The mining industry in Ghana accounts for 1.2% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with minerals making up 31% of total exports, of which gold contributed about 96% of these total mineral exports as at 2017....
Poverty
The after effects of South Africa’s unrest and its meaning for the economy
Among the G20 group of countries, only South Africa is expected to fall short of reaching pre-COVID-19 growth levels by 2022, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Twenty-seven years after South Africa’s...
Zambia Elections Tracker 2021: Pre-election developments
Introduction Since Zambia’s independence in 1964, the country has experienced several successful changes in leadership, and peaceful transfers of power. However, there have been instances of political violence and...
Rethinking Urban Poverty and Inequality in Post COVID-19
Rethinking Urban Poverty and Inequality in Post COVID-19: Some Pointers for Policy Consideration in Ghana The challenges that faced the implementation of the partial lockdown in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area...
Youth make a stand to defend their world
Young people are playing a crucial role in advancing climate action and climate justice. Climate change continues to threaten human existence, economic growth and the livelihoods of vulnerable populations, and experts...
Danger down by the river
African women and girls in poor communities, forced to walk long distances to fetch water, run the daily risk of rape, beating and even death. It was a day like any other last December. Hasiya (not her real name) had...
