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Osaka stuns world number one Sabalenka to reach quarter-finals
A resurgent Naomi Osaka stunned world number one Aryna Sabalenka in a brilliant performance to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time. Japan’s Osaka out-served, out-hit and out-thought her fellow four-time Grand Slam champion to win 6-2 7-6 (7-2) on Centre Court. This is Sabalenka’s earliest exit at a Gr...
Berenice Owen-Jones: Ghana gave me more than I expected
Serving as Australia’s High Commissioner to Ghana has been an immense honour. Over the last four years, I have come to know a country of exceptional richness, not only because of its natural resources, but above all because of the strength, creativity and resilience of its people. I arrived as the world was still emerg...
Discipline must build unity, not endanger victory: a reflection on leadership, constitutionalism and the future of the NPP
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has always distinguished itself as a political tradition founded on constitutionalism, internal democracy and the rule of law.
Ghana cannot arrest its way out of Galamsey – A case for medium scale mining revolution
Yet despite the billions of cedis spent on enforcement, illegal mining continues to expand, forests continue to disappear, and rivers that once sustained farming communities have become polluted with mercury and silt.
SDG 2 has a Missing Pillar: The case for Farm Financial Management as a Global Food Security Imperative
SDG 2- Zero Hunger: is one of the most ambitious commitments in the history of international development. Its five targets address food availability, the elimination of malnutrition, the doubling of smallholder productivity and income, sustainable food production systems, and agricultural investment. Governments, multi...
From GH¢155 billion a year to GH¢500 billion a month! The amazing story of how interoperability in 2018 has driven Ghana’s mobile Money Growth
In May 2018, Ghana became the first country in Africa to launch a game-changing digital payment system - mobile money interoperability, which allowed seamless payments; first between all mobile money networks and then, between mobile money networks and bank accounts. However, before that, Ghana operated a fragmented pa...
Prince Adu-Owusu: The beauty of being chosen
There comes a point where you become tired. Not tired of love itself, but tired of trying to figure out whether you are loved.
Manuel Koranteng writes: Work, wellbeing and why Ghana’s workplace culture needs an immediate rethink
In many workplaces in Ghana, personal emergencies are only justified when there’s total immobility. But what does that mean? Ghana’s workplace culture will be the end of us. Stay with me. Last Sunday, I saw a flurry of posts about how important fathers, especially the ‘intentional’ ones, have been in people’s lives. Ho...
Vehicle pollution, a leading risk factor for death in Ghana both the children and working class
Johnson Dotsey Mensah, the Assembly Member for the Adevukope Electoral Area in the Ketu North Municipality, has reported a suspected grave robbery at the Weta Police Station on June 10.
Why can’t Ghanaians be on time in Ghana?
I am sure you are familiar with the demeaning joke phrase, Ghana Mean Time (instead of Greenwich Mean Time). I describe it as demeaning because it shows a lack of respect for time, for ourselves, and for others, when almost every event is started with an apology for not starting on time! Every worker, every […]
The role of the State is both Facilitative and Participative In the generation of wealth – Hon. Julius Debrah
The Chief of Staff of Ghana, Mr Julius Debrah, has indicated that the role of the state in generating wealth is both Facilitative and Participative through business policies and programmes.
Beyond historical pathways: Securing the Volta-Togo border in an era of emerging threats
The recent remarks by the Minister for the Interior regarding the existence of more than one hundred unauthorised entry routes along the Volta-Togo border have generated considerable public discussion. While some have interpreted the Minister’s comments through historical, cultural, and political lenses, the broader is...