Africa is far from having an ageing farming population. What is missing is a critical mass of skilled, young farmers with access to finance who could drive productivity in farming.
Ghana
Politics and Society What Ghana’s first woman vice presidential candidate of a major party offers
The value of women to political tickets in Ghana is being recognised as more women are contesting elections at various levels.
Lifestyle Phones aren’t giving girls more power in their lives after all
Phones sometimes serve as a ‘digital leash’ to check women’s whereabouts – a growing feature of many relationships and conflicts.
Politics and Society UK-Africa trade and investment: who benefits?
Trade and investment can help reduce poverty, promote women’s empowerment, and support children’s rights. It can also do the opposite.
African identities Why Ghana is struggling to get its language policy right in schools
Inadequate public education on a new language policy has generated resistance from parents at the early childhood education level in Ghana.
Arts and Culture Unpacking the role of religious counselling services in Ghana
Religious counsellors form one of several avenues where people seek help for problems that they encounter in life.
Politics and Society Ghana’s ‘Year of Return’ campaign drastically boosts the country’s destination profile
Ghana’s commemorative campaign the ‘Year of Return’ that targeted African Americans and the diaspora wishing to trace their ancestry and make pilgrimages to their countries of origin, has brought a marked rise in the country’s marketability.
Lifestyle Why all children must learn code
Coding is beneficial to children, irrespective of their career path later on in life.
Politics and Society ‘Sex for grades’ culture in West African universities exposed
A BBC documentary titled ‘Sex for Grades’ has exposed the extent of systematic sexual abuse against female students in West African universities. Although cases have been reported they are almost always dismissed due to lack of evidence causing an endemic that has left students vulnerable and unprotected.