By: Sayma Akhter ?(PhD researcher, Bangor University) , Morag McDonald (Professor of Ecology & Catchment Management, Bangor University) , Ray Marriott (Research fellow, Bangor University) Theobroma, the genus to which cacao, or “cocoa” as we know it, belongs, translates from the Latin as “food of the gods”. Ask any serious chocoholic and they would agree…
By: Dyfrig Hughes (Professor of Pharmacoeconomics, Co-director of the Centre for Health Economics & Medicines Evaluation, Bangor University) & Jannine Poletti-Hughes (Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, University of Liverpool) Pharmaceutical companies’ traditional focus on discovering the next US$1 billion “blockbuster” drug has shifted in recent years, from products for common diseases to treatments for rare…
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…
Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, and John Kufuor, former President of Ghana and Co-chair of the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition, hosted the first official meeting of the African Leaders for Nutrition on Monday, October 17 in Abidjan. The Champions of the African Leaders for Nutrition also include…
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…