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A crippled security recruitment process: A threat to national security architecture
The fairness of national security institutions in recruitment is a pillar in ensuring stability, peace and resilience of any given state.
Inside Mahama’s AI bet
On 7 January 2025, President John Mahama was sworn in for a second, non-consecutive term. He inherited an economy in fiscal stress and a public mood demanding answers.
AI in Lending: Progress, risks, and the governance imperative
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer experimental in lending. Financial institutions globally now use machine learning to assess creditworthiness, speed up approvals, and expand access to finance.
The ICACE Project: Strengthening business resilience through climate action and ESG in Ghana
For many businesses in Ghana, climate change does not show up as an abstract global crisis. It shows up as delayed inputs, rising energy costs, flooded premises, unstable supply chains, and growing pressure from regulators, financiers, and customers to “do better” on sustainability. These are operational realities. Yet...
Maximising the benefits of mining beyond ownership
For over a century, mining has been one of Ghana’s economic heavyweights. It contributes over 7% to GDP, generates more than US$6 billion in export earnings each year, and keeps thousands of people employed, directly and indirectly.
When regional instability becomes national risk: Ghanaian tomato traders killings
The Killing of Ghanaian Traders in Burkina Faso and What It Means for Our Security on 14 February 2026, eight Ghanaian tomato traders were killed in a terrorist attack in Titao, Burkina Faso. What initially appeared to be another tragic episode in the Sahel’s ongoing insurgency has since revealed something more troubli...
No Roof, no future: Ghana’s rent crisis is turning survival into a luxury
Imagine working for an entire month and, before you have even received your salary, knowing that a large part of it already belongs to your landlord. Imagine spending years in school, earning a qualification, finally securing a job and discovering that independence comes with a price you cannot afford. Imagine being a...
Domestic violence in Ghana: The crisis behind close doors
Home is supposed to be the place where fear ends. It is where a person should be able to close the door behind them, breathe freely and know that they are safe. It is where children should learn what love looks like, where couples should find companionship, and where families should find comfort after the pressures of...
Opinion: President Mahama must reshuffle his cabinet now to save the NDC from internal cracks
In recent days, several leading figures within the National Democratic Congress have openly commented on worrying developments quietly unfolding within both the party and government.
Opinion: Mahama must reshuffle his cabinet now to save the NDC from internal cracks
In recent days, several leading figures within the National Democratic Congress have openly commented on worrying developments quietly unfolding within both the party and government.
From farm to table: Ghana’s youth are transforming agriculture
Young farmers are reshaping Ghanaian agriculture through innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship, modernising the sector while boosting food security and rural livelihoods.
Identity before connectivity: Why Ghana’s SIM registration will succeed — and what telecoms must learn from the banking sector
As Ghana prepares to undertake a new nationwide SIM card registration exercise, it is important to reframe the conversation. This is not simply a telecommunications activity — it is a national identity verification exercise. At the centre of this effort is the National Identification Authority (NIA), the institution re...