Development Agenda

Eighty percent of road projects being pre-financed by Ghanaian contractors across the country have stalled, the National Chairman of the Association of Ghana Road Contractors, John Afful, has estimated. He attributed these challenges to the depreciation of the cedi and the increasing cost of petroleum products. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, Mr. Afful said it has become practically impossible for ...

Ghana risks terrorist evasion due to the activities of illegal mining activities in the country popularly known as galamsey.  This is according to the National Security Minister, Mr Albert Kan Dapaah.  He said these “criminals” are attracted to gold mining areas.  Speaking at a press briefing on Sunday, the Minister said the terrorists will use the monies to fund their ...

President Akufo-Addo has asked rich countries to allow heavily indebted poor African countries to swap their debts with climate interventions.  The President has been addressing the world at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27 in Egypt.  Ghana is currently facing a crippling economic crisis fueled by huge debt.  The debt situation is proving to be a major stumbling block to getting an IMF deal in ...

The World Bank Group’s new Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) for Ghana estimates that at least one million more people could fall into poverty due to climate shocks if urgent climate actions are not taken. The Report also warned that if pre-emptive measures are not taken, incomes could reduce by up to 40% for poor households by 2050, further ...

Former President, John Mahama has blamed the Finance Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, for the country’s economic woes. According to him, the President’s seeming inability to remove Mr. Ofori-Atta from office is worsening the situation. “To be clear, we’re in this mess because of an untouchable Finance Minister relying on his Databank workers and neglecting the advice of seasoned experts at ...

A survey by Global Info Analytics has found that 77 percent of Ghanaians believe the country is heading in the wrong direction as of October 2022.  According to the survey, 16 percent of Ghanaians believed the country was heading in the right direction. Meanwhile, seven percent of the persons polled had no opinion on the direction of the country. Excerpts ...

A Justice nominee of the Supreme Court, Barbara Frances Ackah-Yensu, has proposed the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in handling cases involving illegal small-scale miners (Galamseyers). She said this during her vetting by the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Tuesday, October 18. Asked by Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu about the judicial response to the galamsey menace, she said “we will determine if ...

Top business executives joined the UN chief on Wednesday to present transformative solutions for bridging the estimated $4.3 trillion-dollar financing gap for countries that reach the ambitious 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – the world’s agreed roadmap for a more peaceful and inclusive world. The Fourth Annual Meeting of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance, is focused on supporting ...

Did you know that Africa has the highest suicide rate in the world? To reverse that worrying statistic, the UN health agency WHO on Thursday launched a social media campaign to raise awareness around mental health illness, which is believed to account for up to 11 percent of the risk factors that are associated with suicide. “Every death by suicide is a tragedy,” said Dr. Matshidiso ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has asked the National House of Chiefs to take partisanship out of the galamsey fight. The President said the fight is a national battle and must precede all other interests which he stressed is the only way the fight can be won. “There are many I intend to make of you during the close door session of ...