Development Agenda

High-ranking U.S. officials have been trooping to Africa recently, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken next up with a visit to Ethiopia and Niger this week. A core part of their mission is to chip away at some African governments’ reluctance to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by persuading them that the conflict is deepening the continent’s severe hunger problem. ...

A “new philosophy” and broader approaches can transform services for persons with disabilities, a UN-appointed independent expert told the Human Rights Council on Monday. In his latest report to the Council, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Gerard Quinn, outlined how more inclusive policy approaches and innovative private sector involvement can spur progress. “States and societies at large ...

Mr Speaker, I am glad to be here in this august House to perform, once again, one of the most pleasant duties on the calendar of the President of the Republic, that is, to give Honourable Members and the Ghanaian people a Message on the State of the Nation, in fulfilment of article 67 of the Constitution. In accordance with ...

Closing the major gender gap in innovation and technology is the focus of the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which opened at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday.  Over the next two weeks, participants from across the world – including representatives from governments, the UN, civil society and youth groups, as well as ...

The Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Northern Development Authority (NDA), Sumaila Abdul-Rahman has resigned from his position. The Special Prosecutor dragged Sumaila Abdul–Rahman, and his two deputies –Mr. Stephen Yir-eru Engmen and Mr. Patrick Seidu– to court over alleged procurement breaches. The outgoing NDA CEO explained that his resignation would allow the ongoing judicial process to take place ...

The global pace of reforms toward equal treatment of women under the law has slumped to a 20-year low, constituting a potential impediment to economic growth at a critical time for the global economy, a new World Bank report shows. In 2022, the global average score on the World Bank’s Women, Business, and the Law index rose just half a point to ...

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has issued a warning to heads of Senior High Schools who charge first-year students unapproved fees. It said such heads will be sanctioned because the acts are illegal and will not be tolerated. Parents have complained about unapproved fees levied by school administrators and items not approved in the prospectus for new students. Cassandra Twum ...

President Akufo-Addo has launched the Ghana Education Outcome Project (GEOP) at a special ceremony in Accra. The project is aimed at returning 70,000 out-of-school children back into the classroom as well as improving learning outcomes in over 600 GALOP schools in 29 districts in the country. Held on the theme, ”Getting all children educated through support to schools and communities”, ...

The  Ghana  Integrity initiative is rolling out the  Second  Phase of its Land and Corruption in Africa Project – LCA II, which seeks to ensure that corrupt practices in Land administration and land deals are addressed to ultimately contribute to improved livelihood of men and women in  Ghana and Africa in general. The project, which spans 2022-2025, builds on the ...

Newmont Corp (NEM.N) on Thursday fell short of Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter profit, as the world’s largest gold miner struggled with lower prices and increased costs. Average realized gold prices fell 2.2% to $1,758 per ounce in the quarter from a year earlier, while the all-in-sustaining cost for gold, an industry metric that reflects total expenses associated with production, rose 15% ...