Ghana has lost a total of 1.41 million hectares of tree cover from 2001 to 2021, equivalent to a 20 per cent decrease in forest cover - a size bigger than the land area of the Western Region - in the last 20 years, with 740 million tonnes of...
Trade-to-GDP declines to 48% in 2019 from 53% a decade ago Ghana's merchandise trade competitiveness declined over the decade from 2010 to 2019, resulting in a reduction in number of exporting firms and level of participation in Global Value Chains (GVCs), a new report by the World Bank has...
The value of stocks traded on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) reached an all-time-high (ATH) in May, as the local bourse saw shares worth GH¢607.31million change hands. The uptick in market activity ensured that by end of the period the cumulative value of shares traded on a year-to-date (YtD) basis...
facility to attract 150,000 annual visitors President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has opened the rehabilitated National Museum to the public after the facility was closed down in 2015 for renovation works. The renovated edifice, according to the president, is expected to attract about 150,000 visitors each year and will contribute...
Challenging Heights, a survivor-led organisation, has released a report that shows that approximately 60% of all children living in the fishing communities along the Volta Lake are child labourers. The report, which is titled: ‘Children Hidden in Plain Sight: A report on the State of Child Labour in the Fishing...
At a rather young age, Smallgod discovered his love for creative arts and became a staunch music enthusiast, attending almost every rave, music concert and arts festival that mattered. He was the life of any social gathering he attended and will show up in brands which he rocked religiously and...
The West Africa Nobles Forum, a forum of eminent West Africans, has awarded the vice president, Support Services and MD of Golden Star Resources, Shaddrack Adjetey Sowah. He was awarded at the 34th West Africa Nobles Congress and Awards ceremony in Accra. The annual awards are presented annually to prominent...
In the introduction to an almost 4minutes feature film for Efiɛ Gallery, Isshaq Ismail, a multi-disciplinary artist and filmmaker, sat on a coffee table, his right leg on top of the left, and his two hands locked below the knee of the left leg. He slowly turned toward his...
Many Ghanaians who have travelled to Türkiye are quite familiar with some of popular Turkish dishes, especially the sumptuous kebabs and other tasty meat dishes. However, the Turkish Embassy in Ghana took a cross-section of Ghanaians on an amazing culinary journey that enabled us to truly appreciate the rich...
The National Commission for Civic Education and Miss Ghana Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further enhance civic consciousness among contestants of the Miss Ghana Beauty Pageant. The two-year partnership will afford the NCCE another platform to promote civic education among contestants who will also serve...