Category Archives: Updates

Tourism Minister Holds Productive Discussions with International Slavery Museum on Return of Ghanaian Heritage Items in Liverpool, U.K

The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts (MoTCCA), Hon. Abla Dzifa Gomashie (M.P), has held productive discussions with the leadership of the International Slavery Museum (ISM) in Liverpool, United Kingdom, regarding the return of a set of 18th-century slavery shackles and other items of national heritage significance that were loaned to the Museum in…

Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Seeks Parliamentary Support to Accelerate Sector Growth

Accra, June 10, 2026 – The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts has called for sustained parliamentary support to address key challenges confronting the sector and accelerate efforts to position Ghana as a leading tourism destination and cultural hub in Africa. The appeal was made during a meeting between officials of the Ministry and…

Revised National Cultural Policy to Drive Economic Growth and Social Transformation — prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyeman

Accra, June 9, 2026 – Vice President Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has described Ghana’s Revised National Cultural Policy as a comprehensive roadmap for protecting, promoting and preserving the nation’s cultural heritage while strengthening the country’s cultural and creative industries to contribute meaningfully to economic growth and social transformation. Launching the policy at the National Theatre…

Tourism Ministry Engages BIDEC, Stakeholders on Ghana’s World Cup 2026 Strategy

Accra, March 17, 2026 — The Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Hon. Yussif Issaka Jajah, has engaged the Bureau for International Development, Exchange and Commerce (BIDEC) to align Ghana’s strategy for leveraging on the 2026 FIFA World Cup for tourism growth and economic gains. The meeting focused on positioning Ghana to benefit…

Fugu Promotion to Revitalise Ghana’s Weaving Industry — Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Minister

Tamale, Northern Region — February 25, 2026 — The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Hon Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has clarified that the promotion of Fugu complements, rather than competes with, Kente and other Ghanaian textiles, stressing that the overarching objective is to revitalise the entire weaving industry nationwide. She noted that initiatives such…

Kojo Antwi, PAWA Partner on Translation of New Memoir

Accra, Ghana – February 25, 2026 — Renowned Ghanaian musician Kojo Antwi, popularly known as Mr Music Man, has agreed to collaborate with the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) to translate his newly released book, MR MUSIC MAN: THE JOURNEY, into other official Pan-African languages. The decision was reached during Antwi’s visit to PAWA House…

GHANA’S MINISTER FOR TOURISM, CULTURE AND CREATIVE ARTS JOINS BLACK HISTORY MONTH SCREENINGS OF THE “EYES OF GHANA” IN TORONTO

Toronto, Canada – 23rd February, 2026 – Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Minister, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, and Ghana’s High Commissioner to Canada, Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh, have participated in special screenings of “The Eyes of Ghana” in Toronto as part of events marking the 30th anniversary of Black History Month. The screenings, held on 19 and…

PAWA MEMBERS ATTEND THE 2026 AFRICAN LANGUAGES CONFERENCE

As part of the commemoration of the 2026 African Languages Week fixed for February 21 – 28 2026, a two-day African Languages Conference commenced today, 23rd February 2026 at the ISSER Conference Hall at the University of Ghana. The online and in person conference which was organized by African Languages Inc, a non-profit organization dedicated…

Ghana’s Special Envoy for Reparations, Ambassador Ekow Spio Garbrah, has called on the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts (MoTCCA) and its agencies to play a leading role in advancing Ghana’s reparations agenda, identifying tourism, culture, heritage, and the creative arts as central pillars for heritage restoration, cultural justice, and sustainable financing.

Addressing Directors and Heads of Agencies under the Ministry, Ambassador Garbrah expressed appreciation for their engagement and underscored that the Ministry’s oversight of 13 agencies places it at the heart of reparations-related work. He noted that Ghana currently serves as the African Union Champion for Reparations, a mandate inherited by President John Dramani Mahama following…

Deputy Minister Urges Ghanaians to Champion Indigenous Languages at International Mother Language Day Celebration

Accra, Ghana – February 23, 2026 – The Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Hon. Yussif Issaka Jajah, has called on Ghanaians to embrace and promote their mother tongue as a pathway to cultural preservation, social cohesion and sustainable national development. He made the call in a keynote address delivered on behalf of…