Tag: Ghana

When armies enforce the law (Peter Albrecht, Fiifi Edu-Afful, Festus Aubyn, DIIS)

The Ghana Armed Forces play a significant role in domestic security. To fully comprehend how and why requires a deeper understanding of the way...

Climate change and migration in Ghana (Joseph Teye, Francis Jarawura, Lily Salloum Lindegaard, Nauja Kleist, Marie Ladekjær Gravesen, Philip Mantey, David Quaye, DIIS)

Climate change is expected by many to produce new and/or intensified mobility patterns, including migration and displacement. However, only limited research exists on the...

Ghana – Ghana’s #FixTheCountry protesters take to Accra’s streets (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Several thousand protesters marched in Ghana’s capital Accra on Wednesday under the slogan “#FixTheCountry”, the latest rally against President Nana Akufo-Addo’s...

Ghana – Ghana opposition supporters march against killings, lawlessness (Al Jazeera)

Hundreds of opposition supporters marched through the streets of Ghana’s capital Accra demonstrating against what they described as rising insecurity and lawlessness since President...

Ghana – Ghana plans to issue Africa’s first social bonds with $2B sale (Ekow Dontoh, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Ghana is planning to issue green and social bonds of up to $2 billion by November, which would make it the first African country to sell...

Ghana – Addressing youth unemployment in Ghana by supporting the agro-processing and tourism sectors (Ernest Aryeetey, Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, and Festus Ebo Turkson, Brookings)

As elsewhere in Africa, the issue of jobless growth in Ghana has become a major concern, particularly due to rising unemployment among the youth....

Ghana – Employment creation potential, labor skills requirements, and skill gaps for young people: Ghana case study (Ernest Aryeetey, Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, and Festus...

The issues of jobless growth and the poor performance of manufacturing have become major concerns in Africa. A new growth trajectory has emerged in...

Ghana – Country Financing Roadmap for the SDGs: Ghana (WEF)

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Ghana had taken proactive measures to solidify its commitments to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including financing the...

Ghana – Ghana’s Economic Outlook: Business, Trade and Economic Transformation (ACET)

In this Q&A originally published in the French magazine Emerging Nations, Prof. John Asafu-Adjaye, Senior Fellow at the Economic Management and Governance Program and Charles Odoom, Head...

(Ghana) A conversation with Mohammed Adjei Sowah, mayor of Accra (Brookings)

February 4, Anthony F. Pipa, senior fellow in the Brookings Global Economy and Development program, hosted Mayor Mohammed Adjei Sowah of Accra, Ghana. The...

(Iran/Ghana) Iran, Ghana keen on agricultural, economic cooperation (IRNA)

Iran’s deputy minister of agriculture and Ghana’s deputy minister for foreign affairs and regional integration called for expansion of economic and agricultural cooperation. https://en.irna.ir/news/84185730/Iran-Ghana-keen-on-agricultural-economic-cooperation

‘Complete mess’: Ghana army steps in to quell parliament clash (Al Jazeera)

Ghanaian soldiers intervened overnight to quell a clash between opposing parties in parliament ahead of the body’s swearing-in set for Thursday, witnesses said. Chaotic scenes...

GHANA – Ghana’s opposition rejects election results (Al Jazeera)

Ghana’s opposition has rejected the presidential and parliamentary election results after President Nana Akufo-Addo was announced the winner with 51.59 percent of the vote. “Overwhelming...

GHANA – Ghana votes in tight race between incumbent and former president (Al Jazeera)

Ghanaians are voting in presidential and parliamentary elections, with the race for the top job, dubbed “the battle of two giants”, expected to be a...

GHANA – Data remains a weak spot for African elections, but Ghana can lead the way (Luke Tyburski, Atlantic Council)

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africasource/data-remains-a-weak-spot-for-african-elections-but-ghana-can-lead-the-way/