As Sub-Saharan Africa strives to break the shackles of poverty, its population of nearly one billion people is hard at work. A 2014 report by the U.S. Department of Labor concluded that one out of five Sub-Saharan children are working under difficult if not squalid conditions. Poverty is the driving force behind child labor, says…
An Australian human rights group, founded by billionaire business magnate Andrew Forrest and backed by Hollywood actor Russell Crowe, has released research estimating that almost 46 million people are living as slaves. The 2016 global slavery index, funded by Forrest’s Walk Free Foundation, says 45.8 million people are trapped in some form of slavery. The…
President John Mahama on Monday inaugurated an ultra-modern library in memory of late President John Evans Atta Mills. The Atta Mills Memorial Library was inaugurated as part activities to commemorate of the death of the former President four years ago. “As president he was Asomdwehene and father for all. A peace-loving man, he prioritized peace…
Ghanaian carmaker, Kantanka Automobile Company’s determination to produce commercial quantities of cars received government backing last week after the country’s vice president bought three of the company’s vehicles to add to the president’s office vehicle fleet. Vice president Kwesi Amissah-Arthur took delivery of two Kantanka Onantefuo 4X4 vehicles after touring the company’s plant site in…
A priest has been killed in an attack by two armed men at his church near Rouen in northern France, police and French media have said.The armed men entered the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray during Mass, taking the priest, Fr Jacques Hamel, 84, and four other people hostage.French TV said shots had been heard after police…
AJ+ went to Ghana to meet Bernice Dapaah, who welcomed us on her bicycle. The Ghanaian does business the green way. She grows bamboo and transforms it into bikes in her hometown of Kumasi. Six years ago, just before she graduated with a degree in Business Administration, Dapaah decided to do something on her own.…
The nongovernmental organizations Jack Cornforth works with don’t have the capacity to generate and use data in constructive ways — let alone share it. Cornforth, the coordinator for Civicus’ DataShift initiative, has been tailoring capacity building programs based on data problems at civil society organizations in Argentina, Tanzania, Kenya and Nepal for the past two years. Those…
A couple of years ago, New Philanthropy Capital polled the British people on what they thought of charities. It made tough reading for development NGOs here. When people imagined small, community-led groups doing a bit of local work, they felt quite positive about charities. But when people were thinking about wealthy, international organizations instead, their…
It’s quick, he said, and confidential. There’s no finger prick and no travel involved. In fact, the test can be conducted anytime — even right here and now. Henry Makhasu, a 19-year-old community health worker, sat cross-legged on a straw mat outside the home of a married couple in their late 20s in the Neno District…