‘Once bitten, twice shy’ is the most apt adage that explains the general apprehension surrounding the emergence of fall armyworm (FAW) infestation that seems to have come to stay with us for a long time. Since 2017, the devastation wrought by the FAW in Ghana has been phenomenal - and...
We are still near the start of 2018, and already it feels like tension and disorder will be the year’s defining characteristics. From anti-immigration policies in the United States to flaring geopolitical hotspots in the Middle East and East Asia, disruption, upheaval, and uncertainty seem to be the order...
The annual Aggrey-Fraser-Guisberg Memorial Lectures, which was instituted in 1957 to commemorate three distinguished personalities in the nation’s history, is a major event in the life of the University of Ghana and indeed the nation as a whole. The theme for this year’s lecture was ‘Nkrumah and the Making of...
By the year 2050 Africa’s youth population is projected to be a little over 840 million, making it the continent with the youngest population on earth. The issue was raised by at a two-day consultation at the African Development Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan. Though it is recognised that the growing...
Last week, the president launched a seven-year development plan that forms the basis for his government’s development planning. As a result, all metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) are required to develop their medium-term programmes in line with the overall agenda of the 7-year development plan. This is a constitutional...
There is very little doubt that Ghana, based on its positioning near the equator, is endowed with abundant solar resources. That is why it is particularly unfortunate that as a country we have not been able to exploit solar potentials to meet our growing energy needs - even as...
Tax collection is being improved to ensure that domestic revenue mobilisation is improved. In fact, domestic revenue mobilisation is key to the agenda of a ‘Ghana beyond aid’. Thus, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has stepped up its tax collection role and is introducing new measures such as the...
Though some doubts were entertained as to the feasibility of government’s proposed ‘One District, One Factory’ industrialisation programme, news by our Northern regional correspondent filtering in from Tamale suggests strongly that the programme is gearing up to take-off in the northern ecological zone as preparations are finalised. Implementation teams, we...
It is somewhat ironic that as we celebrate 25 years of democracy in the Fourth Republic, the passage of the Right to Information bill (RTI) into law has travelled 22 years of drafts, reviews and stalemates - just to give an indication of the wishy-washy manner in which we...
In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic and what is happening across the world and the continent, it is no longer feasible to implement the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on July, 1 as planned. With the closure of most land and sea borders, as well as airports, it...