Editorials/Opinion

The worldwide #MeToo movement has revealed that sexual harassment and assault are part of most women’s professional lives. However, this focus that comes from Hollywood should not make us overlook the other forms of violence women suffer in the world of work, especially in Africa. Sexual assault, insults, humiliation, discrimination, …

Ghana is being overwhelmed in chemicals contained in electronics waste, commonly known as e-waste. Despite donor interest and support to address the potentially explosive – environmental and public health risks, government after government has played politics with the problem. When the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta presented the 2019 budget …

We know that the number of people living in extreme poverty around the world continues to decline. In 25 years, extreme poverty was reduced from 36% to 10%. That’s 1.1 billion fewer people living under $1.90 a day. But the pace of progress is slowing due to a concentration of …

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is leading the process of harmonizing Sexual and Reproductive Health Education in Ghana. It has, consequently, in collaboration with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) among other stakeholders whose work focuses on the area, put together a national guideline document for Comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health …

The Danish capital, Copenhagen, where temperatures have started dipping to the regions of 11 to 18 degree Celsius is warming up to host the largest anti-corruption conference in the world. The 18th edition of the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) will be attended by about 2000 participants including heads of state, …

The emotion was palpable at the United Nations two weeks ago, when, to the sound of traditional Ghanaian songs, the General Assembly bowed to the memory of Kofi Annan. A true global leader, the man who was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006 and co-recipient, with the …

NAM1 and Menzgold Nana Appiah Mensah appeared from nowhere or at least, not much was known about him, just like most others who appeared and then whittled away soon after their true identities were found out. He came up with grand business ideas, spanning music, artiste management and trading in …

It didn’t take rocket science, or the use of any extraordinary powers for anyone with an eye on Ghana’s banking industry to predict the crisis which results started showing in the last one year with the collapse of seven commercial banks. Very likely more would follow. The Bank of Ghana …

Addressing a standing room only crowd of global agriculture experts at the FAO headquarters in Rome, 2017 World Food Prize Laureate and President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, says the answer is a resounding yes! He believes Africa does not need aid but disciplined investments. According to this …

The law perverted! And the police powers of the state perverted along with it! …The law […] became the weapon of every kind of greed [,] and [i]nstead of checking crime, the law itself became guilty of the evils it is supposed to punish […]! – Frédéric Bastiat, 1801 – …