Development watchers have expressed concerns about deepening bite of HIV/AIDS in the Nabdam District, warning it is a major roadblock to steps being taken by stakeholders to deal with low agricultural production and chronic food insecurity in that deprived part of the Upper East region. The district recorded 52 cases of the disease in 2016…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Rogaland County on the ticket of the Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti), Olaug Bollestad V, has advocated the need to achieve gender parity in the Norwegian Parliament. That, to her, would help to strengthen women participation in the decision-making process both at the national and global levels.…
Accra, Nov. 29, GNA – Mr Anders Samuelsen, the Danish Foreign Minister has said Ghana’s quest to develop its economy beyond aid depended highly on empowering its entrepreneurs to grow and expand their businesses. He said an expanded economy built on the back of entrepreneurs would create more jobs for unemployed young people.Mr Samuelsen…
Government’s drive to digitise the economy will be effectively complemented by the various payment initiatives the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) has rolled out. This will ensure that the country derives the full benefit of a digital economy. GhIPSS, since 2007 has been deploying a number of electronic payment channels, which addresses the…
A former Commissioner of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short, has called for a change in the way and manner some appointments are made in order to fight against the corruption menace in the country. Justice Emile Short said, anti-corruption institutions in Ghana are not strong enough to fight graft due to…
Ghanaians must limit their expectations of the Special Prosecutor because the office cannot solve all corruption-related cases, outspoken academic Professor Ransford Gyampoh has noted. Parliament on November 14, passed the Special Prosecutor bill after it went through the necessary scrutiny in Parliament. The object of the Bill is to establish the Office of the Special…
Government has promised to increase funding for Research and Development (R&D) to 2.5% of GDP in the long term to boost all research programs in both Private and Public Institutions in the country. “I have also promised to increase funding for Research and Development (R&D). In the short to medium term 1% of GDP will…
US Ambassador to Ghana Robert Jackson wants the government to safeguard the public purse by holding corrupt officials accountable. While commending President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over his initiatives to make “Ghana a better place to do business,” Ambassador Jackson noted there is more room for improvement in various sectors of the economy. “We…
Climate engineering, or climate intervention, is risky but needs to be explored as a supplement – not as a ‘Plan B’ – to greenhouse gas emissions reduction, said experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23), in Bonn, Germany. Climate engineering, also referred to as geoengineering, is the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the…