Shaw Africa Project

Expenses to remain “fair trade” increase production costs, putting companies at a competitive disadvantage. But one Ghanaian organization is an exception to the rule. Continue reading →

Families in Ghana spare no expense in sending their loved ones to the beyond in a coffin shaped like an airplane, a chicken, a boot, or some other object that held meaning in the person’s life. Continue reading →

The residents of the Amui Dzor housing project have access to bathrooms, showers and kitchens. It is a vastly different lifestyle than those living in the surrounding slum. Continue reading →

Freedom of information leglistation in Ghana has been a long time in the making – it has languished for a decade. But even if it is passed, some Ghanaian journalists don’t believe the law will change a thing. Continue reading →

Women in rural Ghana face barriers in accessing justice – a gap in education means they might not know they are being victimized, and if they do, what to do about it. Continue reading →

As my time here in Liberia comes to a close, some of my most profound experiences have been chance encounters with strangers who tell of the unhealed wounds in this post-conflict society. Continue reading →

Deep in conversation with a group of Ghanaians and Canadians at a restaurant in Accra on Monday night, I was interrupted by a question from one of my Canadian colleagues: “There was a bombing in Boston?” Continue reading →

After 23 years off the air, Liberian state TV is finally getting rolling on a daily news program. Continue reading →

Abandoned by his family, the teenager lay mostly on his back in the Liberian bush, surviving on scraps he earned by cracking palm nuts for years on end. His name is Varney. And his story is almost hard to believe. Continue reading →

As soon as we arrived, we got a sense something was wrong. Continue reading →