The World Health Organisation has asked six African countries to be alert for possible Ebola infections, as Guinea on Tuesday reported new cases and Democratic Republic of Congo said its new infections are the resurgence of a previous outbreak.
Guinea declared an outbreak of the virus on Sunday in the...
Efforts to revive national manufacturing sectors get a lot of airtime. After all, the sector propelled many East and South East Asian economies—the so-called “East Asia Miracle”—and was a gateway to the middle class for millions of workers.
However, for all the obsession with manufacturing, economists for their part seem...
As it is popularly known, February has been dubbed the month of love. Most lovers wait for this month, especially, 14th, which is Valentine’s Day, to express their utmost love to their partners. It’s beautiful when you see all those videos and images flying over social media.
For car owners, the car...
This month Bill Gates published his new book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need.
Connie Hedegaard: Let me start with a confession: For years, I thought you were not particularly interested in climate change. I vividly recall a closed session at...
I know it sounds like a drag; taxes are the last thing on your mind. Even the word tax sounds daunting and evokes some amount of tediousness, but the alternative where you fail to fulfill your property tax obligations, and fall foul, with its attendant consequences is far worse. ...
In most destinations, being a million tourists short over the previous year would be a huge cause for concern, the result of a horrible natural disaster. But that was before 2020, and before the coronavirus pandemic changed the way we travel forever.
The Maldives, an Indian Ocean island archipelago practically...
…A menace that needs to be cured immediately
Ghana’s land market is increasingly becoming characterised by a lot of indiscipline activities such as multiple sales, fraud, insecurity of title, encroachments, and many others. These issues are widespread in both urban and rural communities but highly prevalent in urban areas.
With rapid...
As Ghanaians show resilience and determination to make the most of 2021, and as we are about to celebrate yet a quiet independence this year, it’s fair to say that new year celebrations and resolutions across the country were uncharacteristically subdued with many Ghanaians and Africans heeding the president’s...
Thoughts of a Nima Boy with Inusah Mohammed
When I was growing up, I read haphazardly. No plan, no specialty, no exclusivity. Nothing. Just consuming words from anywhere readily accessible. I began to be selective and specialise after I was introduced to active reading. The first book that ushered me onto...
The ongoing global health crisis has left a trail of devastation in its wake. As we approach the first anniversary of the COVID-19 wave being officially acknowledged as a pandemic, we can all testify that it has decimated many businesses and in some instances claimed the scalps of entire...