Unlike the Kyoto Protocol that established legally binding emissions reduction targets, the Paris Agreement requires all countries — rich, poor, developed, and developing — to do their part and slash greenhouse gas emissions.
To that end, greater flexibility is built into the Paris Agreement: No language is included on the...
A strong advocate for intra-African trade because of the manifold benefits it holds, David Ofosu-Dorte - Executive Chairman of law firm AB & David, is positing that African countries should position themselves well in commerce, so as to be known for the distribution of certain goods and services throughout...
The UN labour agency is predicting that more than 430 million enterprises in hard-hit sectors such as retail and manufacturing “risk serious disruption owing to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic”.
For millions of workers, no income means no food, no security and no future. Millions of businesses around the...
While the country has demonstrated great appreciation for the work that frontline health workers are doing and have done during the outbreak of COVID-19, a recent revelation that some frontline health workers in the Ashanti Region have been infected by COVID-19 is rather unsettling.
We learn that investigations have already...
The country’s current economic woes is driving investors to seek diversification away from government securities, and Pension funds are setting their sights on investing in the real sector, this is according to the 2023 outlook survey by Axis Pension Trust.
According to the survey, investors are now looking to diversify...
High post-harvest losses is one of the main constraints for peasant farmers who form the bulk of those engaged in the country’s agriculture sector. Apart from making farming unattractive, it also has the tendency to inhibit efforts at ensuring food security in the country, whiles perpetuating poverty amongst farmers.
Various...
The UK-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has noted that the sharp plunge in global oil demand and prices will weigh heavily on productivity activity in the energy, oil and gas sectors of the country.
The British research firm added that the decline in the hydrocarbons sector will have spillover effects...
Although successive governments have over the years developed and implemented measures aimed at promoting a culture of transparency and accountability, Ghana’s fight against corruption appears to be stagnating.
The country scored zero for the fourth consecutive year in fighting corruption, according to the CPI 2023 data released by Transparency International...
The news that mobile money transactions have seen a resurgence following a reduction of the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy) is a positive sign for the country's digital economy.
Mobile money services are growing faster than expected worldwide - especially in Africa, where the number of registered mobile money accounts increased...