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
Many countries in Africa are dependent on commodities export.
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Ghana remains heavily dependent on primary commodity exports for foreign exchange earnings.
Children watching an old Hindi film at a video centre in Tamale in Ghana in 2016.
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Depictions of Indian life in cinema and soap operas have found particular affinity with communities in Northern Ghana.
While some leaders were swinging into action, Boris Johnson was shaking hands with COVID patients.
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Why South Korea and Ghana have fared better than the UK, Brazil and India.
Protesters march towards a line of Kenyan riot police during post-election violence in Nairobi in 2007.
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It is often assumed that patrimonial beliefs fuel electoral malpractice whereas civic ones challenge it, but this is an oversimplification.
Paragliding near Nkawkaw draws thousands of visitors every April.
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Festivals in Ghana are evolving as tourist attractions.
A bus and tro-tro station in Accra, Ghana.
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A range of factors influence the behaviour of minibus drivers in Ghana. This involves a complex web of factors, motivations and constraints.