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Today is Earth Day. It comes this April amid record temperatures worldwide and a recent heat wave in Ghana that has prompted warnings about air pollution and a rise in the reporting of conditions such as heat rash and poor sleep. Rapid…

Fitch Solutions is forecasting an end-year cedi to dollar rate of GH¢12.25 to one US dollar, arguing the the Ghanaian cedi will recoup some of its recent losses in the months ahead. In its Sub-Saharan Africa Currency Round-Up, it said…

There is a popular Akan phrase which loosely translates into ‘good works/ deeds deserve praise’. The phrase resonated with yours truly when I got news of a whole set of Practice Directions which have been issued by the Chief Justice to…

Interest rates on the 91-day and 364-day bills went down on the yield curve, as the government recorded a marginal undersubscription of treasury bills auction. Whilst the yield on the 91-day bill fell by 20 basis points to 25.64%, that…

Ghana, like many other African nations, takes pride in many of its socio-cultural practices like marriage, family interactions, language, music, and cultural norms. In the wake of the Western world’s seemingly advanced civilization,…

Global benchmark Brent slipped on Monday though it remained above $86 a barrel as traders turned their focus back to inflation with tensions in the Middle East having so far left actual oil supplies unperturbed. Brent futures were down…

In Ghana, the collision between cultural traditions and modern legal frameworks often comes to a head in practices such as Female Genital Mutilation, Scarification and Child Marriage, among others. The recent incident of a 63-year-old…

Automakers from General Motors to Volvo Cars, alongside utilities and charging app operators are calculating their financial cut as EVs that allow their owners to sell power back to grids become a more realistic prospect. Bidirectional,…

I am sure the above caption will come as a surprise to you. It is a paper by Cloud et al. on “Low-Dose Aspirin and the Risk of Stroke and Intracerebral Bleeding in Healthy Older People: Secondary Analysis of a Randomised Clinical Trial…

IMF Mission Chief for Ghana Stéphane Roudet, has indicated that Ghana’s economy has seen its worst level and it’s now set for full recovery. However, he maintained this projection is based on the “government continuing to implement the…