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Ghana’s quest to recapture its previous position as the leading producer of cocoa in the world can be enhanced if stakeholders refocus their attention in dealing with the impact of Climate Change across the cocoa growing areas, an official of the Forestry Commission has observed. Mr Mr Emmanuel Antwi, Assistant District Manager, Begoro Forest District believes that the   cocoa sector ...

The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called on Ghanaian youth, especially those in Zongo communities, to resist any attempt to get them drafted into anti-social activities, especially political vigilantism. He asked them to rather concentrate on tackling the major concerns of the Zongo communities, including jobs, education, and business development, thereby forming ‘Job-lantes, Edu-lantes and Busi-lantes’ to promote their welfare ...

The government is reviewing the law banning the commercial operation of motorbikes, otherwise known as ‘Okada’, to determine whether to amend the law to regularise its operations or maintain its current form and punish offenders. The Minister of Transport, Mr Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, said the government was reviewing the Road Traffic Regulation, 2012 because its non-enforcement had increased Okada operations ...

Reverend Professor Emmanuel Adow Obeng, the President of the Presbyterian University College, Ghana (PUCG), has indicated that irrespective of the educational policy reforms that have taken place over the years, Ghana has not benefited much from such policies. “Despite all the educational policy reforms that have taken place in Ghana, the relevant type of education that is required to contribute ...

 Some gender activists in the country yesterday used the celebration of the International Women’s Day (IWD) to rally stakeholders to demand for the passage of the Affirmative Action Bill into law, as  a matter of urgency. At a national dialogue held in Accra to mark the day, the activists stressed that the passage of the bill would be the best ...

SEND-Ghana, a policy think tank has made a proposal to government to consider setting up an Agricultural Investment Fund to ensure the sustainability of the sector and to enhance Ghana’s quest to maximize its agricultural production. The Organization indicated that “to ensure sustainability of the sectors growth, the investment or development expenditure allocation of the sector should be increased to ...

Dr. Elsie Effah Kaufmann has argued that an ideal society may delay if society keeps doing the same things which have resulted in the present undesirable outcomes. “So many things are accepted as normal.  If you have done things in a certain way for a long time, it takes effort to change. That is Newton’s first law,” the host of the ...

The Developing Women for Mobilisation (DWM) has urged the government to find innovative ways that can remove barriers and accelerate progress for gender equality. Formerly, the 31st December Women’s Movement, the organisation now re-christened DWM is of the view that the current trajectories showed that existing interventions would be impossible to achieve the sustainable developmental goals by 2030. It argued ...

A top Ghanaian official has promised action following a CNN report into child slavery on Lake Volta. Around 20,000 children work on the lake, enslaved by fishermen they call “master.” Most of them come to the lake from hundreds of miles away. They are sold by their desperately poor parents to human traffickers, sometimes for as little as $250. “It’s ...

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) and its partner, Hen Mpoano, Friday released a new report that highlights the critical roles of women in Ghana’s fisheries industry. The report, titled: “Gender Analysis: Ghana’s Artisanal Fisheries 2019”, was released today, March 8, 2019, to mark the International Women’s Day. According to a statement issued by the two bodies, women play a crucial ...