First things first – if you read this as an anti-peace article, you have completely missed the point. Leaders of Ghana’s civil society, the clergy, traditional leaders, and some politicians are having their moments now. They are stepping over each other to preach messages of peace as though they are not aware that they in … Read more
Some Nigeria’s analysts see Muhammadu Buhari’s emergence as the “accepted” “saintly tough-guy” Nigerian corruption killer in a different light from the general make-believe one. These analysts attribute Buhari’s final success after many failed attempts to become Nigeria’s democratically-elected president to some external influences. They claim that some powerful international figures have often meddled in Nigeria’s … Read more
Imagine how food and cash crops were produced in the 1900s. Peasant farming held sway at the time across the country. Documents concerning the evolution of farming over the years show steady increase in volume of cash and food crops. Food crop production was carried out in the Southern part of the country and the … Read more
The Bank of Ghana’s latest Average Interests (IA) on deposits report released shows a decrease in the average minimum interests to be paid annually on deposits of customers’ funds logged at commercial banks in the country between May and September 2016. Figures from the central bank indicates a decrease from 12.3 percent to 12.2 percent. … Read more
Ghana’s quest to reduce the almost 2 million housing deficit may take a long time as interest on mortgage loans continue to rise. According to latest average interest and Annual percentage report released by the Bank of Ghana, interest on home loans increased marginally from 30.6 to 31.5 percent between May and September this year. … Read more
The Bank of Ghana’s latest Average Interests (IA) on deposits report released shows a decrease in the average minimum interests to be paid annually on deposits of customers’ funds logged at commercial banks in the country between May and September 2016. Figures from the central bank indicate a decrease from 12.3 percent to 12.2 percent. … Read more
‘No more Mr. Nice Guy’: EU gets tough on African migrants Migrants crossing the Sahara desert into Libya ride on the back of a pickup truck outside Niger Encouraged by their success in halting a mass influx of refugees by closing Greek borders and cutting a controversial deal with Turkey, EU leaders are getting tough … Read more
Ghana is in a debt crisis. Despite having had significant amounts of debt cancelled a decade ago, the country is losing around 30% of government revenue in external debt payments each year. 1 Such huge payments are only possible because Ghana has been able to take on more loans from institutions such as the International … Read more
It was 12. 27 am, well past the bedtime of many people. But His Excellency, John Dramani Mahama is no ordinary person. He is the President of the Republic of Ghana, and for him, time pales into insignificance when he has work to do. It was evident that he had a long day but there … Read more
A coalition of local and international non-governmental organizations in governance in Ghana, is warning of a full-blown financial crisis if the continuous dependence on commodity exports is not immediately halted. In a report released in October, the group warned that failure of lenders carrying the cost of any irresponsible lending to the country, could plunge … Read more
1.3 million Kenyans in 23 counties are in need of food aid – Report Despite the progress Kenya has made in reducing hunger, it is among 50 countries where levels of hunger remain serious or alarming, a new global report reveals. Kenya’s score of 22 places it at number 72 out of a list of … Read more
World Food Day 2016 has the global message: “Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too.” This echoes weather-related disasters hitting vulnerable farmers, fishers and pastoralists in Africa. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, growing food in a sustainable way means adopting practices that produce more with less in … Read more
The ongoing discourse on academic credentials and credible outlets for knowledge production and dissemination is not for “much ado about nothings,” who have absolutely nothing to contribute to the discourse in ways that challenge the status quo for the betterment of our educational prospects in UPSA, Ghana, and elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is an … Read more
The global community is not on course to end hunger by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) deadline of 2030, authors a new report on hunger trends across the world have warned. The report – Global Hunger Index 2016 – notes that although the developing world has made substantial progress in reducing hunger among … Read more
When society invest in educating a kin, the kin was not privileged to look down on the society but to revamp and uplift the societal practices for techno-socio-economic liberation. According to Akan Cosmology, Adanse in present day Ghana, is the place Odomankoma/Borebore (God) started creation of the world. This story sounded weird and I debunked … Read more
Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1869) was shot dead in India on 30 January 1948. “We too mourned his death”, wrote Kwame Nkrumah, “for he had inspired us deeply with his political thought, notably with his adherence to non-violent resistance.” [1] As one writer would put it : “The message cabled by the National Council of Nigeria … Read more
Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1869) was shot dead in India on 30 January 1948. “We too mourned his death”, wrote Kwame Nkrumah, “for he had inspired us deeply with his political thought, notably with his adherence to non-violent resistance.” [1] As one writer would put it : “The message cabled by the National Council of Nigeria … Read more
Celebrated Ghanaian sound engineer Appietus has launched the first ever online beat shop in Ghana. The Appeitus Afrobeat Shop will sell beats produced by the Azonto Fiesta hitmaker in two categories; Lease Licence ($200.00, Untagged MP3 + Audio WAV,1 profitable project,Instant Delivery, Appietus retains copyrights, Non Exclusive Rights) and Exclusive Licence ($600.00, Untagged MP3 + … Read more
GHANA’S AFRO-R&B STAR QWECI AND THE QUESTION OF MUSICAL ARTICULATION The technical aspects of musical production in Ghana are not up to international standards, so too are serious, glaring technical deficits in some of the native languages some singers and musicians use for their music. We are here referring to native fluency or proficiency in … Read more
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – A confidential UN document accuses Morocco and the Polisario Front of ceasefire violations in Western Sahara after they sent security forces and fighters into a buffer zone. The document sent to the Security Council this week states that Morocco carried out an operation between August 16 and 25 in … Read more