Category: Editorial

The Success of rCOMSDEP Could be the Best Tribute to the Lost Lives

Editorial Comment As Ghana bade farewell to mortal remains of the rest of the six out of the eight fallen heroes last Friday, Ghanaians need to reflect soberly on this question-what was their mission that day and most unfortunately they couldn’t even reach their destination as fate had it? It was in connection with the planned official launch of the Responsible Mining & Skills Development Programme(rCOMSDEP) a government initiative intended to create sustainable jobs through responsible cooperative mining and also address the decades long devastating impact of illegal mining on…

EDITORIAL COMMENT

To issue international sovereign bonds, financial markets require countries to have a credit rating from at least one or more of the three leading international credit rating agencies (CRAs) namely, Fitch, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s (S&P). This constitutes a minimum requirement for capital market borrowing by market regulators, as adherence to international best practices of information disclosure and to reach out to a wider base of potential investors. The Financial and economic cost implications for Africa emanating from subjective credit ratings by international rating agencies(CRAs) has since left some…

EDITORIAL COMMENT

Mohammed A.Abu The exploitation and continuous exploitation of the natural resources of African and other countries associated with colonialism and at the expense of the environmental health in exploited countries has contributed immensely to the present day climate change impact in those countries, some climate justice activists, contend. The use of extracted natural resources from the former colonies by former colonial masters for their industrialization, wealth creation and fast tracked development has led to the ever yawning global development/wealth-poverty gap. Aside former colonies having been impoverished as a result of…

Africa Must end Hunger and Food Insecurity!!!

Editor’s Pick Indeed, the continuous lack of food production self-sufficiency and the increasing food import dependency in many African countries to supplement domestic production shortfalls amidst big agriculture resources potential, is worrisome. Africa as a continent has all it takes to be self-sufficient in crops, aquaculture, mariculture, livestock and poultry production. The continent’s world’s food basket status potential is therefore not in the least dispute. With over 60 percent of global total arable land potential, more than enough marine, fresh and ground water resources, Africa has no excuse to feel…