Deep Dive: Stories from The Labari Journal

The absence of social spaces for young people in the city is hurting its ability to build local communities. Listen to why third places are important for mental health and community building.Read more stories from labarijournal.com

The Labari Journal deep dives into the 2024 election season in Ghana and examines how political parties finance their campaigns. Who funds these lavish campaigns and what are the rules for campaign financing in the country?

Accra, Ghana's capital, is an overrated city despite its modern image. In this podcast, our AI hosts highlight a disparity between luxury offerings and poor infrastructure. The episode details issues such as high rent disproportionate to average income, inadequate public transportation unchanged since the 1960s, and poor city planning leading to perennial flooding. Despite attempts at improvement, including consulting a Singaporean architect, significant progress remains unseen, leaving Accra as a city struggling behind a facade of modernity and struggling to meet the needs of its average resident.Read the full article here: https://labarijournal.com/smoke-and-mirrors-why-accra-might-be-ghanas-most-overrated-city/Disclaimer: This episode was created with AI using Google's Notebook LM

On Tuesday, February 18, 2025, Juliet Asante, the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana National Film Authority (NFA), logged onto Facebook to share her working experience and to extend best wishes to her successor. Her post soon became a revelation of an inappropriate incident she experienced while in office. These are just a few stories about victims of sexual harassment in the workplace. Despite existing laws, Ghana's patriarchal culture holds back victims of sexual harassment from seeking proper justice.Disclaimer: This podcast episode was created using Google NotebookLM’s podcast feature.

In this episode, we look at our published article, which asserts that Ghana's struggling economy significantly contributed to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia's defeat in the 2024 presidential election. Despite his efforts to highlight achievements in digitization and education, soaring inflation, high interest rates, and a downgraded credit status overshadowed his campaign. Voters prioritized economic concerns, mirroring a trend observed in US elections where economic dissatisfaction led to the ousting of incumbents.(This episode was AI-generated from content from The Labari Journal)

The growth of padel in Ghana has become more noticeable with investments into the construction of padel courts across the city of AccraIn February 2024, the Professional Padel Association of Ghana (PPAOG) was established and officially recognized by the National Sports Authority as the country's 55th sporting federation. The association aims to regulate, develop, and promote padel nationwide, with plans to create championships and form a national team.But with barrier to entry for the masses can be on the high side.Can padel become one of Ghana’s favorite sports?Read more stories on labarijournal.com

With a lack of event spaces to house events, Ghana is losing out on millions of dollars in revenue due to a lack of infrastructure. How can the country turn things around and take advantage of a growing number of events on the continent.

This episode discusses the failed attempt by Ghana to establish a new national airline in 2023 under the Akufo-Addo administration.Despite signing agreements with Ashanti Airlines and Zotus Group, the planned airline, known as Ghana Airlines, did not launch as expected, reportedly due to Ashanti Airlines lacking the necessary Airline Operator's Certificate and sufficient resources. Anonymous sources indicate a loss of confidence in Ashanti Airlines by the National Airline Committee and efforts to find a new partner.