Intense competition around the world has made it tough for small businesses to thrive anywhere and Ghana is no exception. It means that if these small businesses have a product ready to go, they need to market it forcefully so they can sell as many as possible in a short time.
With the right reform in our agricultural sector, we can grow the economy, create more jobs and attain food security. And while the government has and continues to achieve significant gains towards this vision, we can’t do it alone, but we need to ensure these partnerships are fit for purpose and make sense for the country.
One of the things children learn as they grow is to use language appropriately in a social context (when around other people). The ways in which both language and non-verbal communication such as eye contact, facial expression and body language are used is referred to as social skills.
When Abass Ibrahim stepped forward the third time for his letter, a wave of murmur erupted in one part of the afternoon assembly. That part was where the final year students, Abass’ year group, stood.
In a surprising turn of events, Elon Musk now looks set to become the sole proprietor of Twitter, after Twitter’s board met on the weekend to vote on accepting his $44b takeover offer.
Revenue generation and sources of development funding are the most topical issues dominating public discourses today in Ghana. Various development stakeholders are therefore required to assist policy makers in search of innovative solutions to the nation's economic and financial heartaches.
Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Although malaria deaths or sicknesses are preventable and curable, the disease has sent a lot of people to their early grave, especially children under five years of age.
Last Wednesday, I found myself heading towards Takoradi for the graduation ceremony of Takoradi Technical University's (TTU) 150 young men and women under the Petroleum Commission’s (PC) Accelerated Oil and Gas Capacity Building (AOGC) programme.
As Ghanaians, history must always propel us to gird our loins to protect our democratic process. In retrospect, military regimes didn't benefit Ghana, especially in terms of economic progress.
The judge in Ankomah-Nimfah v Quayson (Suit No. CRP/E/3/21) case faced a remarkably straightforward question — Is the duly elected member of parliament (MP) of Assin-North disqualified from being an MP because he owes allegiance to a country other than Ghana? Remarkably, the judge provided a most non-responsive answer — Yes, because at the time of filing his parliamentary nomination forms, he held Canadian citizenship.
During my studies in Education, I loved almost all of my classes, but one class had a deep mark on me: The Foundations of Education. I still remember our first day in the class. This African-American woman pulls up a chair, sits in it and asks us to each come forward, give our names and why we want to be teachers. As you can imagine, we all had simple but lofty reasons about why we wanted to be teachers. When we had all spoken, she smiles and says, your job as future teachers is to make your students good citizens and good workers. You can imagine that we were surprised at her words. But she is proven right when you consider what was said in 1993 when England started work on revising their National Curriculum:
Article 94(2)(a) provides that a person is not qualified to be a member of Parliament if he owes allegiance to a country other than Ghana. It is obvious but it needs stating that the article does not say a person is not qualified to be a member of Parliament if he is a citizen of a country other than Ghana. The easiest way to see that article 94(2)(a) is not aimed at Ghanaians who are citizens of other countries is to remember that at the time of promulgating the Constitution, it was not permissible for a citizen of Ghana to hold the citizenship of another country.
Today, April 23, 2022, is a day for a global celebration of literature. The UN is marking today as both the ‘World Book and Copyright Day’ and ‘UN English Language Day’ – but for now my focus is on the first.
