How to Choose the Right Degree Subject
Deciding to study a bachelor’s degree is a life-changing experience – whether you are just finishing high school or recently retired, it will open the doors to hundreds of career options and...
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What Effect Has the Obama Presidency Had on Crime Figures?
Last July, Republican Party speakers asserted during the Republican Convention that crime is surging during the Obama tenure. Obama himself refuted those statements. A senatorial candidate said that...
Civics Lesson to Help You Understand How Elections Work
A Brief Civics Lesson to Help You Understand How Elections Work. From Berlin on June 12th, 1987, President Reagan spoke these historic words: «General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you...
25 Million Ghanaians Are on Social Welfare – the State of Social Welfare Programmes in Ghana
In response to the poverty crisis and to prevent Ghanaians from falling below the civilized standard of living, the government of Ghana has introduced over 100 social welfare programmes over the...
Caring for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in Ghana; A Critical Review
The purpose of this article is to take a retrospective view of the social intervention programs for orphans and vulnerable children in Ghana and reflect on the way forward. After independence, the...
What Adu Boahen Has Bequeathed to Ghana
When we talk of “bequests” left to the living by the dead, we often think of material things. Buildings, for instance, Or farms. In the case of the late Professor Adu Boahen, books that can be...
Witchcraft, Magic Spells and Humanism in 21st Century Malta
After reading Carmel Cassar's article on Witchcraft Beliefs and Social Control in Seventeenth Century Malta, one could easily conclude that magical beliefs and occult claims are actually a thing of...
What Are the Biggest Obstacles Facing Emerging Markets?
The emerging markets are challenging developed countries by producing innovative business services and products, for less cost than western nations. Countries in Africa, including Ghana, have emerged...
How Is the Growing Middle Class Affecting the Emerging Markets?
The world’s middle class is growing. According to Pew Research Center, 63 million people entered Latin America’s middle class over the last decade; it is estimated that Nigeria’s middle class...
Economic Report: The State of the Ghana Cedi
Introduction:
In this currency status report, I will discuss the negative and positive factors that are currently impacting the Ghanaian economy in plain language devoid of economic jargon as much as...
VICE News Interviews Anas Aremeyaw Anas – Watch The Video Here
Vice News spoke to Anas Aremeyaw Anas, the controversial Ghanaian investigative journalist who's broken dozens of stories of corruption and organized crime in West Africa about what drives him, the...
Life in Europe: Dream or Nightmare? The Lives of African Immigrants in the Netherlands.
Moving to Europe is a dream for many Africans, but the reality is often a nightmare. The Dutch immigration policy has been repeatedly and severely criticized by the United Nations and Amnesty...
Are Habits More Than Just Motions?
The thing about the word ‘habit’ is that it is immensely overrated. Most individuals are asked simple questions and for lack of enthusiasm to put in effort to change they prefer to say, ‘oh it...
The Lux of a Simple Smile
I am pretty sure you are wondering what the word Lux has to do with a smile. For those of us studying engineering and other fields that require analysis of light, we may have come across it and...
Forever Being Black
I could not control my laughter while watching a South African TV Advert, on a group of black tribal people and their king. I have always thought the act of having tribal people carrying their...
#AWE : African Woman of Excellence Wednesdays – Mrs Abena Bonso Bruce
We at The Accra Report want you to join us to celebrate Abena Bonso-Bruce on the publication of her book “Travel Made Fun with Your Kids”.
We hope this book will serve as source of inspiration to...
Shoana Cachelle: I am a Liberian, Not a Virus !
Stigmatization and stereotyping are byproducts of ignorance and intolerance.
They can lead to irreversible damage of the psyche of an individual and an entire community.
For the Liberian community,...
Millennial Crush Monday #MCM : NKYINKYIM
NKYINKYIM:- The Adinkra symbol for symbol of ingenuity, , enterprise, dynamism and skillfulness
The Millennial is often cast as an entitled individual who has no sense of perseverance or enterprise....
An Anti-Ebola March in South West Philadelphia “I’m a West African – Not a Virus.”
Practically everyone at the march had a story about someone who refused to shake hands or moved to a different bus seat when they realized they were near a Liberian.
"Once they hear our accent,...
#PF – Patriotic Fridays
"The African continent needs to arise above cadging and use the abundant resources that still remain despite the years of pillaging and exploitation to change course of the destiny of its children"...