Social Issues

By Henry Abraham Much is said about the growing numbers of young people across Africa, including Ghana. With 39% of Ghana’s population under the age of 15 we are solidly in the group of countries with a young population (defined as 35% or more of the population being less than …

“Not enough movement is being made by the 52% of the Ghanaian population that are women to be able to be in the position to make the decisions.”– President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo The above statement is receiving a lot of backlash from feminists across the world of which …

Base Africa, an investment firm, is set to partner with Barclay’s Bank Ghana, to create funding for agribusinesses in the Western Region of Ghana. This was announced when the Ag. CEO of Base Africa, Mr. Jeremiah Quayson, paid a courtesy call on the Vice President in charge of agribusiness financing …

“Effective organization is thwarted by the desire for instant and dramatic change, or as I have phrased it elsewhere, the demand for revelation rather than revolution.”- Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals Years before democracy, chieftaincy ruled in most parts of Africa. The hierarchy from the top to the down was …

IHAV Foundation, a Non Governmental Organization aimed at guiding young people towards their life’s dreams and vision in collaboration with Green Arts Culture, a social enterprise aimed at training young people to develop their creativity skills, organized the Artsy Factory + Hearty Giveaways Project to train, mentor and donate to …

Many things that we see around us are ruled by politics. Politics is therefore, like many other jurisdictions, a way of life. The way you treat politics is the way people give reverence to you or hide their faces around you. It is rather interesting how the youth are being …

A traveler’s journal on his visit to Rwanda while attending the 5th International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP 2018), submitted by Jean Philip Lawson. Prinstine hills has a fair weather, clean surroundings, and a bright-eyed people. These were the first of things that greeted me when I stepped foot on …

By Samuel Obeng Appah The fortunes of Ghana’s tourism have for a long time been hinged on the magnanimity of foreign tourists and visitors. While this phenomenon may not be bad considering that the country needs foreign exchange, it is imperative we shift focus on scaling up numbers in the …

International Youth Day In commemorating International Youth Day 2018 on August 12, many youth across the world are creating the change they want to see by being a part of positive events and networks around them. Contrary to that, other young people find themselves in unsafe environments and are involved …

It was a bright Saturday which paved way for a smooth event at the plush Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra. There were dignitaries and beauty queens to grace the occasion. They include Miss Tourism World, Miss Tourism World Africa, Miss Tourism Nigeria, Zimbabwean Chairperson for the occasion, Lecturers from New …