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Two Ministries that have perfected failure
In the last 54 years since I was born, if anyone can point me to two ministries that have failed Ghana more consistently, more visibly, and more comfortably than the Ministries responsible for Local Government and Labour or Employment and Social Welfare, I will gladly donate my SSNIT benefits to them.
Monitoring visits or disturbances: The hidden cost of interruptions during BECE
There is a quiet rhythm to every examination hall. Pens move. Minds stretch. Silence carries the weight of ambition. In that moment, every second matters. Every thought counts. Now imagine that silence breaking, not because a student is done thinking, but because a door swings open. A group walks in and automatically,...
Thoughts of a Ghanaian youth
Something struck me during this past weekend, and I think I should share it with every Ghanaian. I asked myself a simple question: which aspect of our lives as a people has seen tremendous change and improvement in our generation? I decided to use a base year of 1992 because that was when we decided as a people to retu...
Akosombo, Ghana National Research Fund, and the imperative of investing in national capacity
Akosombo demonstrated that Ghanaian expertise exists.
Classroom tears to boardroom fears: One technique that saves both
Some months ago, I was tasked with facilitating training on Effective Communication in the Lecture Room for selected faculty members at the University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA). That was when my research led me to the “Feedback Sandwich Model”, a model I believe can turn criticism into connection.
The Pragya Economy: Is Cape Coast Losing urban soul?
Cape Coast has never been an ordinary town, and it must not be an ordinary town. Long before many parts of Ghana experienced modern education and urban culture, Cape Coast had already begun shaping the intellectual and social foundations of the country.
Understanding the National Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Plans and their implications for the private sector
Climate change, one of the most defining challenges of development planning, requires balancing economic growth with responsible environmental action. Under the Paris Agreement, each country must outline how it intends to reduce emissions, protect its people and economy, and further enhance resilience to climate risks....
Women. Power. Politics. The Oldest Unpaid Job in the World (Issue 2)
Take a moment, gentle reader, to think about what the global economy actually needs to function. It needs workers. Healthy, fed, educated, emotionally stable human beings who can show up, think, build, trade and produce. Those workers do not arrive ready- made. They are grown. Someone carries them for nine months, endu...
Think the weather forecast is unreliable?: Here is why
If you found your way to this article, chances are you have, at some point, grumbled in frustration after trusting a weather forecast that never arrived.
Protecting our kids online: The second world requires rules
Ghana’s children are already online, tonight, in homes and dormitories across the country. The platforms that surround them have been permitted to govern themselves. They have not governed themselves well. 13,000+ child sexual abuse reports linked to Ghana in one year 1 in 3 SHS girls in Accra subjected to digital blac...
Why Ghana must reform the BECE for the 21st century
The growing national conversation on the structure of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), sparked by concerns raised by Africa Education Watch (EduWatch), presents Ghana with a timely opportunity to rethink the purpose, content and psychological burden of assessment at the basic school level.
Carlos Alcaraz Announces US Open Decision Amid Wrist Injury
Defending US Open champion Carlos Alcaraz will return to New York after right wrist injury struggles.