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Why ‘Black Box’ AI models fail governance standards in banking
However, some of the most powerful AI systems operate as "black boxes" producing decisions without clearly explaining how they arrived at them.
Free primary healthcare a game changer — Prof. Titus Beyuo
A member of Parliament’s Health Committee, Professor Titus Beyuo, has described Ghana’s newly launched Free Primary Healthcare initiative as a “game changer,” arguing that it introduces the country’s first coordinated national system for disease prevention and adult health screening. The Free Primary Healthcare initiat...
Is Dumsor back?
Before I proceed, let me state respectfully for the record that this article was written entirely under bright electrical conditions, with a fully charged phone, a stable ceiling fan, and no intention whatsoever of overthrowing the Republic through suspicious flashlight commentary. In fact, if at any point this write-u...
Ghana going back to the IMF for the 18th time?
The cedi is the world’s best-performing currency. Reserves are at record highs. Inflation is in single digits. Gold is working for Ghana’s people for the first time in memory. With numbers like these, Ghana entering talks for an 18th IMF program is not just a policy question – it is a question about who Ghana believes...
Why the excitement over only a hundred buses we imported from Egypt? Who can save ailing Ghana?
For the past few days, my curiosity in the media, both traditional and social, has been one of the most shocking things to me. I have therefore taken maximum pain to ask myself questions that I have yet to find answers to. I have been trying to find answers to why, na after sixty solid good years, we are still struggli...
Time vindicates the Just: Haruna Iddrisu’s position on Special Prosecutor powers upheld by High Court
A legal position strongly advanced years ago by the Minister for Education and former Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, regarding the prosecutorial powers of the Office of the Special Prosecutor has been reaffirmed by a recent High Court ruling in Accra. On October 26, 2017, during parliamentary deliberations on the bil...
Experts push for consumer-led healthcare reforms at inaugural Consumer Health Week
Health experts, policymakers and regulators have called for a shift toward consumer-led healthcare reforms at Ghana’s inaugural Consumer Health Week (CHW), stressing the need to place patients at the centre of the country’s health system.
Amanda Clinton writes: Ghana’s OSP case and the global pattern of prosecutorial control
Ghana's Supreme Court case, No. J1/3/2026, is more than a technical constitutional dispute.
Delegation by law, not by favour: A constitutional defence of Ghana’s special prosecutor
In the interest of good governance and public accountability, I believe I owe my conscience a compelling responsibility to contribute to the discourse surrounding the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) and the Attorney General (AG). The only way to make it out of our institutionally cemented, corrupt society is to...
Time vindicates the just: Haruna Iddrisu’s position on High Court ruling on OSP’s prosecutorial powers
A legal position strongly advanced years ago by the Minister for Education and former Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, regarding the prosecutorial powers of the Office of the Special Prosecutor has been reaffirmed by a recent High Court ruling in Accra. On October 26, 2017, during parliamentary deliberations on the bil...
The music industry doesn’t care about your talent-7 brutal lessons from 7 years of managing and building artists
I remember standing backstage at a mid-size festival in Accra — watching an artist with genuinely rare ability perform to a crowd that didn't know his name. He had the sound. He had the stagecraft. What he didn't have was a manager who had filed his publishing rights, a booking agent who could convert that night into a...
Late-night eating, prevention, and the case for nutrition in primary health care
Recent public remarks by the President, John Dramani Mahama, have drawn renewed national attention to the importance of preventive health and healthier lifestyle practices, particularly in relation to late-night eating habits.