Credible elections, as I have always declared on this page, is not nuclear science. It is simply about honesty and the love of nation over self. That is what Ghana has shown Nigeria. All the international observers said the elections were credible and devoid of fraud; they are the same election monitors who declared that Nigeria’s 2007 elections were the most fraudulent they ever witnessed.

Ghana’s electoral commission says opposition leader John Atta-Mills has beaten the ruling party’s Nana Akufo-Addo for the country’s presidency.
The victory was announced Saturday after counting votes from the rural area of Tain, which voted Friday - five days after the rest of the country. - VOA

Joy FM, Accra based radio station has projected Professor John Evans Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress as Ghana’s next president.
Their projection is based on the station’s analysis of 223 constituency results certified so far by the Electoral Commission.
The Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr. Kwadwo Afari Djan will declare the official results.
Meanwhile, [...]

Ghana: Samia Nkrumah (Convention People’s Party), the only daughter of Ghana’s founding president and Pan-Africanist, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah has defeated the National Democratic Congress Member of Parliament for Jomoro Constituency in the Western Region.

As Ghanaians await the results of Sunday’s presidential election, political scientists are weighing in on whether Ghana would pass the test of mature democracy that has eluded most African countries.
Some political scientists define a mature democracy as a country that has had two successful handovers of power from legitimately elected leader to another. Joel Barkan,a [...]

All eyes are on Ghana as they go to the polls this coming Sunday to elect a president. The leading contenders are Nana Akufo-Addo of the ruling New Patriotic Party; John Atta Mills of the main opposition, the National Democratic Congress; and Paa Kwesi Nduom of the Convention People’s Party.
Douglas Mpuga/ Peter Clottey reports [...]

What is BarCamp ?
BarCamp is simply an ‘unconference’ - an ad-hoc gathering of people with the simple desire to share and learn in an open environment. Unlike a conference, at a barcamp everyone is both a speaker and a participant. The content is provided by all attendees based on their interests.
BarcampGhana 2008 will be held [...]

Kate Tachie Menson (Ghana) is the new Mnet Face of Africa. Kate Menson was crowned over the weekend at the grand-finale of the three month long glamorous Mnet show of African talent and style at the Superbowl in Sun City, South Africa.
Watch video footage of the event
Also present were on the catwalk were fellow finalists [...]

Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia account for about 40 percent of Africa’s population outside South Africa and almost one-half of its GDP. They all share a common economic trait: They are Africa’s emerging markets, according to an IMF report.
The same crucial developments that presaged the arrival of institutional financial investors [...]

A private university in Accra, Ghana, is incorporating ecologically sound methods for providing sanitation and clean water on its campus. Valley View University is also recycling human waste and used water from dormitories as fertilizer for the school’s farm. Voice of America English to Africa Service reporter Joana Mantey, in Accra, says the campus covers [...]