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2024 ELECTIONS; a matter of data and numbers
In 2024, the name of the game is data and fact-checking. If you cannot research, dig for and put numbers together, you are out. It is not about who will shout most. It is about who will communicate and adduce the necessary data and explain…
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SIM Card Registration: giving honour where honour is due
There is this Akan proverb which speaks to my heart as one encounters large crowds every day outside the offices of mobile phone companies, ostensibly to register their sim cards or sort out a problem so related.
This proverb says: “The…
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Togbe Afede writes: Our Self-inflicted monumental economic crisis
About six weeks ago I was in New York, and for the first time in almost three decades, I struggled to sell the economic credentials of my country. When we were approaching the runway at Kotoka International Airport, at the end of my return…
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Anny Osabutey: Of haircuts and baldies
The past few weeks have been such a difficult one for baldies in this country, thanks to government’s decision to subscribe to a haircut. It is almost like bald people are living in an era of Armageddon. Especially on social media…
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The Russia-Ukraine war: A silver lining for Africa?
The Russia-Ukraine war began with the deployment of Russian troops to a shared Russian-Ukrainian border towards the end of 2021. On February 24, 2022, Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, ordered military operations in Ukraine, arguing that…
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A new way to homeownership by Absa Bank
There are two kinds of people in this world. Those that regard retirement as a necessity to be planned for. And those that pay it no mind.
For those in the former category, retirement is a certainty of working life. It is inevitable for…
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Educating Persons Living with Disabilities in Ghana: Predicaments and Solutions
Common concerns in the inclusion movement and practice of persons with disabilities (PWDs) have gained popularity around the world.
Various supporting models in terms of accessibility and inclusion designs have been formulated and…
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Accelerating the pace to aviation net zero carbon emissions
Air connectivity brings together people and businesses and serves as essential link between regional communities and the wider world. In Africa, air connectivity has been the main transport mode linking some landlocked and island…
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Scaling-up play-based learning in Ghana: From decision to implementation and sustainability
When the Government of Ghana commits to scale-up play-based learning in primary schools, there will be a measurable and significant improvement in the learning outcome of Ghanaian girls and boys. Play-based learning pedagogy is a…
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Yaw Gyampo writes on 2023 budget
The budget contains serious austerity measures that would inflict more hardships on the ordinary Ghanaian than the politician. Not sharing hampers and diaries as expenditure cuts, for example, pales in comparison with reducing the size of…
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