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To predict how Ghana will look like on 13th September 2020, following a victory at the polls for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on 7th December 2016, we first need to look at the biggest risks facing NDC rule on …
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Complaints about “neutrals”, “loudmouthed CSOs”, “naysaying Jeremiahs”, “empty critics” and the like have been coming nonstop from politicians throughout my 20 plus years of public policy analysis, advocacy, and activism.
Auntie Lizzie earned her place in the annals of our …
Tomorrow, the Finance Minister will appear in Parliament to seek authorization for his spending plans for the rest of the year. As is our custom, he shall also be asking that members ratify spending the Government has already made.
There …
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Save for three different years, Ghana’s economy has grown by at least four percent annually since 2000, pulling along with it a very vibrant informal sector (World Bank, 2020). This reflects in the retail trade landscape where …
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If someone had assembled the world’s smartest people and given them the task to design the surest way to discredit the outcome of an impending election and stain the reputation of one of Africa’s most respected democracies, they wouldn’t have …
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During the 2014-2016 devastating Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa, I worked as the Country Director for Plan International in Freetown, Sierra Leone and was humbled to be part of a coalition of state and non-state actors who …
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Ghana has gold, diamonds, bauxite, manganese, salt, limestone, granite and oil. Its mining and quarrying sector contributes significantly to its economy. It is the second-largest gold producer in Africa after South Africa and the tenth-largest producer in the world…
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Over at least the last decade, one of Ghana’s most vital breadbaskets has been converted into cashew nut production to feed export markets. Bono East, Bono and the Ahafo regions – previously known as the Brong Ahafo region – …
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Ghana’s Right to Information Bill (RTI) drafted in 1999 by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and passed by Parliament on March 26, 2019, is set to be implemented in January 2020. But the bill still needs the President’s assent …
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The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BOG) has, in his latest press conference, sought to assure the public about the success of the BOG’s two-year “clean-up effort”.
This is curious considering the fact that after all the hoopla and …
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