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Africa could feed the world, but smallholders will be key
Smallholder farmers will be key to African efforts not only to feed itself, but also to become a major food supplier for the rest of the world.
Africa’s agricultural potential is clear. With large amounts of uncultivated arable land,…
Climate change and Africa’s development: A challenge of all times
Climate Change has been variously described by scientists, development experts and practitioners as not only the greatest development challenge of the 21st century, but also a civilization-challenging ethical problem. Some manifestations of…
Looming EU ban on fish exports: Would Ghana lose its fish export market share?
The latest formal warning from the European Union regarding illegal fishing and the impending ban on fish exports from Ghana to the EU market gives great concern regarding government’s action towards forestalling the decline or near…
Beyond remittances: The untapped resource of Ghanaian Diaspora
Mobility is an accepted feature of contemporary society and there is a certain level appreciation of the fact that migration brings added benefits (IOM, 2011) as partner countries and donors see transnational engagement as a potential for…
Tackling inequality to combat poverty in Africa
Already enjoying increased macroeconomic stability and more democratic politics, Africa has also been touched by the so-called global commodities super-cycle. Strong demand for the continent’s oil, gas, and minerals have combined with high…
An eulogy for the Late Harry Sawyer
With great sadness I bid farewell to an esteemed Chartered Surveyor. The number one on the list of Ghanaian Surveying Members in Good Standing.
As a first year Land Economy student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and…
Negative cultural practices decline in Upper East
Some communities in the Upper East Region have begun abolishing certain negative cultural practices such as the widowhood rites, Female Genital Mutilation and the preference for boys education to girls.
The shaving of widows’ hair, …
More irrigation, pastoralism could transform Africa’s Sahel region – Diop
The Sahel region, a vast arid stretch of land linking six countries in West Africa -- Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal -- is home to some of the most productive pastoralist communities in the world. And yet,…
How can African countries capitalize on the current geopolitical changes?
This year Africa celebrates fifty years since the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU); never before has the continent been so poised to reap the benefit of its enormous resources. Sweeping political and economic changes over…
Implications of Fitch downgrading Ghana
The downgrade of Ghana’s credit rating by Fitch may not have come as surprise to the Government of Ghana, however, it has wider implications for the country and for businesses as well.
First of all, Ghana’s credit ratings have become…