2020

Ghana has recorded 176 new COVID-19 infections pushing the country’s active case count to 863. This was announced by the Ghana Health Service in its latest update on Wednesday, September 9, 2020. Ghana has within the last seven months…
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Ras Mubarak, a member of the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has said, it does not make economic sense for state-owned Exim Bank company to allegedly pay ¢2 million to dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr. popularly…
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Students of the Accra School of Hygiene, Korle-Bu, have staged a protest against a directive by the school authority to vacate the school premises on or before 12 noon on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. The school management explained that…
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West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has declared its readiness to conduct this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), taking into consideration all the security measures and COVID-19 safety protocols. “All the…
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An advocacy organisation, Africa Education Watch (EduWatch), is warning of more teenage girls getting pregnant if they continue to stay at home due to the prolonged closure of schools. According to EduWatch, a recent study it conducted…
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This year’s opening of the spill gates and release of water from the Bagre Dam is the earliest since 2007 (the spill gates were opened on August 10, 2020 which is three weeks early than the earliest date previously recorded).  So far, the…
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In my second critique of Kwamena Ahwoi’s Working with Rawlings I followed the qualitative research convention of making a full disclosure to the reader about my educational and career shortcomings, background, biases and possible conflicts…
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Former President John Dramani Mahama’s understanding of a digital economy is outstanding and puts him far ahead of his closest competitor in the 2020 Presidential elections. His understanding found expression in his Government’s…
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Final clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, have been put on hold after a participant had an adverse reaction in the UK. AstraZeneca described it as a “routine” pause in the case of…
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South Africa’s economy has shrunk by 51% in the second quarter of 2020. From March, the continent’s most industrialised economy implemented one of the strictest lockdowns in the world as it battled Covid-19, but it has taken a heavy…
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