International Labour Organization — UN agency implementing vocational training and child labour initiatives in Ghana, observing workplace safety and health standards globally.
… a In light of this, he added, the Netherlands is investing heavily in protecting children and nurturing their potential through the Accelerating Action for the Elimination of Child Labour in Supply Chains in Africa (ACCEL Africa Project) with the International Labour Organization …
… He is also an accredited trainer for the International Labour Organization (ILO), Impact Insurance Facility and also the United Nations Development Programme (Insurance and Risk Financing) where he teaches inclusive insurance. …
… It has described the move as a major step towards promoting safe and dignified workplaces in line with the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 190. …
By Kofi ESSUMAN Since 2003, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has observed World Day for Safety and Health at Work on April 28, to promote a global culture of accident prevention. …
Ghana has launched the Green TVET Initiative to equip young people with green skills and climate resilience needed for emerging jobs in a changing economy. The programme, implemented by the Ghana TVET Service with the International Labour Organization, integrates sustainable practices and climate-smart technologies into vocational training across the country and aims to support Ghana's Sustainable Development Goals.
Ghana has launched the Green TVET Initiative to equip young people with green skills and climate resilience needed for emerging jobs in a changing economy. The programme, implemented by the Ghana TVET Service with the International Labour Organization, integrates sustainable practices and climate-smart technologies into vocational training across the country and aims to support Ghana's Sustainable Development Goals.
Ghana has launched Child Labour Free Zone initiatives and an Accelerated Action Plan Against Child Labour to combat child labour, particularly in agriculture and cocoa production. In 2022, approximately 21% of children aged 5–17 in Ghana were involved in child labour, with over 1.2 million engaged in hazardous work.
Ghana faces youth unemployment of 21.9% in 2025, with nearly two million young people not in employment, education or training. The article argues that technological convergence and disruptive innovation must reshape how educators and policymakers prepare youth for a rapidly changing economy.
A content writer in the Philippines lost her job after eight months when the company she worked for deployed AI-generated material she and colleagues were tasked with editing—work that the BBC reports trained the AI system that eventually replaced them. The case illustrates broader concerns about AI automation's impact on outsourcing jobs that have historically lifted millions into the middle classes in emerging economies.
The Coalition of Unemployed Graduates with Disabilities has issued a one-week ultimatum to the government to employ qualified members excluded from a recent Ghana Education Service recruitment exercise that hired about 7,000 teachers. The group says it submitted 200 qualified graduates with disabilities for consideration but none were hired, despite a government commitment to reserve at least five per cent of public sector jobs for persons with disabilities.
Despite GDP recovery from 2.1% to an estimated 6.0% between 2015 and 2025, unemployment and underemployment remain pressing concerns for Ghanaians, particularly young people and graduates, suggesting that economic growth has not been generating broad-based job creation.
Vice President Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang called for greater protection of informal sector workers, who comprise about 78 per cent of Ghana's workforce but remain largely outside formal labour protections. She opened the 2026 National Labour Conference and urged that informal workers' concerns, particularly those of women and the urban poor, be integrated into national labour policies and social dialogue processes.
Vice President Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has called for greater protection of informal sector workers, who make up about 78 per cent of Ghana's workforce but remain largely outside formal labour protections. She urged that their concerns be integrated into national labour policies and said proposed reforms including the Labour Bill, 2026 would strengthen labour administration and industrial relations.
The Founder of The Raissa Child Protection Initiative has called for intensified efforts to eliminate child labour across Africa, urging governments, civil society organisations, and religious leaders to protect children from labour that denies them education and well-being. Child labour affects thousands of children across Ghana and Africa, exposing them to exploitation and preventing them from reaching their potential.
An opinion article argues that anti-immigrant violence in South Africa, driven by beliefs that foreign nationals displace local workers, threatens the informal traders, migrant entrepreneurs and township supply chains that sustain the country's economy.
The Netherlands, a major player in cocoa supply chains, is investing in efforts to ensure cocoa farming delivers living income to families while eliminating deforestation and child labour. According to research by the National Opinion Research Centre, roughly 1.56 million children are engaged in child labour in cocoa production across Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, with 95% facing hazardous conditions.
Professor Olufemi Adebowale Abass has been appointed as the incoming Director General and Head of Mission of the West African Insurance Institute, headquartered in Banjul, The Gambia. He will assume office on January 1, 2027.
ActionAid Ghana has expressed support for national efforts to criminalise "sex-for-jobs" practices, describing it as a step toward safe and dignified workplaces in line with ILO Convention 190. The organisation said the practice particularly affects women and young job seekers vulnerable due to unemployment and poverty.
The International Labour Organization observes April 28 as World Day for Safety and Health at Work to promote accident prevention globally. The 2026 theme focuses on psychosocial working environments, as occupational injuries and diseases claim nearly 2.5 million lives annually and drain roughly 4% of global GDP.