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."
By Uchenna Ekwo In spite of efforts to improve Africa’s image in the world, some governments in the continent continue to introduce ridiculous policies better suited for the 19th century. The latest is Uganda that has recently approved legislation that makes it difficult for three or more persons to hold discussions in public. Under the […]
By Mantsadi Sepheka, 10 June 2013 Cape Town — allAfrica’s Mantsadi Sepheka talks to the Africa Innovation Foundation and winners of the 2013 Innovation Prize to find the link between Africa’s development challenges and nurturing and rewarding creative thinkers… Founders of the Africa Innovation Foundation (AIF), aim to contribute to prosperity in Africa by encouraging […]
A fresh report released by the environmental watchdog Global Witness indicates that illegal logging in Liberia is posing greater threat to the country’s forest. The Global Witness’ report, which states that illegal logging is robbing several people in Liberia, Ghana, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo, substantiates the group’s earlier report stating that last […]
By Julie Blussé Across Africa, academics and researchers face financial barriers that keep them from accessing the same knowledge their peers elsewhere in the world can afford. But some young Africans are fighting to change this. Open access publishing is their weapon of choice. While participating in the 2011 campaign to pass Kenya’s Cancer Bill, […]
By K. Ofosu-Barko, FGCP Your Excellency, I bring you greetings and extend a warm and hearty congratulations to you on your election to the highest office of our beloved country. I join my fellow Ghanaians to wish you the best of luck in the execution of your duties. Mr. President may I respectfully state at […]
By Prof. George Ayittey The situation in Ghana is infuriating. In Africa, we take one step forward and then three steps back. Same problems, same rituals and the repetition of the same foolish mistakes in one country after another. We touted Kenya as a “bastion of stability” in the East African region; then after the […]
By Uchenna Ekwo In A Culture of Secrecy: The Government Versus the People’s Right to Know, Athan G. Theoharis examined the secrecy perpetrated by successive US administrations of Nixon, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton. Contributing scholars, journalists, and attorneys reviewed different policies of previous US governments and brought to focus the constant conflict between the public’s […]
By Kofi Ayim More than five million Ghanaians are angry at the Chairman of their country’s Electoral Commission Dr. Afari Gyan, because they are convinced he helped rig the recent Presidential and Parliamentary elections for President John Mahama and his National Democratic Congress (NDC) party. Even before the general elections were held Dr. Afari Gyan, […]
By Axel Van Trotsenburg, 19 November 2012 column The World Bank’s fund for the poorest, IDA, was created more than 50 years ago to meet an urgent need—to make sure the world’s most vulnerable have a real chance at a decent life. A lot has happened since then. With IDA’s help, hundreds of […]
By Tim Wigmore The December elections may prove to be one of the sternest tests faced by Ghana’s electoral commission. Ghana’s Electoral Commission has proven robust in trying circumstances in the past. But the coming elections this December may test its capabilities like never before. A re-drawing of constituency boundaries has […]