Is COVID-19 Exacerbating Inequality in Ghana? An Interrogation of the Evidence
Author: Siapha Kamara, founding CEO of SEND West Africa Source | Africa ProActive Online Blog | 20 April 2021 | https://www.africaproactive.com/blog/is-covid-19-exacerbating-inequality-in-ghana-an-interrogation-of-the-evidence-1 “…COVID-19 has negatively affected the poverty and living standards ...
COVID-19 Seven lessons from the reopening of schools for senior students in basic, secondary and university to write final examinations
Government has started to ease off the COVID-19 restrictions to reopen the education sector. In an address to the nation on 31st May, 2020, Mr. President announced plans to reopen ...
Empowering CSOs to Participate in the Implementation of ‘CARES’ will be Good for Ghana (Edition-7)
The Minister of Finance in the mid-year review presented to parliament on 23rd July announced Ghana’s CARES ( a.k.a. “Obaatan ) Program costing 100 billion Ghana cedis in 3 and ...
Empowering CSOs to Participate in the Implementation of ‘CARES’ will be Good for Ghana (Edition 7)
The Minister of Finance in the mid-year review presented to parliament on 23rd July announced Ghana’s CARES ( a.k.a. “Obaatan ) Program costing 100 billion Ghana cedis in 3 and ...
THE SIX THINGS UNDERMINING GHANA’S FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 (Edition 6)
This is a sequel to the editorial highlighting the strengths of Ghana’s approach to the prevention and mitigation of COVID-19. I assured our readers of this editorial pointing out the ...
What is Ghana doing right in the fight against COVID-19? (Edition 5)
The first confirmed cases and death to COVID-19 were recorded in Accra 12th March, 2020, and 21st March, 2020 respectively in Ghana[1]. Two months later, by 27th May, 2020, the ...
COVID-19 Alleviation Incentives: Ghana’s Poor Are Being Shortchanged (Edition 4)
The All Ghana Approach to the fight against COVID-19 of Mr. President elaborated in the 7 speeches to the nation emphasized the need to protect the poor and vulnerable against ...
COVID-19: All Health Workers are Frontline Staff (Edition 3)
The announcement by Mr. President in the 5th COVID-19 address to the nation on 5th April, 2020, a package of incentives for so called frontline health workers provoked controversy between ...
The burden of COVID-19 should not weigh heavily on the poor (Edition 2)
Nearly three weeks into COVID- 19, one key lesson has been learned: Government of Ghana (GOG) should put in place adequate measures to ensure that the burden of COVID-19 does ...
