President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 delivered his first state of the nation address after his investiture as President of the land. Below is the full speech: MESSAGE ON THE STATE OF THE NATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, ON THE OCCASION OF THE STATE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT ON … Read more
Government has secured 125 million Canadian dollars to support its initiative of increasing agricultural output and reduce food prices, President Akufo Addo has disclosed. The President who bemoaned the continuous decline of the agricultural sector also maintained that the development should increase food supplies and provide jobs. Nana Akufo Addo made the announcement in his … Read more
This is in response to a claim by a former deputy CBN chief who said 20% of the currency used by Africa’s most populous nation was fake and that was adversely affecting the economy. ‘‘Twenty percent of currency circulating in Nigeria is fake, you can’t bring down food prices if you have fake currency circulating,’‘ … Read more
British consumer prices rose last month at the fastest pace since June 2014 and are set to rise further, propelled by higher global oil prices and the Brexit-fuelled fall in the pound, official data showed on Tuesday. Consumer prices increased by 1.8 percent compared with a year earlier, picking up from 1.6 percent in December, … Read more
Taxing unhealthy foods that contain salt, sugar and fat could save Australia billions in health care costs and extend people’s lives by coaxing them to eat better, researchers said Tuesday. The study in the journal PLOS Medicine modeled the impact of raising prices on certain foods, and assumed that costlier snacks and comfort foods would … Read more
Drought in East Africa has led to a sharp increase in the price of staple foods, raising fears that hunger will worsen, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said, Reuters news agency reports. The cost of staple cereals have doubled in some markets, reaching record and near-record levels in parts of Ethiopia, Kenya, … Read more
Inflation has reached its highest rate for two-and-a-half years, mainly as a result of the rising price of fuel. Annual inflation as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) reached 1.8% last month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, up from a rate of 1.6% in December. It is the fourth consecutive month that … Read more
The Arab Spring started in Tunisia after a December 17, 2010 self-burning of a street vendor in a provincial town of Sidi Bouzid sparked mass anti-government protests. Unable to control the crowds, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was forced to flee the country on January 2011. Over the next months, Ben Ali’s downfall inspired … Read more
Uganda’s inflation rose to 5.7 percent year-on-year in December from 4.6 percent last month, the statistics office said on Friday. Annual core inflation also jumped to core 5.9 percent from 5.2 percent in November. The central bank monitors core inflation for monetary policy purposes and it strips out food, fuel, metered water and electricity prices. … Read more
A middle-aged man driving a Toyota pick-up truck shouts political slogans into a loudspeaker while campaign music booms from the back of his truck for all to hear. As he barrels along a two-lane motorway in Ghana’s capital Accra, pedestrians wave their arms and motorists blast their car horns. Despite slowing economic growth, high unemployment, … Read more
Why promise of a ‘Green revolution’ post December 7 election is a hoax Ghana’s forest reserve currently stands at about 1 million hectares I will want to begin with a ‘shout out’ to all our hard working farmers for their extraordinary role in helping us keep body, soul, and spirit together all year round. Despite … Read more
I will want to begin with a ‘shout out’ to all our hard working farmers for their extraordinary role in helping us keep body, soul, and spirit together all year round. Despite the numerous troubles of your daily lives and tough-talking politicians ‘throwing you under the bus’ more often than they lift you up, you … Read more
The strategy of commissioning or inaugurating projects few days to elections will not translate into votes for the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) because “infrastructural developments don’t save governments during elections”, Nii Ayikoi Otoo, a leading member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said. President John Dramani Mahama has commissioned and inaugurated numerous … Read more
Venezuela’s currency continues to collapse. Just in November, the bolivar has lost 55% of its value. It’s the latest sign of Venezuela’s extreme economic, political and humanitarian crisis. Sky high food prices — or massive shortages of basic food and medicine — have plagued Venezuelans for years and have gotten worse this year. Inflation in … Read more
Fool Nigeria once, shame on you. Fool Nigeria twice … It’s been a tough year for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. The mood in Africa’s most populous nation is a far cry from the euphoria that greeted his historic 2015 election — the first time in Nigeria’s history that an opposition candidate unseated an incumbent president … Read more
There is a long way to go to revitalise the country Democratic governance like the way Nigerian secret police, the Department of State Services DSS, formerly known as Nigerian Security organisation, NSO or State security service SSS dastardly act of impunity of midnight raid;on the homes and arrest of Senior legal luminary; judges in various … Read more
NDC Manifestos did not address impact of climate change on agriculture As the campaign season get heated up, election day draws closer and the debate on who has the best manifesto to rescue the country from its current state, I take a critical look at one major issue confronting Ghana’s agricultural sector; the perpetual decline … Read more
US President Barack Obama has expressed “deep concern” about the situation in rebel-held parts of Aleppo, amid an assault by Syrian government forces. Medics in the city are struggling to cope with the huge number of casualties caused by the most sustained and intense aerial bombardment in years. Supplies of medicine and blood are running … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has in a sharp reply to President John Mahama said governments must be tried before the populace can have confidence in them. President Mahama has hit hard at main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo whose campaign message has been impregnated with appeals to the electorate to try him going into the … Read more
(The Presidency, Ghana)It is a pleasure for me to be here today. I know that for some, just the mention of the word “food” coupled with the mention of Africa brings about unpleasant associations. I am told that many people throughout the world, as children, were forced to eat the foods they most hated by … Read more