Ghana: Community Conservation in Ghana Has Evolved, but Policy and Funding Need to Catch Up

In Ghana, community resource management areas are the main way that local communities get involved in managing natural resources that fall outside protected areas. In this way,… Read more »

Ghana: Ghana Wants Learner-Centred Classrooms - but Many Teachers Still Favour Old Methods

Across Africa, countries are redesigning school curricula to prepare children for the demands of the 21st century. These reforms aim to nurture creativity, critical thinking,… Read more »

Ghana: Poison or Poverty - the Impossible Economic Choices Facing Ghana's E-Waste Workers

Agbogbloshie, in Ghana's capital city, Accra, is a sprawling, open-air scrapyard located next to a lagoon and a growing informal settlement. Roughly 6,000 people dismantle, recycle… Read more »

Ghana: Ghana's Transport System Is Chaotic - How It Can Move More People With Fewer Vehicles - Research

Every morning in Accra, Ghana's capital, thousands of commuters sit in traffic while minibuses and taxis compete for limited road space. Read more »

Ghana: 'Is All My Struggle Going to Be Wasted?' Ghana Study Explores How Mothers Feel About Early Births

About 10% of births - that's about 15 million babies - are born prematurely worldwide each year, making preterm births a major global health concern. The World Health Organization… Read more »

Ghana: What Ghana's Foreign-Built Landmarks Tell Us About Its Global Relationships

The call to prayer echoes across the neighbourhood as people congregate under the sweeping domes and tall minarets of Ghana's National Mosque in Accra. For many, it is a place of… Read more »

Ghana: Ghana's Fuel Payment Strategy Works for Now - How to Fix Longer Term Problems

Ghana introduced a new payment arrangement for petroleum imports in 2023, using gold instead of scarce US dollars. The policy was designed to ease pressure on the cedi by reducing… Read more »

Ghana: Ghana's Mining Law Aims to Stop Speculation but Leaves Communities in Limbo - Insights From a Lithium Case Study

Ghana's parliament ratified the country's first lithium mining agreement in March 2026. This came three years after lithium mining was confirmed as commercially viable in September… Read more »

Ghana: How Do Women Entrepreneurs Survive in Ghana's Informal Economy? We Went to a Local Market to Ask Them

The informal economy is the basis of everyday economic life across sub-Saharan Africa. In Ghana, as in many low- and middle-income contexts, a lot of retail trade, food… Read more »

Ghana: Women in Ghana Can Access Safe Abortions - Why Are So Many Still Using Unsafe Methods?

Ghana's abortion law is relatively liberal. Abortion is legally permitted in the first trimester when a pregnancy endangers the mother's life or physical or mental health, or when… Read more »

Ghana: Ebo Taylor Took Highlife to the World and Changed Ghanaian Music Forever

The news of the passing of Ghanaian highlife star Ebo Taylor on 7 February 2026 felt less like the loss of a public musical figure and more like the closing of a living chapter of… Read more »

Ghana: Ghana's Cities Are Getting Hotter - They Need More Trees to Keep Them Cool

Ghana's cities are expanding at a breathtaking pace. From Madina to Cape Coast, from Sekondi-Takoradi to Tamale, concrete infrastructure are rising, wetlands are shrinking, and… Read more »

Ghana: Critical Mineral Mining Faces Risks If Local Communities Aren't Consulted Enough - the Case of Lithium in Ghana

Clean technologies depend on critical minerals such as lithium and cobalt. Over 65% of the world's cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nearly 40% of the world's… Read more »

Ghana: Activists in Ghana Are Forcing Extractive Firms to Account for the Harm They Cause - Corporate Abuse Study

Ghana has a long history of resource extraction that has caused socioeconomic and ecological harm. The mining of gold, stones, sand and salt has displaced people, polluted the… Read more »

Ghana: Clergy Wives in Ghana Can Be Powerful - but It Takes Constant Bargaining With Men

There is a story in the Bible of a sick woman who held on to the cloak of Jesus amid an impenetrable crowd. She did get her healing, as Jesus immediately felt the loss of power… Read more »

Ghana: Ghana Collects Half the Blood It Needs - Digital Approaches Can Improve That

It is late, the ward is crowded, and the clock is moving faster than everyone would like. A doctor has stabilised the patient as best they can, but one thing is missing - blood. Read more »

Ghana: Ghanaian Celebrities Are Dealing With Mental Illness Stigma Behind Closed Doors - Why Speaking Up Matters

Imagine living in a country where talking openly about depression or anxiety can cost you your job, your reputation, or even your freedom. That is still the reality in Ghana, where… Read more »

Ghana: An Important Wetland in Ghana Is Under Siege. Researchers Investigate the Real Issues

Wetlands are vital ecological resources that provide several benefits in urban and peri-urban areas. They slow down flood waters, and act as a source of fishing and farming… Read more »

Ghana: Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings - the First Lady Who Redefined Women's Power in Ghana.

Tributes for Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings (1948-2025) have been pouring in since her death on 23 October 2025. For many Ghanaians, her broad-ranging empowerment work as leader of… Read more »

Ghana: Ghana's Banks Are Not Lending Enough to Sectors Where It Matters Most, Like Agriculture and Manufacturing

Bank lending is a major source of funding for businesses in Ghana. It helps pay for operational expenditure and investment in expansion of productive capacity. Therefore, it is… Read more »

Africa: Should African Countries Lower the Voting Age to 16?

The UK is moving to lower its voting age from 18 to 16. The new legislation takes effect ahead of the country's next general election in 2029, and is aimed at boosting its… Read more »

Senegal: Colonialism and Climate Risk Are Connected - Evidence From Ghana and Senegal

The experience of colonialism led to economies and societies being re-arranged in ways that have had far-reaching consequences. Read more »

Ghana: Mónica's Story - the Woman Shipped From Ghana to Portugal in 1556 to Stand Trial for Using Traditional Medicine

Standing before the Inquisition in Lisbon, Portugal in 1556, Mónica Fernandes, a woman from the coast of modern-day Ghana, was accused of casting malevolent spells and… Read more »

Ghana: Ghana's Films Don't Often Make It to Netflix - Local Solutions May Be the Answer

African filmmakers have long faced challenges in securing wide-scale distribution for their films. In this context, digital platforms such as Netflix and YouTube have been hailed… Read more »

Ghana: Drought Can Make Farmers Feel Worried and Hopeless - Ghana Study Finds Social Networks Help

Droughts are a familiar hardship in Ghana's semi-arid north, where rainfall is erratic and agriculture is the mainstay of rural economies. The economic and environmental effects of… Read more »