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Friendship: You are my friend, but am I your friend?
In the office of a friend somewhere in Accra hangs a beautiful piece of photography showing two boys at the beach with no shirts on, wearing only faded shorts, torn at the edges and tied with strings at the waist to keep them in place.
One year of the AfCFTA
As Greg Anderson, an American author would put it: “Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.”
Africa has since January 1, 2021, been on a journey to create the world’s largest…
Global debt reaches record $226 trillion
In 2020, we observed the largest one-year debt surge since World War II, with global debt rising to $226 trillion as the world was hit by a global health crisis and a deep recession. Debt was already elevated going into the crisis, but now…
13 years of Ghana Business News: The travails, the toils in pursuance of truth
When I finally came to the point where I knew I had to make the decision – a decision that was a risk, an adventure into the unknown. All I needed was the personal conviction that I was ready to take a dive into uncharted waters, with no…
Stigma, shame and scourge of HIV in Ghana
“I was scared for my life and my unborn baby. His actions made me lonely and desperate to leave,” those were the rather poignant words of Akosua (not her real name) as she narrated her experience of abuse after her HIV diagnosis.…
Artisanal fishers blame dwindling fish stock on climate change
Kobina Atta has been fishing in Sekondi on the western coast of Ghana since age 20. Now at 51, he complains about the changes in the seasons, rise in sea level, and dwindling stock of fishes, having a toll on his livelihood.
“These days,…
The persecution of journalist Edward Adeti: A blot on a nation’s conscience
In his inaugural address on January 20, 1961, US President J. F. Kennedy said these famous words that have remained relevant for years. “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”
There are few…
The NHRC – building a Centre of excellence in health science in Ghana
From its modest beginnings in 1988, the Navrongo Health Research Centre (NHRC) in the Upper East Region, has made great strides and extended its operations to cover research activities involving clinical trials, social intervention and…
Developing national diabetes treatment guidelines, key for standard care during COVID-19 pandemic
The global pandemic, COVID-19, has taken the world by storm. Alongside COVID-19, diabetes is a long-standing global epidemic making the diabetes population likely to suffer adverse outcomes if infected by the virus.
According to health…
COVID-19 and rising cases of teenage pregnancy in Ghana
Statistics from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicates that about 13 teenage pregnancy cases were recorded every day in Ghana especially in 2020 during the peak period of COVID-19.
Available figures
This data reveals that in 2020,…