Ernest Danso has been appointed as the home country’s Chef de Mission for next year’s re-arranged African Games in Ghana as they seek their best performance at the event for more than 50 years, it has been announced.

Hosting the African Games in Accra provides Ghana with a unique opportunity to construct sports facilities, its chairman Kwaku Ofosu Asare has claimed as the event faces criticism with the country facing its worst economic crisis for a generation.

African Paralympic Committee (AfPC) President Samson Deen visited Egypt and Morocco as part of a movement to expand Para sports across the region in the run-up to the Accra 2023 African Para Games.

A decision to allow other events, including music concerts, at the Accra Sports Stadium while it undergoes preparations for this year’s African Games has been defended by Ghana’s National Sports Authority (NSA).

The Ghana Armwrestling Federation (GAF) has held technical training for its new officials, with an aim to improve the standard of officiating prior to the nation's hosting of the 2023 African Games later this year.

Ghana's Minister of Youth and Sports Mustapha Ussif has said the stadium in the host district Legon for the African Games is scheduled for completion in February 2023.

International Paralympic Committee Andrew Parsons has promised the organisation's full commitment in aiding the Ghanaian Government and the 2023 African Games Organising Committee to make Paralympic progress before the 2023 African Games, which the African country is due to host for the first time.

Squash will feature at the African Games for the first time in 20 years after being included on the programme for the 2023 event in Ghana.

Ghana's Abdul Rahman won PruRide 2021 in Accra, which was raced on the route set to be used for the cycling event at the 2023 African Games, but the event was somewhat overshadowed by the Ghana Cycling Federation President (GCF) being the victim of a hit-and-run collision.

Seven Sub-Committees tasked with supporting the Organising Committee of the Ghana 2023 African Games have been unveiled in a swearing-in ceremony last month.

The Ghanian Government has promised it will "procure sports logistics" for the Borteyman development that will host many of the events at the 2023 African Games.

The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) has signed a commercial deal with media and marketing rights company Sportfive, covering the 2023 and 2027 African Games.

Ghanaian Sports Minister Mustapha Ussif has been honoured by the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) in recognition of his "dynamic" efforts to prepare the nation to stage the 2023 African Games.

Ghana’s National Sports Authority has established an Organising Committee for the 2022 National Cross-Country Championships, which will serve as a build-up event to the 2023 African Games.

The director general of Ghana’s National Sports Authority has urged all sporting federations in the country to target winning medals at the 2023 African Games.