Gender

Women Hold Up Half the Sky

Ms. Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee – the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa – reflects on women overcoming differences and leading movements for peace, gender equality and women’s rights
UN News
Sam Quansah, the 2021 ‘Overall Best Male Teacher’
Education

Effective teaching requires adequate resources

— says Sam Quansah, the 2021 ‘Overall Best Male Teacher’ in the Awutu Senya District, in Ghana’s Central Region.
Staff unload the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines distributed by COVAX at Kotoka International Ai
Health

Ghana receives COVID-19 vaccinations

First historic shipment from international COVAX facility
UN News
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Ghana’s ‘new path’ for handling oil revenue

Seeking to avoid the ill effects of Africa’s resource “curse”
Africa’s booming economies

Beyond mining taxes, to development

Contracts must benefit communities and promote economic linkages
Moses Kanduri, Vice President of AYE, Association of Young Entrepreneurs in Ghana
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Young entrepreneurs group hopes to have big impact in Ghana

Interview with Moses Kanduri, Vice President of AYE, Association of Young Entrepreneurs in Ghana
Africa at 50

Ghana’s economy: hope rekindled

Ups and downs give way to cautious revival
Africa at 50

A ‘wind of change’ that transformed the continent

Year of independence promoted African freedom struggles
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Africans extend solidarity to Haiti

Money, food and medicines from “mother Africa” to her diaspora
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Africa’s disabled will not be forgotten

People with disabilities fight for services, rights, dignity
Also

An African chorus on climate change

From activists to presidents, a call for urgent global action
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Is Africa’s land up for grabs?

Foreign acquisitions: some opportunities, but many see threats
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Reforming Africa’s security forces

For armies and police that protect citizens, not abuse them
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Closing Ghana’s national poverty gap

North-south disparities challenge attainment of Millennium Development Goals
Also

Tapping women’s entrepreneurship in Ghana

Access to credit, technology vital for breaking into manufacturing
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