Ghana’s roads are to undergo a major reconstruction with modern all-season road network linkages to spur economic and social development through easier access to and from rural areas to the main population centre. The $10 billion project will include undertaking a thorough assessment of the current road network in Ghana to identify and build roads, … Read more
As we celebrate Ghana’s 61 years of independence, let’s reckon on apparent events that would make you cry for our home nation, Ghana. I personally hold the opinion that, we the youth of Ghana have nothing to celebrate due to the adverse effect of unemployment, which in turn as characterize into all forms of social … Read more
Government’s attempts to modernise agriculture in the country could have “disastrous consequences” for the sector and consumers, the General Agricultural Workers’ Union (GAWU) has warned. It argued the Plant Breeders Bill which is being pushed for passage under the guise of modernizing agriculture, could threaten smallholder farmers in the country as it will introduce Genetically … Read more
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has underscored the key role played by chiefs in the national development agenda. He has also reiterated the importance of understanding and appreciating the significant contribution a people’s culture plays in shaping their future. The Vice President made the observations on Saturday, September 16, when he joined the Chiefs … Read more
Beijing issued a warning to Botswana Wednesday over its plans to host the Dalai Lama next month, asking the African nation to respect China’s “core interests”. The Tibetan spiritual leader, who lives in exile in India, is due to speak at the three-day “Mind and Life Dialogue” conference in Botswana’s capital Gaborone, which begins August … Read more
China piled pressure on Botswana on Saturday over a scheduled visit to the southern African country by the Dalai Lama, who it considers a dissident separatist threat. Botswana’s President Ian Khama announced on Wednesday he would meet the Tibetan spiritual leader during his visit to the country next month, prompting a stern response from Beijing. … Read more
The Dalai Lama will visit Botswana next month and meet with President Ian Khama, Botswana officials confirmed, in a trip likely to anger China, a key investor across Africa and its largest trade partner. Beijing views the Dalai Lama as a dangerous separatist campaigning for Tibetan independence and consistently condemns foreign leaders who meet him. … Read more
Today can confirm that the barely seven-month old government of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is cash-strapped. Contrary to the NPP’s campaign message in the run-up to the 2016 election that there was enough money in the country to fund developmental projects, our sources at the seat of … Read more
A total of 774 Ghanaians were deported from abroad last year as against 1,278 in 2015 for committing various offences. The offences included illegal entry, possession of fake travelling documents, overstaying and working without permit. The countries they were from are Saudi Arabia, 291; United States, 74; United Kingdom and Kuwait, both 44 and Germany, … Read more
The President Nana Akufo Addo is expected in the Volta Region later today on an official assignment. The residents are excited about the visit and cannot wait to discuss with the president a number of key developmental issues they would the current administration to address. Ahead of the visit, some residents in Ho have been … Read more
The Western Regional Minister, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, has said that even though the Western Region produces over 50 percent of the country’s natural resources, the level of development the region has seen over the years does not reflect its contribution to Ghana’s development. Road networks in most parts of the region are in terrible shape, … Read more
The Western Regional Minister, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, has said that even though the Western Region produces over 50 percent of the country’s natural resources, the level of development the region has seen over the years does not reflect its contribution to Ghana’s development. Road networks in most parts of the region are in terrible shape, with … Read more
Every big city has its own peculiar problems when it comes to road traffic and the congestion of road networks. Accra is experiencing rapid urbanisation largely due to a natural increase and migration of people from rural areas to the main centres of commercial activity. With an estimated population of four (4) million, at some … Read more
Founder of tinyDAVID, Sesinam Dagadu, has announced the launch of SnooCODE, an addressing App for iOS and android in Ghana. SnooCODE is a free app that solves the problem of the lack of addresses in huge swathes of developing countries. It can be used to provide directions to any location in Ghana; accurate to within … Read more
Alhaji Abubakar Saddique Boniface, the Minister-designate of Inner Cities and Zongo Development, has assured Ghanaians that the Ministry would not discriminate in the distribution of resources within the Zongo Communities. The socio-economic development would not be based on ethnic or religious background. Alhaji Saddique Boniface, the Member of Parliament for Madina said this when he … Read more
The year 2016, with its turmoil, is now consigned to the ashes of history. The past year saw Ghana holding general elections culminating in the election of Nana Akufo-Addo as the president of Ghana and as such the de jure commander-in-chief of the nation’s military forces. None of us needs to overelaborate the point that … Read more
President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo named 12 more appointees to head ministerial portfolio’s yesterday, bringing the total number of ministers to serve in his government so far announced to 25. It is not known whether the Head of State will make further cabinet appointments besides the naming of their deputies. Civil society organisations and political watchers … Read more
African countries were on a drive to boost infrastructure and road networks on the continent in 2016. Ethiopia made huge strides this year with the inauguration of a new railway line, linking the capital, Addis Ababa with Djibouti in October. The 750 kilometer line was built at a cost of 4 billion US dollars with … Read more
Is Akufo-Addo the change Ghanaians really want? [4] By Francis Kwarteng “Ungrateful nation wreckers! Hypocritical inglorious bastards, Ghanaian politicians—all of them!” (Francis Kwarteng, “Will Kufuor Vote for Akufo-Addo? Ghanaweb, December 7, 2016). The politics of complacency “By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll be happy; if you get a bad one, … Read more
THE POLITICS OF COMPLACENCY “By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll be happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher” (Socrates). At this point in time we have no evidence to support the idea of whether Annan’s “positive” or feel-good remarks about Akufo-Addo’s alleged technocratic prowess were strategically … Read more