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  By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – Friday 23 October, 2020 “The Department of Communication Studies of the University of Ghana invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for appointment as Lecturer in Multimedia Journalism; Quantitative Research Methods in Communication Studies; Public and Policy Communication.” So reads the first line of an advertisement available at timeshighereducation.com.  The vacancy was announced on 1 October; it will expire on 30 November.  Now to perform these routine tasks, the University of Ghana (UG) is asking for a PhD.  “The successful applicant for the quantitative research methods in communication studies position”  should be able to teach “multi-level analysis”, arguably theRead More →

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By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – Wednesday 21 October, 2020 Lesley Lokko, the renowned Scottish-Ghanaian architecture academic, has announced plans of relocating from New York to Accra “to set up an independent school of architecture”.  She resigned from the Bernard and Anne Spitzer school of architecture at the City College of New York, primarily because she says she “lacked the tools to both process and deflect” how the “‘problem woman of colour’ scenario” manifests in America.  We welcome her back home to Accra, and respectfully ask her to ready herself for the multiple battles she will face. A few are listed below for our collectiveRead More →

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By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – Saturday 10 October, 2020  High officials of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) have stated categorically that the audit report on cocoa roads contracts that were awarded under the previous administration is not a public document, hence they will not release it for public scrutiny.    Fiifi Boafo, the Public Affairs Manager of COCOBOD and Joseph  Boahen Aidoo, the CEO have both stated this on radio about a report produced with taxpayers’ monies.  Upon assumption of office in January 2017, the Akufo-Addo administration ordered that the cocoa roads projects meant to construct tarred roads in the forest regions of Ghana, shouldRead More →