Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
New York — An international press rights group on Monday expressed concern that a growing introduction of high tech censorship tools by Ethiopia could encourage other authoritarian regimes in Africa such as in neighboring Sudan use it. Ethiopia has been under fire by rights groups of suspending a number of private newspapers and blocking major […]
By Eleanor Whitehead Africa’s private health insurance industry is growing as coverage broadens across income groups. Over half of Africa’s total annual expenditure on healthcare, estimated at around $55bn, comes from the private sector. Across sub-Saharan Africa, not only are most countries still a long way from achieving the targeted 15 percent government budgetary […]
Saudi Arabia’s oil keeps the world turning, but the Kingdom is thirsty for water. For years, the government subsidized domestic food production to feed its 25m population – supporting the production of around 3m tons of wheat per year, along with barley and other crops – but the costs of irrigation are spiraling and the […]
Described as Africa’s leading literary award, the 2012 Caine Prize for African Writing has been awarded to Nigerian Rotimi Babatunde for his short story entitled Bombay’s Republic published in the Mirabilia Review. Chair of the judging panel, Bernardine Evaristo announced Babatunde as the winner of the £10 000 prize at an awards dinner held on […]
The most enviable legacy that Kwame Nkrumah left as Ghana’s leader is his ability to galvanize a multi-ethnic nation. He was able to utilize the historical relationships shared among the various ethnic groups emphasizing the supremacy of nationalism over narrow ethnic interests. His Ghana Education Trust spread schools all over the country affording Ghanaian youths […]
By Kofi Ayim The Vice President of the Republic of Ghana John Dramani Mahama said he used to think that the phrase “coup d’etat” was a game that children played. But he found out the hard way that “coup d’etat” was not a child’s’ play for a second grader. That was in 1966, when the […]
By Kofi Ayim Without a doubt, Wailers, the reggae band that propelled the unique music associated with the island of Jamaica unto the international scene is alive and kicking. And the legacy of its premier leader and reggae king Robert Nesta Marley (a.ka.a. Bob Marley) lives on. The reconstituted Wailers, led by Aston Barrett, (appropriately […]
by Kwabena Opong Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice-presidential candidate for Ghana’s opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) averred that Ghana would be better off without political insults. “Our political discourse is too noisy, laden with insults and too personal,” he said. The famed economist and former deputy governor of Bank of Ghana made this known […]
Dr. Kwaku Ohene Frimpong declared at the weekend of June 16 that only a few Ghanaian children have access to quality education. The famed professor of medicine was the chairperson at a dinner dance by the Akyem Association of New Jersey at the Ramadan Plaza Hotel at the Liberty International Airport at Newark, NJ. The […]
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) have issued a two-week ultimatum to government to upgrade them to the new pay policy. Meanwhile, the Civil and Local Government workers are also demanding immediate resumption of negotiations on their market premium to prevent a similar action. On Wednesday, the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana also issued a […]