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Where the Money in Modern Football Comes From: Broadcast Billions, Commercial Empires and the Ghanaian Reality
Modern football runs on money that flows from three main pipelines: television screens, corporate boardrooms, and stadium turnstiles. At the elite level, the game has become…
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How Football Clubs Make Money: The Broadcast Billions, the Commercial Shift and Ghana’s Survival Struggle
A football club is not just a team. It is a business, and like any business,…
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How Football Agents Make Money: The Commission Machine, the FIFA Fee Cap and Ghana’s Unlicensed Agent Problem
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What Is a Release Clause in Football? The Contract Trick That Lets Players Leave—and Why Ghanaian Clubs Rarely Use It
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| Name | Last | Chg. | Chg. % |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD/GHS15 Nov 2026 | 11.75 | -0.01 | -0.07% |
| GBP/GHS15 Nov 2026 | 15.53 | -0.01 | -0.07% |
| EUR/GHS15 Nov 2026 | 12.97 | -0.01 | -0.07% |
| NGN/GHS15 Nov 2026 | 0.01 | 0.00 | -0.05% |
| CAD/GHS15 Nov 2026 | 8.24 | -0.01 | -0.06% |
| ZAR/GHS15 Nov 2026 | 0.69 | 0.00 | -0.20% |
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| Name | Last | Chg. | Chg. % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol15 Nov 2026 | GH₵15.87 | -0.29 | -1.76% |
| Diesel15 Nov 2026 | GH₵18.38 | -0.04 | -0.22% |
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Nov 11, 2026
MTN Nears Completion of $6.2 Billion IHS Towers Takeover After Securing Nigerian and COMESA Approvals
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Dangote Cement Abandons London Secondary Listing as Refinery IPO Falls Short of 10 Million Investor Target
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Russia Deploys Naval Training Ship on 30,000-Mile African Voyage to Deepen Military Ties
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Nov 8, 2026
Developing Countries’ External Debt Hits Record US$9.4 Trillion as Borrowing Costs Soar to 1989 Levels
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Ato Forson Presents 2027 Budget: “The New Economy, New Ghana, Jobs and Prosperity”
Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson presented the 2027 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament on Thursday, November 12, 2026, unveiling an eight-pillar…
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Kantamanto Traders Tell Finance Minister: Price Stability Hasn’t Put Money in Customers’ Pockets
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Activa Pays GH¢4.7 Million in 2026 Flood Claims as Ghana’s Insurers Keep Disaster Payouts Largely Undisclosed
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The Architect: The Life and Tactical Legacy of Sir Cecil Jones Attuquayefio
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Ghana’s Digital Gold: Data Is Creating Wealth — and Risks
Every mobile money transfer, every ride-hail booking, every social media scroll creates a digital record. As Ghana’s digital economy accelerates, personal data is becoming an increasingly valuable economic…
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Ghana Scraps E-Levy, Introduces GH¢1 Fuel Levy and 15% VAT on Non-Life Insurance in Sweeping Tax Shift
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The Case for Legal Education Reform in Ghana: Time to End the Monopoly
By Samuel Kwame Boadu, Accra Street Journal | June 19, 2025 For decades, Ghana’s professional legal training system has been locked in an exclusive arrangement…
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Document Authentication and Attestation in Ghana: The Complete Chain Explained
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Rising Prices and Falling Spending Power: Ghana’s Inflation Reality
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