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Co-founder of Jumia and founder of Janngo Senegalese tech entrepreneur Fatoumata Ba spoke to WADR about entrepreneurship and how it all began for her.

Despite the ratification of African Continental Free Trade Area agreement, the readiness of countries for the free trade opportunity is being impacted by the economic effect of COVID-19 pandemic, among others. As contained in Article 23 of the agreement establishing…

West Africa like many countries in the world is endowed with abundant mineral resources but many of its member states remain underdeveloped and their citizens remain poor. Experts in the region say unless regional countries adopt a strategic approach of…

Research fellow at the Bureau of Integrated Rural Development at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is calling for the protection of unaccompanied child migrants. Unaccompanied minor migrants are underage migrants, who for various reasons leave their country…

As Ghana continues to celebrate 65 years of independence, today we put the spotlight on Joseph William Swain deGraft-Johnson, who was a Ghanaian engineer, academic and Ghana’s first Vice President.  WADR’s Atiewin Mbillah-Lawson has been speaking to his daughter, Dr.…

Ever since oil exploration started in Ghana on the Jubilee Fields at Cape Three Points of the Western Region, fishermen have been banned from fishing close to the oil rigs.  This is because Tullow-Ghana Oil and its partners have earmarked…

In 2009, Ghana produced between 250,000 and 300,000 tonnes of salt. The Ghana Export Promotion Council (GEPC) has identified the sector as one that could aid in the diversification of Ghana’s economy In this report, Eugene Osei-Tutu with WADR partner…