Democracy, media, data and all things in between

Democracy, media, data and all things in between   End of Week 1: Day 5 July 12, 2019 marked the end of my first week here at CDD-Ghana. I have been kept busy with several interesting assignments. My day on Monday started in the CDD-Ghana Resource Center. Before being given a task in the morning, […]

African Continental Free Trade Agreement: Turning a dream into reality

African Continental Free Trade Agreement: Turning a dream into reality By: Dr. Esther N. D. Darku “Progress is always driven by something that transcends everyday life … and sometimes the dreams natured by generations come true,”                                                                                                                                 […]

Drop that chamber and amend the constitution

By: J. Atsu Amegashie   July 14, 2019   Subsections 1, 3 and, 7 of article 47 of the Constitution of Ghana provide that: (1) Ghana shall be divided into as many constituencies for the purpose of election of members of Parliament as the Electoral Commission may prescribe, and each constituency shall be represented by […]

The Eco and Ghana: West Africa’s single currency

By: J. Atsu Amegashie (PhD) July 8, 2019   At the end of an ECOWAS summit in Abuja, Nigeria on June 29, 2019, 15 countries in West Africa, including Ghana, agreed to adopt a single currency next year called the Eco. Negotiations for a single currency in West Africa began about 30 years ago. Since […]

CDD-Ghana High School Internship Program: My Experience

My name is Efia Awuah, and I am a secondary school student at SOS Herman Gmeiner International College. Although I primarily read mathematics and science at school, I am deeply interested in issues pertaining to African development. I applied to CDD-Ghana’s Senior High School Internship Program to learn more about these issues; to gain hands-on experience […]

Ghana’s year of return: Citizenship without political rights

Ghana’s year of return: Citizenship without political rights By: Professor Kwaku Asare Ghana has declared 2019 as the “year of return” for Africans in the diaspora, as part of its commemoration of the 400th year since the first slave ship from Africa landed in Virginia. The declaration and related events are aimed at reviving the […]

Afrobarometer

Instituted in 1999, Afrobarometer is a Pan-African, non-partisan survey research project that conducts...

CODEO

CDD-Ghana established the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) in the year 2000...

Corruption Watch

It seeks to promote integrity in public life by demanding and activating responsiveness and accountability ...

D&G Bootcamp

The overall goal is to promote and deepen democratic consolidation, good governance...

Freedom Project

The overall goal is to promote and deepen democratic consolidation, good governance...

I Am Aware

The I AM AWARE project is CDD-Ghana’s non-partisan citizen empowerment campaign..

WAEON

WAEON is an independent, non-partisan, and non-religious organization...

WAYLead Fellowship

The overall goal is to promote and deepen democratic consolidation, good governance...