Renters in Ghana are at the mercy of landlords.
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The government of Ghana needs a more creative solution to the problem of advance rent payment
Women make smoked fishes - locally called Okporoko - at Egede informal settlement in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
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The contributions that women in West Africa’s fisheries make to the sector are widely un(der)paid, undervalued and largely invisible.
Developing a viable confectionery industry is essential for Africa’s cocoa giants.
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The importance of raw cocoa beans to Ghana’s foreign exchange earnings is derailing the development of a viable chocolate industry
Many healthhcare workers felt unprepared to deal with COVID-19.
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Provider burnout is expensive for the health system given its associations with low quality of care, absenteeism, and high workforce turnover.
Covid-19 vaccination strategies have been affected by supply woes.
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The COVID-19 vaccination programme requires stringent data collection and transparency.
Modern secession claims find their roots in the Trusteeship System of the UN.
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Colonial powers framed secessionism as a threat to state-building and not as an expression of self-determination
Ghana is in the throes of a mobile money boom.
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An attempt to prevent fraud in Ghana’s burgeoning mobile money sector could be a setback for access to financial services.
Gold is key to the economic survival of millions of Ghanaians.
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The devolution of small-scale mining decisions to municipal and district assemblies working in collaboration with traditional authorities is key to saving the industry in Ghana.
Conflicts between nomadic livestock farmers and crop farmers are common in Ghana.
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Institutional problems make it difficult to satisfy livestock and crop farmers’ interests, already in contest over agricultural resources.
Incidents of road accidents are on the rise in Ghana.
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Authority culpability as a facet of road accidents has been overlooked in Ghana.
Sexual and reproductive health education is a key component in a multifaceted.
approach to address the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents
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The inclusion of new topics in Ghana’s comprehensive sex education curriculum has split opinions among parents.
Long term care for the aged in Ghana faces several hurdles.
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Families in Ghana are struggling to manage the long-term care of ageing relatives.
Nigeria’s president Buhari chairing the 55th ordinary session of the ECOWAS.
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ECOWAS needs to be decisive in enforcing its protocols and sanctioning members that flout the provisions of its protocols and policies.
Improving the quality of education requires collaborative effort.
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Government has limited resources to improve quality in schools in Ghana.
The courts have become an integral part of Ghana’s electoral prcess.
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Electoral disputes and petitions are becoming a prominent feature of the electoral process.
The coronavirus has imposed difficulties on vulnerable workers.
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Ghana’s early lockdown strategy impacted an already vulnerable working class.
The Bui Dam was the subject of political contestation during its construction.
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Dam politics have resurfaced in Africa as the continent’s urban population grows.
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By looking at the evolving history of the open government data movement, scientists can see both limitations to current approaches and identify ways to move forward from them.
Members of Ghana’s parliament during a break from electing a new leader of parliament. Only 14% of parliamentarians are women.
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Women MPs point to a toxic environment in which a politics of insults, ridicule and rumour work against having more women in political offices.
Ghanaian migrant farmers are bearing the brunt of climate change.
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Rural migrant farmers are bearing the brunt of climate change in Ghana