World food security increasingly at risk due to ‘unprecedented’ climate change impact, new UN report warns
More than 500 million people today live in areas affected by erosion linked to climate change, the UN warned on Thursday, before urging all countries to commit to sustainable land…
UN boosts humanitarian appeal to help tackle Zimbabwe’s ‘worst-ever’ hunger crisis
With Zimbabwe now experiencing its “worst-ever hunger crisis”, the UN food relief agency has revised its humanitarian appeal to step up food assistance to people most affected by drought, flooding,…
Veep launches GH Dual Card to enhance electronic payment
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Wednesday launched the GH Dual Card, a two-in-one card that contains both the e-zwich and gh-link applications. The card, which is an initiative of…
Adopt trade-enhancing measures to help fight poverty – Prof. Dodoo
The Director-General of the Ghana Standards Authority, Professor Alex Dodoo, has underscored the need for countries in the sub-region to adopt trade-enhancing measures among the countries to help eradicate poverty…
Graphic/ Stanbic Business meeting: Ghana not an attractive business destination
Ghana has been described as a less preferred destination for businesses; even in the West African sub-region. General Manager of Kina Group, Nuamah Eshun-Famiyeh who made the assessment said in…
Lack of innovation crippling quality teaching – GNAT
Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) in-charge of professional development, Ms Gifty Apanbil, on Thursday said lack of innovation in the educational sector is affecting…
Illiteracy is not an excuse for underdevelopment
Majority of people in the country live in rural communities and cover a high percentage of people with little or no formal education. Development is anchored on human capital and…
Op-ed: Let’s rebuild the broken walls of Ghana!
When our forefathers fought and toiled for us, they had an indestructible hope and conviction that the generation after and beyond them will advance their great efforts and work. A…
ADI condemns IEA proposal to tax profitable businessses
The Alliance for Development and Industrialisation (ADI) has described as baseless the call by the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) that the government should impose more taxes on profitable and…
Lack of political commitment impedes implementation of child rights policies — CRI
Mr Bright Appiah, the Executive Director of Child Rights International (CRI), a non-governmental organisation, has lauded Ghana’s child rights policies and interventions that seek to protect the fundamental human rights…
