Development Agenda

Given the state of governance in our country and the long-held conviction that thethe country has not had enough benefits from mining, it is understandable that there issuspicion about a significant transaction such as the grant of a lithium mining lease to asubsidiary of an Australian-listed mining company whose significant U.S. shareholderwill buy half the product of the mine and ...

The Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) in collaboration with Abantu For Development and Keep Your Promise Campaign are pushing for a more hands on the deck approach to address climate change impacts. The group also wants African governments to as a matter of importance honour promises they make during international conferences relative to climate change. They note that Climate change ...

The UN climate change conference in Dubai is close to a big breakthrough on reducing the gases heating our planet, its United Arab Emirates hosts believe. Expressing “cautious optimism”, the UAE negotiating team believes COP28 is gearing up to commit to phasing down fossil fuels over coming decades. Maybe even ditching them altogether. Hosting a climate conference in a petrostate ...

The number of delegates at this year’s UN climate talks who are also linked to fossil fuel producers has quadrupled since last year, campaigners say. Around 2,400 people connected to the coal, oil and gas industries have been registered for the COP28 climate talks. This record number is more than the total attendees from the 10 countries most vulnerable to ...

The past decade has been confirmed the warmest ever recorded, continuing an alarming 30-year trend that the UN weather chief said on Tuesday is “unequivocally driven by greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.”  Marked by record breaking land and ocean temperatures, the decade between 2011-2020 saw continued rising concentrations of greenhouse gasses that “turbo charged” dramatic glacier loss and sea-level rise, ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has encouraged chiefs and traditional leaders to actively engage in the political discourse leading up to the 2024 general elections. Speaking after being enstooled as Nana Adasuoko I by the Suma Traditional Council in Suma-Ahenkro, Bono Region, Mr Bagbin urged traditional authorities to contribute to shaping the political narrative. However, he advised ...

 Israeli forces and Hamas fighters abided by a truce for a fifth day on Tuesday, after a four-day ceasefire was extended at the last minute by at least 48 hours to let more hostages go free. A single column of black smoke could be seen rising above the obliterated wasteland of the northern Gaza war zone from across the fence ...

A two-day Ghana Philanthropy Conference (GPC) has ended in Accra with a call on the government of Ghana to create an enabling environment that will facilitate philanthropic culture in the country. Conference participants noted that though philanthropy is a potent force in shaping a more equitable and sustainable future,  the current state of formal philanthropy in Ghana is marked by ...

A professor of economics at New York University, Professor Yaw Nyarko, says Ghana must rethink and invest in its agricultural sector to enhance its growth prospects. He stressed that this was critical because of the great potential of the agricultural sector. Speaking at the Achimota Speaks Forum on Thursday, November 16, 2023, Professor Nyarko noted that “Agriculture, I think, is ...

Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, one of Africa’s finest diplomats has underscored the need for governments in Africa and Ghana in particular to empower its people to engage in active citizenship to engender sustainable development. Empowering citizenship, According to Dr Chambas could assist in finding solutions to some of the development challenges specifically in Ghana and the African continent in general. ...