Features & Opinions

The democracy in the digital media landscape is good but does it work favourably for all audiences? Agreed the platforms employed by the media are shaping political, economic and social life. These in themselves do not pose a challenge however some of the contents produce with the quest to driving home the conversation possess potential risks and danger to children ...

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 rural communities are overflowing with raw human capital. The problem is not the capital but is in regard to how to harness the human resource to advance development. Development Communication ...

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 clean heart, genuine love, a strong sense of patriotism and service was deeply rooted in their minds and heart. They were good managers: they used the scarce resources at their ...

The Finance Minister in his supplementary budget submission to parliament made the claim that the government is going to renegotiate all take-or-pay power agreements to take-and-pay will scare away prospective investors not only in the power sector but even more in the development of any future gas Exploration and Production (E&P) field. This claim, if true, is not only ill-advised ...

Before you read this answer these questions; you can choose to share your answers with us after reading. 1. Did you ever feel like dropping out of school at some point, why? 2. Did any of your friends drop out of school, can you tell what their reason was? 3. Did you ever have a teacher you like or dislike, ...

According to UNDP, Ghana currently produces 1.7 million tonnes of plastic waste annually with only 2% being recycled, implying that most of the plastic waste generated ends up in the environment. The problem of plastic littering in Ghana becomes compounded during heavy rains wherein the rain washes the plastic bottles, bags, and sleeves into road‐side gutters and water bodies resulting ...

Many researchers in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) sector have concluded that informal mining in Ghana is beleaguered with environmental and occupational health problems and that addressing them would help promote the sector as a socially and economically viable activity in the country. For many people in ASM communities, mining is an important source of income, particularly for the ...

When Ghana became politically independent in 1957, the education system, thus; schools, colleges and universities, was purposely set up, primarily to produce skilled workforce for the young nation. Also, research institutions were to support to sustain the industrialisation agenda for the crawling economy. Largely, knowledge, science and technology became the foundation stone for the country’s economic growth and development strategic ...

A win by the informal coalition of civil society, traditional and social media activism which has pushed government to backtrack on the intended new 450 seater parliamentary chamber at a cost of $200M, is a statement of empowerment and confidence in the Ghanaian. The unexpected U-turn by Parliament to backtrack on the intended project under the hashtag #Dropthatchamber is a ...

I am starting to sense that “which way the wind is blowing” with my girlfriend, and I think she may break up with me soon. No this cannot be!  We have been in love for so many years. Wait a minute, this is similar to the case of the Ghanaian Youth and its political system. I am tempted to say ...