August 21
Ghana: Corruption Holds Small Businesses Back - Ghana Study Reveals Two Strategies to Avoid the Traps
Small and medium enterprises account for 95% of all registered businesses and contribute about 50% to the total GDP of countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more »
August 05
Ghana: Data Protection Is Poor for African Farmers Who Use Digital Services - Kenya and Ghana Cases Highlight Gaps
Across Africa, agricultural producers are turning to digital solutions to get information about farming methods, market access or financial services. By 2022, there were 666 of… Read more »
August 04
Tanzania: Young, Urban, African - Research Explores What It Means to Be a Good Citizen in Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania
Young people between the ages of 18 and 35 make up two-thirds of Africa's population. The number is expected to reach 75% by 2030. They live in an environment of rapid… Read more »
August 01
Ghana: Ghana Elections - Ethnicity Is Not Allowed in the Country's Politics, Yet It Still Helps Shape Outcomes
Ghana, which has more than 70 ethnic groups, has been among the most stable democracies in Africa since 1992. It has achieved this by outlawing the use of ethnicity in party… Read more »
July 16
Nigeria: Corruption Hurts Businesses but Digital Tools Offer the Hope of Fighting It, Say Manufacturers in Ghana and Nigeria
Technology has changed the way the world does business. Mobile and digital payment platforms, blockchain, cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) tools have all driven… Read more »
July 09
Ghana: Ghana Is Planning Its First Nuclear Energy Plant - What's Behind the Decision
Ghana is considering bids from five companies for the construction of what would be its first nuclear power plant. The companies are: France's EDF, US-based NuScale Power and… Read more »
July 03
Ghana: Ghana's Schools Don't Teach Enough About Geoscience - Why Kids Need to Know How the Planet Works
Over the last few decades Ghana has seen a rise in environmental degradation such as pollution, deforestation and land degradation. These have been driven by urbanisation,… Read more »
June 16
Ghana: Ghana's Economic Crisis Was Caused By Govt Borrowing - Economist
Ghana is going through its worst economic crisis in a generation. The past two years have seen record high inflation in the country. Ghana's central bank (the Bank of Ghana) has… Read more »
June 10
Africa: Bicycles Can Change Lives, Especially in Rural Africa
To many people around the world bicycles are a crucial means of transport, especially for carrying loads in rural areas. While their benefits are huge and many organisations are… Read more »
June 09
Malawi: Farming With a Mixture of Crops, Animals and Trees Is Better for the Environment and for People - Evidence From Ghana and Malawi
Farming just one kind of crop in a field at a time, and using a lot of chemicals, poses a risk to both people and nature. This simplified intensive agriculture often goes hand in… Read more »
May 31
Ghana: Stevie Wonder's Ghanaian Citizenship Reflects Long-Standing Links Between African Americans and the Continent
There's a long history of African Americans settling in Ghana or keeping in close contact with the first African country to gain independence. This relationship has most recently… Read more »
May 29
Ghana: Ghana's Anti-Lgbtiq+ Bill Is Being Challenged in the Supreme Court. Why the Decision to Broadcast It Live Matters
Ghana's Supreme Court is live televising its proceedings on the country's controversial anti-LGBTQI+ bill. This was on the request of Ghana's attorney general, who cited public… Read more »
May 14
Ghana: Ghana's Forests Are Being Wiped Out - What's Behind This and Why Attempts to Stop It Aren't Working
Ghana has around 7.9 million hectares of forested land (35% of the total land area), according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. Around 7.6 million hectares are primary or… Read more »
May 07
Ghana: Walking in African Cities Can Be a Miserable Experience - Accra Study Shows Planners Ignore Needs of Pedestrians
African cities aren't welcoming places for pedestrians. Yet walking is free and, given the shortage of decent public transport, it's often the only way for people to move around.… Read more »
April 28
Ghana: Margaret Busby - How a Pioneering Ghanaian Publisher Put African Women's Writing On the Map
Published in 1992, Daughters of Africa is a groundbreaking volume of writing by women of African descent. It was followed by an expanded second edition, New Daughters of Africa, in… Read more »
April 11
Ghana: Ghanaians Love Rice - How Smallholder Farmers Could Harvest More of It With the Help of Machines
Rice has become a big part of Ghanaians' daily diet. The country consumes about 1.45 million tonnes a year - but produces only 987,000 tonnes, approximately 68% of that. Read more »
April 10
Ghana: How to Keep Your Music Career Going - 3 Tips From a Ghanaian Star
Ghanaian parents have historically discouraged their children from becoming musicians or marrying musicians. A music career is still not seen as one that can provide a steady… Read more »
April 08
Ghana: Why Is Ghana So Hot This Year? An Expert Explains
Ghana's meteorological agency and the state's health service have issued warnings about a period of very high temperatures expected in the first half of 2024 around the country.… Read more »
April 02
Ghana: Rich People, Bribes and Depression - Study Finds Link Between Corruption and Mental Health Among Ghanaian Students
Corruption comes in many forms in Ghana. Bribery, misappropriation of funds, extortion and administrative theft remain pervasive and affect key sectors of Ghana's economy. In a… Read more »
March 25
Ghana: Ghana's Decades-Old Ambition to Build an Integrated Aluminium Industry Faces a New Hurdle - the Clean Energy Transition
It has been more than 60 years since Ghana's first post-independence leader Kwame Nkrumah first mooted the idea that Ghana should produce aluminium from the country's ample supply… Read more »
March 21
Ghana: Ghana's Free High School Policy Is Getting More Girls to Complete Secondary Education - Study
Education drives economic growth and individual well-being. Secondary education, in particular, plays a crucial role. In recent decades, this recognition has encouraged several… Read more »
March 06
Ghana: African Games 2024 - Is It Really Worth It for Ghana to Host the Mega Sport Event?
The African Games, formerly the All-African Games, is taking place from 8-23 March in Ghana. Scheduled for 2023, they were postponed due to a regional impasse over marketing… Read more »
March 01
Ghana: Ghana's New Anti-Homosexuality Bill Violates Everyone's Rights, Not Just LGBTIQ+ People - Expert
Ghana's new anti-homosexuality bill infringes several rights and freedoms, not only of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people but of heterosexuals… Read more »
February 29
Ghana: Can Contract Farming Help Smallholder Farmers Build Resilience to Climate Change?
In northern Ghana, many smallholder farmers who grow crops on less than one hectare of land each are entering into contract farming. This gives them guaranteed buyers for their… Read more »
February 28
Ghana: Street Vending Helps Migrants to Survive in Accra, but It's Illegal
Moving to the city is a common strategy for the rural poor in the global south. Economic hardship pushes individuals out of their rural communities in search of opportunities.… Read more »