A farm worker picks medical cannabis flowers in Kasese, Uganda, in 2020.
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Ensuring the participation of ordinary citizens and producers in the industry is the big challenge facing African states.
Ghana’s borrowing has it on the verge of debt distress.
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There are a number of reasons why Ghana’s domestic borrowing is more expensive than foreign debt.
Orlando Julius Live in Concert in 2015.
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The Afrobeat star used music to promote and preserve his Yoruba culture - while entertaining diverse global influences.
Participants of the popular “Di Asa” show in competition.
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Obese persons are regularly associated with laziness and inactivity in Ghanaian society.
Police officers under the African Union.
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The African Union’s Continental Early Warning System was created to anticipate and prevent conflicts, but it’s gone.
Food inflation is hitting people across the board in multiple countries.
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Inflation is bad for any country’s economy. It also hurts the wealth and financial well-being of individuals and households.
Legacy schools in Ghana are over subscribed.
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Grouping of high schools in Ghana into categories perpetuates inequalities.
A vendor selling cereals in Nairobi.
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The Ukraine crisis is significantly increasing political stress and potential conflict throughout Africa.
Aftermath of an attack by suspected members of the Islamic State West Africa Province in Auno, Borno State, northeast Nigeria.
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Political extremism has a checklist. The more boxes are checked, the closer political extremism gets.
High speed trains like this one in Casablanca, Morocco, will benefit from satellite communication support.
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Africa’s outer space programme can help the continent meet its other flagship goals.
Ghana is a popular destination for Chinese migrants.
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Opportunities for social mobility, rather than simply economic incentives, have generated emigration from China to countries like Ghana.
The Black Stars were an extension of Nkrumah’s political ideology
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Ghanaian footballers chased migration to the US after the removal of Nkrumah as president.
Fuel price determination is a contentious issue in Ghana.
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The price of fuel in Ghana has been pushed up by a depreciating currency and poor refining capacity.
A woman sells drinks on a street in Georgetown in Guyana, one of South America’s poorest countries, March 1, 2020.
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Buyers are avoiding Russian oil in response to the war in Ukraine. Can smaller producers leverage this moment to strike favorable deals with big oil companies?
Ghana will be hit by rising fuel as well as food prices as a result of the war in Ukraine.
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A prolonged Russian-Ukraine conflict will cause further economic troubles for Ghana.
The Ghanaian currency is facing its worst run of depreciation in years.
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The Ghanaian currency is facing structural hurdles.
Kwame Nkrumah’s vision still resonates with Ghanaians.
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Nkrumah’s rhetorical vision used the politics of the crowd to build a postcolonial community outside of the conscripts of colonialism.
Ama Ata Aidoo.
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Ama Ata Aidoo recognises the differences between humans and the existence of a history in which some humans are dehumanised.
Protecting persons from ‘false information’ is not a legitimate justification for restrictions on the right to freedom of expression.
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Criminal libel and seditious libel laws have existed under both military and constitutional rule in Ghana.
Staff members of an e-commerce company in Rwanda.
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Whereas digital work can bring freedom and flexibility into the lives of workers in Africa, it can also contribute towards their precarity and vulnerability.