The arithmetic of avoidable death

School children in the communities within the Amansie West and Amansie South Districts are set to benefit from a Literacy Improvement Project aimed at enhancing their reading and literacy skills.

Africa’s emerging trade order will be judged not only by agreements signed, borders modernised and industrial parks constructed, but also by whether women can produce, finance, transport and sell goods across the continent.

The Swiss cheese model is one of the world’s most recognised frameworks for accident prevention. It explains why incidents occur even when multiple safety controls are in place. Every control layer has weaknesses or “holes”. When these holes line up, an accident happens.

Pensions are often presented as a technical subject involving contributions, investments, actuarial calculations and benefit payments. In reality, pension management is also deeply political.

Republic Investments says all its collective investment schemes outperformed their respective benchmarks in 2025, led by the Republic Equity Trust, which delivered an annual return of 84.2 percent as Ghana’s stock market staged a sharp recovery amid improving macroeconomic conditions and declining interest rates.

Students and young professionals have been urged to complement their academic qualifications with practical and digital skills to remain competitive in an increasingly technology-driven job market.

Ghana’s cashew farmers are reeling from a steep 2025 price collapse as the country’s processing capacity remains stalled below six percent, leaving the bulk of raw nuts exported with little local value addition.

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is working with the insolvency and restructuring industry stakeholders to develop a more predictable and risk-sensitive framework for financing distressed but viable businesses.