Theobroma cacao, simply called cocoa has been described as the "food of the gods" because there is growing evidence of the immense health benefits humans derive in its consumption and the pivotal role it plays in the creation of wealth and…
The steady growth of the Fourth Republican Democratic Dispensation continues to unveil new political and administrative dynamism, hitherto unknown to the Ghanaian political culture.
From the age where some political parties in the fac…
Forest peoples’ voices are increasingly being heard, and attended to, in debates about the future of the forests. This month a team of indigenous people will be in Nagoya, Japan, for the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Bi…
Women, over the years, have fought shoulder to shoulder with men to gain recognition and freedom - freedom from all forms of discrimination and recognition for their hard work and worth.
Their struggles have been augmented by the ef…
I walked into the Dome of The International Conference Centre at a little past nine. I was still panting after the brisk walk I had taken and was surprised to find out that the show hadn’t started. I was late right? Yes I was indeed bu…
At a recent SME conference hosted by the accounting body, ACCA and the Enterprise Development Service (EDS) of the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), Retired Captain Budu Koomson from UT Financial Services and UT Bank, explained h…
Kokuko, a security guard, run amok semi-naked with a loose noose around his neck. He held the end of the rope with his left hand and cried out: "Help me write my death note."
Before his public act, he had for sometime acted strangel…
We are paralysed in such a way that our thinking capacity is hemmed in by old age practices and cultural norms that threaten to collapse our entire financial system. Our way of doing things makes corruption a norm rather than a cancerous …
Chapter 12 of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana Article 162 Clause five states: "All agencies of the mass media , shall at all times, be free to uphold the principles, provisions and objectives of this Constitution, and shall …
Dr. Douglas Boateng, SmartProcurement Editorial Board member of Smart Procurement and President of the Institute of Operations Management Africa discusses the needed shift in thinking, and subsequent adjustment in hierarchical structure, r…
Excerpt from Nigeria’s 50th anniversary lecture at the Embassy of Nigeria, Paris. Lecture video is posted at emeagwali.com.
Walk with me in memory to one of the greatest celebrations, the end of the colonial era in Africa. The day: Octo…
East End Cosmetics Group International Expands To Accra, Ghana.
On Friday 8th October 2010, one lucky guest will walk away with a full year’s free supply of top brand perfumes as East End Cosmetics Group outdoors the first of a line of …
In a country where there is the dearth of human resource with the requisite competences there is always the need to design and carry out training programmes to bring on board more professional hands to fill up the existing gaps.
There…
Indeed there is no doubt that the present Government is in the process of fulfilling its promise of implementing the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) as captured in its manifesto for the last electioneering campaign, that …
"Water…, it is a source of beauty, wonder and relaxation and refreshment. Our very contact with nature has a deep restorative power. It is no accident that people chose places associated with water for holidays, in order to renew and reg…
One of the frequently played Ghanaian pseudo-gospel songs goes, "Osambarima, la-la-la-la-laa- laaaaa……" Then the chorus: "Igwe… Igwe!"
We in Ghana, interestingly, seem to be suffering from a chronic dependency syndrome in our ap…
Recent attacks on Reverend Samuel Asante Antwi, a former President of the Methodist Church of Ghana should not deter the clergy or opinion leaders from either criticizing or condemning the government when it becomes necessary to do so.
Th…
If you don’t have some raffia palm, you cannot weave a basket. It was one Ashanti King who said, “se berebere amma amanee nso ammaâ€. It is only a weak man whose wife finds pleasure in another man. It is also true that a castrated ma…
I made my way up the stairs to the Damba Hall of the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel. I was late. And miserably so. Someday, I might get used to Accra traffic. For now though, I had only one thing on my mind – Italian Cuisine.
I was attendin…
To many in the ink fraternity, 21st August 2010,
would go into the history books as one memorable night, especially for the 30 institution and individual Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) award winners.
It was a night of music and…
Reading the recent report from Standard and Poor?s there is this gut instinct of outrage, how dare them. Yet a contradictory sinking feeling of belonging to a developing world where neither local nor international public statements impact…
Hunger is hurting. Those who undergo the ordeals
of starvation could testify in dramatic terms how famine could aggressively weaken the body, break its immune system to the point of death. Hunger
could make people rebellious as in Shake…
Issues of environmental protection, climate
change and global warming have in recent times assumed centre stage of discussions in Ghana with various organizations and institutions running
workshops and seminars to educate the public on t…
Potable water, as it is often said is life. The lack of it affects all the spheres of human activity - health, social, education, agriculture, politics and economics. The lack of this essential commodity makes life meaningless. Its importa…
Asi Nye, an Ada tomato farmer, stands dog-tired in the hot afternoon sun on her farm with her coveted hoe and cutlass. At 16, her educational career came to an end and so she begun tilling her own farm to supplement the food needs of her …
Africa is a beautiful continent. It is not dark. It is a virgin land with a lot of unexploited natural and human resources. The Continent is known for various species of birds, animals, rivers, mountains and other tourist attractions.
…
The ability to sing has been a personal lifetime desire. It is no secret therefore that I viciously admire anyone who can hold a tune. My eyes were glued to the stage. It was about half past eight and I had just made my way down the aisle …
Despite marginal improvements within a number of the G20 economies, the overall global outlook remains very patchy and uncertain. This unpredictability continues to result in budgetary cutbacks never before experienced in the modern era. T…
Disability is a condition in which someone is not able to use a part of his or her body or brain properly mostly because of injury. It is a state of health that poses some challenge to the
individual but does not in any way prevent them f…
There was a time in Ghana when knowledge was valued above all else. Professionalism was the hallmark of every human endeavor from Drivers to Doctors. Any vocation a young person aspired to had a sense of duty and accountability etched in i…
A year ago on 10th July 2009, I wrote an article attacking NDC public truths. NDC Big and Small Lies Will Un-Make the Party. Actually walking the soil and riding Mass Metro Transit, Tro-Tro and taxis in Ghana, trying to make sense out of…
Women, as a result of their biological features, always bear the brunt of many diseases.
They have been created to bear children and after going through life threatening child delivery processes, have to suffer the brunt of other lif…
When it comes to putting the five aspirants of our noble tradition on the scale and dissecting them to see which of them qualifies to wear the coveted crown as the party’s flag-bearer, I find that task a very difficult thing to do. But â…
Our minds were set that we were going to learn about the best practices in oil drilling in the United States, so we did not care about the pre-departure vigorous checks at the airport.
Martin Asmah, a graduate student at the Universi…
Fasting amongst Muslims is a means to achieving
piety and righteousness. It is observed during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar (Sha�ban) from sunrise to sunset over the full lunar month.
As this year�s Ramadan approac…
During one of the visits of the Ghanaian President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills to the United Kingdom the BBC subjected him to intensive interview on the African Union's (AU) decision
not to allow Omar al-Bashir, Sudanese President to…
"Sickle Cell disease plays a big part in my life. It's an illness, which is hereditary and inherited from both parents. I, like many others, have had to live and cope with the illness from birth", says Kojo Mensah, a 34- year-old sickle ce…
Not often do ruling governments in Africa get praised for listening to voices of reason on important national issues. Contrition on the part of most African and particularly Ghanaian politicians is a rare commodity indeed. So, for the r…
Since I posted the article Open letter to Parliament of Ghana on myjoyonline.com and published in the Ghanaian Times of March 11, 2010,
copies sent to The Clerk of Parliament, Select Committees on Finance, Mines and Energy and the Ministe…
We have all agonized endlessly about how the Black Stars did the improbable at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg a few days ago. They snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, leaving a billion or more people emotionally stranded as the …
Preamble: Let me start this write-up with the statement that I love the New Patriotic Party with a strong passion just as ex-President Rawlings loves the National Democratic Congress. The latter criticizes the NDC administration just as I…
Charity, they say, begins at home. The Golden Rule also states that: “Do unto others what you expect others to do unto youâ€. The President is the father of the entire nation. His pronouncements are proclamations that carry enough weigh…
Social tensions between South and North Korea have escalated once again due to the sinking of the Cheonan. The two Koreas have remained technically at war with each other ever since the 1953 ceasefire ended the Korean War. If one considers…
It has been a very long day for all of us. Ghanaians all over the world in different time zones awakened to watch your game with
Australia. There are 32 teams in the World Cup but for us there is only one team. The Black Stars of Africa…
Sekondi-Takoradi on Ghana's Western coast is brushing the dust off her dance shoes in readiness for the good times. The city has passed its prime and some even say it is a ghost town. But a promised oil boom means a new life is being blown…
Once again Africa is at the crossroads. The other
time the continent found itself in a similar spot was in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when it waged a crusade to end colonial rule. This time
around, it is confronted with the task o…
It is said that in times of conflicts even sworn enemies come together to fight the common enemy and it should, therefore, not be strange for an avowed environmentalist to call upon Ghana's Development Partners in Europe to bring pressure …
I felt an arm around my waist and spun around ready to pounce. I didn’t pounce. But my heart did. W’umoja? My heart screamed silently. He grinned back as if to say: “Not to worry darling. My boxing gloves are off todayâ€. I smiled b…
A Xinhua News Feature by Editor YAN
JERUSALEM, June 3 (Xinhua/GNA) -- Everyone knew there would eventually be a point when the Israeli navy intercepts the pro- Palestinian, Gaza-bound flotilla but nobody predicted it would end in…
Soup is not a child's play.
It must not be served in a cup
Nor without meat or fish
Soup must have pepper
It must never, never have sugar
No, no, dear, honourable compatriots. The above prologue is not at all directed at you. The targ…
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