February, 2022

The colonial economies inherited at the time of independence have made it impossible for many African countries to modernize and expand the bases of their economies to be able to continuously provide jobs, not only for the youth, but also for rapid national revenue growth.

The housing situation in Ghana and Nigeria started reaching acute proportions from the late 1960s. That was probably the immediate post independence period when the urge of many people to move from the rural areas into the urban areas started.

The proportion of native speakers of English or French in most African countries will be less than 10 percent. Why then do some parents in the former British and French colonies go to the extent of training their children to speak in English or in French at home?

The voluntary workcamp idea was promoted by a British teacher of English at the Mfantsipim Secondary School in Ghana in the year 1956, as the records state. The gentleman, called Gordon Green, is credited with the formation of the first Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) for voluntary work in the rural areas of Ghana.