Background and context Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) has disqualified 12 presidential hopefuls for the upcoming 7th general elections of the Fourth Republic. The EC Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, who made the announcement at a press briefing in Accra said, the 12 disqualified failed to “meet the necessary requirements in filing their nomination forms”. The disqualification has generated huge…
Just four of 17 presidential candidates who filed nominations to contest Ghana’s December 7 presidential elections have been cleared by the country’s electoral commission to run. The rest have been disqualified on grounds that have elicited widespread condemnation and even legal action. On the one hand, the commission’s efforts can be considered a bold attempt to stamp…
The world commemorated End of Poverty Day in the midst of plenty. The World Bank African Region leadership held a video conferencing event on the 17th October which included over 17 its regional offices in Africa, with the Bank’s African region team also joining in from Washington DC. The event which was held under the…
Ghana goes to elections in December. In this first installment of a two-part article, the author argues that, like in many developing countries, heightened expectations that democratisation would lead to inclusive and sustainable development have not been realised. Ghana has successfully transformed from authoritarian rule to a fledging liberal democracy, but in the midst of…
PRESS RELEASE 6TH OCTOBER, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION MAKE MENTAL HEALTH A PRIORITY, INSTEAD OF GOLD CARAT WATCHES Participatory Development Associates (PDA) is by this press release calling on government to make mental health a priority by meeting its obligations to mental health patients at the country’s psychiatric hospitals for their smooth running. The…
Glowen Kyei-Mensah, Managing Director of Participatory Development Associates, named among Ghana’s leading network of Women Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders. This is a flagship project of The African Network of Entrepreneurs (TANOE) has released another comprehensive & inspiring list of the Top 50 Women Corporate Leaders in Ghana following their earlier list of the 100…
The brightly coloured plastic jugs once played a vital role transporting water during Ghana’s droughts. Now, they’re creating a new environmental catastrophe of their own. Seas of discarded yellow, blue and white containers – referred to locally as “Kufuor gallons” after the water crises endured under president John Kufuor in the early 2000s – have…
The world is changing. Fast. Over the past 20 years in my home country of Ghana, poverty levels have been halved, child mortality has declined significantly, and strides in governance have helped make it one of the leading democracies in Africa. I’ve witnessed this progress as a member of parliament, government minister and, most recently,…
Ghanaian professors are calling for a statue of Mahatma Gandhi to be removed from their campus because they claim he was racist and considered Indians to be “infinitely superior” to black Africans. A statue of the Indian independence leader was unveiled at the University of Ghana in June by the Indian president, Pranab Mukherjee, who…