The African Continental Free Trade Area is an ambitious trade pact to form the world’s largest free trade area by connecting almost 1.3bn people across 54 African countries. To deepen Africa’s economic integration, the accord intends to create a single market for products and services. The trade area’s aggregate gross domestic product might be over $3.4 trillion but reaching its full potential will necessitate considerable policy reforms and trade facilitation measures across African signatory countries.
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Ghana is unlikely to meet SDG 6 by 2030, particularly targets 6.1 and 6.3 which focus on universal access to safe and affordable drinking water and improving water quality, respectively. Prof. Samuel Agyei-Mensah, FGA, raised this concern during his inaugural lecture on the topic, “Flavours of Spatial Diversity in Drinking Water Access in Ghana,” held on October 17, 2024, at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS) in Accra.
OFORI-SARPONG AKUFFO, FGA, MSME Professor of Minerals/Metallurgical Engineering Grace Ofori-Sarpong Akuffo (Mrs) is a Professor of Minerals Engineering, and currently…
As Ghana approaches its upcoming elections on December 7, 2024, understanding the evolving political landscape and the pressing issues that will shape the nation’s future is more crucial than ever. The insights gathered from the 3- day Ghana Academy of Arts and Science (GAAS) Public Forum, held from June 24 to 26, 2024, are particularly important during this pivotal time. The forum served as a vital platform for dialogue among experts across various sectors of national development.
This year’s event which focused on the theme, “National Elections in Ghana: Issues and Prospects”, featured six distinguished speakers who contributed their insights on various aspects of the electoral landscape. Their presentations addressed key challenges and opportunities that could influence the outcomes of the upcoming elections.
About the Speaker Prof. Grace Ofori-Sarpong Akuffo, FGA Professor of Prof. (Mrs.) Grace Ofori-Sarpong Akuffo, a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of…
About the Speaker PROF. KWASI AMPENE, FGA Professor of ETHNOMUSICOLOGY Kwasi Ampene is the chair of the Department of Music at Tufts…
About the Speaker PROF. KOFI AGYEKUM, FGA Professor of Linguistics A Ghanaian Professor of Linguistics in the University of Ghana, Legon….
In 2023, the Academy held its 3 flagship programmes as follows:
1. The 56th J. B. Danquah Memorial Lectures took place from 20 – 22 February 2023 on the theme “African Politics and the Mystical Realm: Religion and Governance in Ghana” by Rev. Professor J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, FGA and President of the Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon.
Prof. Mrs. Sarah Darkwa Prof. (Mrs.) Sarah Darkwa (nee Opai-Tetteh), a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences,…
Food and Public Health are inseparable. We talk about food in terms of safe food, healthy food, junk food, unhealthy food, and ultra-processed food. The healthiness of food (or lack thereof) is influenced by multiple factors including food marketing, food fraud, food policy, food politics, food justice, food democracy, and food environments. Of equal importance are the impacts of unhealthy food on human health and planetary health. Such impacts include hunger, and diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) – obesity, hypertension, stroke, ischemic heart disease, and diabetes.