top, she proceeded to Central Univsersity where she studied Business Administration, Management option, and later had her internship and service with Joy FM and TV3 respectively.
She later went back to do her Masters in Develoment Communication at the Ghana Institute of Journalism.
The rural mission
The project she has embarked has helped communities get access to potable water, and improved deprived conditions in some villages in the country.
fufu in one of the villages
some items to a community
to reach a remote village
She has donated relief items including food and clothing to 488 alleged witches and wizards at Tendan witches camp, a family suffering from a strange disease at Kawu in Upper West, relief items to flood victims, and continues to supoort many people.
Challenges
According to her, some of the villages are hard to reach, as a result, they have to walk miles to reach various communities.
She has listed lack of fiancial support, language barriers, mode of transportation, potable water and network among others as factors impeding her work.
Recounting one difficult moment, she said that they were in the middle of their journey and unfortunately run out of water, and had to drink from a stream which was not wholesome.
“When you get the report to those in authority, most of the times nothing is done about it and it’s frustrating,” she said.
Regardless of these challenges, Tina Muulikaa says, the love for humanity, and looking back at Ahafo Hwidiem where she was born and raised, motivates her to do more.
Future
Though there had been times she wanted to give up as a result of frustation, she is looking at how to increase the base of her team and bring more people to light.
She has called on corporate Ghana to come on board to help Tina Report achieve its aim.
Tina Muulikaa encouraged people to get onto her channel, watch the stories and support some of the deprived communites and urged those who were well to do to organise themselves and go back to their villages to help eradicate the hardship others are facing.
Leisure
Tina who fellowships with the Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Accra and loves Tuo Zaafi, fufu and Tubaani, listens to music and watches YouTube videos at her leisure time.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The Global Network of Export-Import Banks and Development Finance Institutions (G-NEXID) successfully held its sixth (6th) Exchange Programme, hosted by the Ghana Export – Import Bank (GEXIM) Bank in Accra from March 22 to 23 March.
The event brought together member institutions, partner organisations and Ghanaian public entities to advance dialogue on South-South trade, investment and development finance, while also creating opportunities for knowledge-sharing and institutional cooperation.
Organised as a capacity-building and networking platform, the 2026 edition of the G-NEXID Exchange focused on GEXIM’s experience in developing innovative solutions to promote intra-African and extra-African trade.
It also highlighted trade and investment opportunities in Ghana, particularly in the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and broader national development initiatives.
The Exchange Programme forms part of G-NEXID’s mandate to foster cooperation among export-import banks and development finance institutions in support of South-South trade and investment.
This 6th edition follows earlier successful programmes hosted by India Exim Bank (2016), BNDES (2017), Indonesia Eximbank (2018), Afreximbank (2019) and Saudi EXIM Bank (2025).
On the first day, participants were presented with G-NEXID institutional information and received an update on the Network’s 2026 work programme.
There were a series of substantive presentations, including an overview of the Ghanaian economy by the Ministry of Finance, with particular attention to debt-related challenges; a presentation by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), on investment opportunities in the country; and institutional presentations by GEXIM and Development Bank Ghana (DBG) on their respective mandates, initiatives, products and services.
Discussions during the sessions underscored strong interest in sector-focused webinars and business dialogues, particularly in agribusiness value chains such as poultry and rice.
Participants also emphasized the importance of continued information exchange and the sharing of best practices, especially in the area of guarantees.
The second day opened with a presentation on the 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme, a national economic transformation strategy launched by President John Dramani Mahama in July 2025.
The initiative aims to enhance economic productivity through continuous industrial activity, accelerated export development and strategic import substitution.
As the programme is expected to mobilise both private and development capital, it presents concrete opportunities for G-NEXID members in areas such as co-financing, guarantees, trade finance and technical cooperation.
The programme also featured institutional presentations by guest organisations, namely the African Guarantee and Economic Cooperation Fund (FAGACE) and the West African Development Bank (BOAD), which shared their mandates, initiatives, products and services.
Following these exchanges, the G-NEXID Secretariat held bilateral discussions with both institutions as part of the Network’s ongoing membership drive.
Participants further benefited from a presentation by the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB), as well as a showcase of GEXIM’s key pipeline projects.
On the margins of the Exchange Programme, G-NEXID members also held their 20th Annual General Assembly Meeting to review progress and discuss strategic priorities.
Following the event, participants joined the GEXIM@10 International Conference, held from March 24-25, 2026 under the theme, “A Decade of Enabling Export Trade and Industrial Transformation: Resetting GEXIM for the Next Frontier.”
The conference provided an important platform for exploring how Ghana can strengthen its transition from a primary commodity exporter to a more competitive player in value-added trade and industrial development.
Source – G-NEXID
President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, signed five bills including three amendment bills passed by Parliament into law.
They are: Security and Intelligence Agencies Bill, 2025; University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences Bill, 2025; Ghana Deposit Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Growth and Sustainability Levy (Amendment) Bill, 2026; and Education Regulatory Bodies (Amendment) Bill, 2026.
In a brief remark after assenting to the bills, President Mahama explained that the Security and Intelligence Agencies Act, 2026, scraps the Office of Minister of National Security and frees the President’s to appoint any Minister to supervise the security agencies.
He said it also reverses the name of the office of National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), to the original name, Bureau of National Intelligence, (BNI).
This the President said, addresses the confusion between that security agency and a well-known Ghanaian financial institution, the National Investment Bank.
President Mahama also noted that the University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences Act, 2026, establishes another University in the Eastern Region, at Bonsu, with three campuses – the main campus at Bonsu in the Eastern Region, with the second campus to be cited at Ohawu in the Oti Region.
The third, the Presdient assed will be located at Acherensua in the Ahafo Region.
Touching on the Amendment to the Growth and Sustainability Levy Act, the President said, “As you’re aware, the act was amended to increase it from 1% to 3%, and so this act reduces it again. That is the levy on mining companies. It reduces it again to 1%, because of the introduction of the sliding scale of royalties.”
He also spoke to the passage of the Government Education Regulatory Bodies Amendment Act, emphasising that amends Act 1023 to grant greater flexibility to private tertiary institutions and the option to Charter.
The Ghana Deposit Protection Amendment Act, the President concluded, is an amendment to an original act that was supposed to guarantee deposits held in commercial banks or financial institutions.
It basically expands protection to include mobile money wallets and other digital platforms, ensuring a wider scope of digital financial assets are secured.
The signing ceremony, was witnessed by the Clerk of Parliament, Mr. Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, Secretary to the President, Dr Callistus Mahama, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Dr Dominic Akrutinga Ayine, Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, Joyce Bawa Mogtari, a Senior Presidential Advisor and a Special Aide to the President, Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, and the Vice President, Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang.
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