"I have travelled far away from home to be at this important gathering. A few years ago, it would have been impossible for me, a woman, to attend this cocoa farming-related programme," Charity Ofori, a female cocoa farmer, told Cocoa Post.
“Choose your choice, love your choice, be responsible for your choice.” This was the piece of advice from the parents that became a popular mantra in the home of the Effahs as they set out to pursue their dreams in academic life on the way to building careers.
Anyone who is quite familiar with Accra would easily agree that it is quite a noisy place. Giant loudspeakers sit in drinking bars, blasting songs at volumes loud enough to wake the dead and probably tempt them to pop over for a quick, stiff drink before returning to their graves.
One of the core functions of any government is to provide employment to its citizens or at least provide the enabling environment for people to get employed in the private sector. It is known that the government is the single largest employer in the country.
As firms rebuild from the pandemic’s devastation, it is necessary now more than ever to reinforce their ability to cope with future shocks – especially the growing climate crisis.
After more than five years of falling interest rates, which has seen the benchmark Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) falling from well over 20 per cent to a long-term low of 13.5 per cent over the past year, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has been forced into a sharp reversal with the highest single increase in the benchmark rate since it was first introduced.
The Unity Square is a multi-purpose centre in Winneba located at the popular Y-intersection which is the gateway to the older southern half of Simpa in the Central Region.
Not surprisingly, cases heard at the Supreme Court tend to generate historic outcomes, memorable headlines and quotes. But, in my estimation, an excerpt from the proceedings last week, in the ‘Boakye Mattress’ estate litigation, must rank as one of the most noteworthy – and baffling.
BY: Prof. Raphael Nyarkotey Obu & Lawrencia Aggrey-Bluwey
In the year 2020, Dr Kwaku Oteng, a renowned business mogul, revealed what he sees as the secret to his success. According to him, he became rich when he started paying his tithe on the advice of his pastors.
On the telly this week, a show host asked his two guests why housing and other building projects were so expensively priced. I knew where to get the answer. It lies in the official lack of confidence in African/Ghanaian solutions.
On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, the funeral took place in Washington DC, USA of Madeleine Albright, America’s first female Secretary of State who died on March 23, 2022.
The chop box is a sizeable wooden box that serves as a travelling case for boarding school students in Ghana. For decades, this wooden box has been of immense benefit to students in boarding schools across the country.
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