ABSTRACT This study ties access to rural electrification (RE) services with productivity and rural industrialization in Ghana. The benefit of grid-electricity is pivotal to rural economic growth. The increasing recognition of RE as a source of sustainable energy for agro processing and MSE activities translates into productive use beyond lighting. This variance is embedded in the fact that RE access is woefully inadequate for productive activities among MSEs and agro-processing industries in...
ABSTRACT Social media has become extremely popular in Ghana and various organisations of all sizes are experimenting with social media advertising. Despite this increasing usage there is currently limited research on how social media is used in specific Ghanaian industries. This study was conducted to ascertain why and how Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL) uses social media for advertising. The study focused on specific Guinness Ghana Limited brands –Guinness and Malta Guinness. The s...
ABSTRACT The study sought to examine how messages are organised in Charismatic church programme posters in Ghana. Thus, it identifies and describes the number of semiotic modes present on the posters used by charismatic churches in Ghana and how these modes combine to create a grammar. The study examined twenty charismatic church programme posters in Ghana using the visual grammar approach to multimodality, which was developed by Gunther Kress and Van Leeuwen (2006) and Generic structure pote...
Abstract Domestic Violence is a phenomenon with grave consequences for individuals, families, and nations at large. Psychologically, abuses by an intimate partner can lead to suicidal thoughts and attempted suicide, posttraumatic stress disorder, insomnia, and anxiety disorders. The current study investigated domestic violence against men in Ghana due to the scanty scholarly attention given to the subject. The over-arching objective of the study is to understand the forms, causes of domestic ...
ABSTRACT Livelihoods of migrants have attracted the attention of researchers and policy makers in many studies. However, like most aspects of social policy research, the concept has been looked at emphasizing on the role played by female kayaye in developing countries like Ghana. This study examines livelihood strategies of male migrants in a suburb of Accra, La-Nkwantanang Madina area. The objectives were to identify the capabilities which comprises of strengths and weakness of the male migr...
ABSTRACT Human Resource Management is the process through which management builds the workforce and tries to create the human performances that the organization needs (Boxall & Purcell, 2016). Compensation which is the ability and responsibility of a company to contribute to its employees for their achievement of task and to appreciate their performance is one of the key HRM activity. This study was conducted to examine the effect of compensation on employee effectiveness. This study examined...
ABSTRACT Assessment of shoreline morphological changes provides information about the historical, present and future shoreline positions. Such information is essential to coastal planning and managing natural coastal environments and human communities. Oil exporting facilities which are vital to the economy of Nigeria are located on the Okpoama- Brass shoreline in the Niger delta. The shoreline experiences morphological changes caused by natural and anthropogenic factors. Recent studies on sh...
ABSTRACT Ghana has not been left out of the worldwide outburst of Pentecostal/Charismatic movement. Its impact has been felt on Ghanaian Christianity today. The African Independent Churches (AICs) popularly referred in literature as sunsum sore (Spiritual Churches) which emerged in the 1930s is one strand of Ghanaian Pentecostalism. It has undergone renewals, changes and developments over the years. This thesis investigated the Musama Disco Christo Church (MDCC) and Apostles‟ Revelation Soc...
ABSTRACT The Internet is transforming the way in which consumers seek for health information to approach their health care and needs. The purpose of this study was to investigate health information seeking behaviour on the Internet among graduate students in KNUST. Grounded in the tradition of human health and information seeking literature, the study was underpinned by Johnson‟s Comprehensive Model of Information Seeking (CMIS) theory. The study adopted a quantitative method using a cross-...
ABSTRACT Theatre has been with humanity over the centuries due to its importance to society. Not only is the theatre meant for fun, but also to discuss pertinent issues bothering people. Hence, many playwrights have resorted to theatre to explain philosophies, theories and instigate change in society. Theatre therefore engages the audience mentally and psychologically when issues raised in the play are of primary interest to the audience. Domestic violence has become a household name in the c...
ABSTRACT The newspaper industry has been an integral part of the Ghanaian society for more than 190 years. Newspapers are very common to the old and youth due to its important role in connecting government with its people. However, since the inception of new media technology, the newspaper industry has been experiencing dwindling sales of hard copies; making it difficult for newspaper organization to generate enough revenue to survive in the digital space. The study used Daily Graphic and Dai...
ABSTRACT Actors in the international system have and continue to use conventional diplomacy in interstate relations but have not always been successful in achieving their objectives. Recent times have seen sports utilized by actors as a soft power tool in diplomatic relations between states. Though it is often argued that sports and politics should not mix, the popularity and the socioeconomic nature of sports have gained the attention of states and international organizations in the internat...
ABSTRACT Infant mortality rates in less developed countries are still high. Over the years in Ghana, successive governments have implemented policies and programs that have resulted in a decline in the infant mortality rate, especially in the rural areas. This study examined the factors associated with infant death among rural residents of Ghana, using data from the last four rounds (1998, 2003, 2008 and 2014) of the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS). A comparative method was used, p...
ABSTRACT Buruli ulcer remains one of the most devastating but at the same time neglected diseases humans have encountered in the recent centuries since it was discovered. The disease threatens the whole country with a national prevalence rate of 20.7 per 100,000. The inadequate appreciation of the socio-cultural context of the disease, which is directly linked to the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of the people as far as the disease is concerned, is a matter that calls for attention. Th...
ABSTRACT Empowering women to contribute their quota towards community and national development has become a contemporary issue embraced worldwide. Despite the fact that women’s political participation right has been enshrined in the international law, little is known about the struggles and experience women in Africa face in their quest to participate in the development of the community and the country at large. The study sought to examine socio-cultural factors affecting the participation...