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The interconnection advantage for Ghana’s financial future
Across Africa, banking is no longer confined to vaults and branches. It is now wired into fibre routes, data centres, and the invisible handshake between networks. Ghana is no exception.
Clearing the backlog, securing the future: Teacher welfare, fiscal responsibility, and learning outcomes in Ghana
Public sector compensation, particularly within the education sector, occupies a critical intersection between fiscal governance and human capital development. The recent decision by the Ghana Education Service, in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance Ghana and the Controller and Accountant General’s Department G...
Ghana’s democracy under attack; free speech sacrificed under Mahama gov’t – Bawumia
Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has alleged that Ghana’s democratic principles are under threat, accusing the government of President John Dramani Mahama of undermining free speech and dissent.
Divided mandates, shared crises: Institutional intersections in Ghana’s flood management
Across sub-Saharan Africa, urban flooding has evolved from a seasonal hydrological event into a persistent governance crisis.
Discipline must build unity, not endanger victory
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has always distinguished itself as a political tradition founded on constitutionalism, internal democracy and the rule of law. It is a party whose strength has never rested solely on electoral victories, but on the principles that have guided its internal governance over the years. Every m...
Daily Insight for CEOs: Prioritising scalable opportunities
Not all growth is scalable. CEOs must differentiate between incremental gains and opportunities capable of sustained expansion.
Patriotism or Politics?
In every competitive democracy, opposition parties face a difficult moral and strategic dilemma: should they share brilliant ideas with the incumbent government if doing so may strengthen the ruling party politically?
Danso Onasis Kizito writes: June 3 – when justice becomes a ritual of memory
Eleven years after fire, flood, and fuel combined to claim more than 150 lives and injure over 200 others, Ghana still gathers to mourn but not to conclude. The question that has haunted survivors since 3 June 2015 remains painfully unchanged: where is justice? This was not an ordinary tragedy. It was a catastrophic co...
When FIFA bows to politics, football loses: The dangerous precedent of the Balogun decision
For decades, FIFA has proudly presented itself as the uncompromising guardian of football’s independence. Its message has been simple and consistent: keep politics out of football. National associations have been suspended for government interference. Players have been sanctioned for political statements. Teams have be...
Nana Attobrah Quaicoe writes: Manufactured vs natural disasters: 169mm in Accra, 457mm in California — what the numbers actually tell us about who we are
On 29 June 2026, Accra got hit with rain the government’s own task force later called devastating. And devastating is the right word. The Greater Accra Region flooded. Houses collapsed. Streets turned into rivers. Businesses were wiped out. Lives were lost. Parts of the Volta and Central Regions took a hit too. Preside...
Reforming the Bank of Ghana: Why Ghana needs a stronger and more independent Central Bank
Often the most visible indicator of the strength and credibility of a country’s monetary institutions is the stability of its currency. Inflation erodes the purchasing power of households, discourages long term investment, causes instability in exchange rates and slowly erodes savings. Persistent inflation for the aver...
AngloGold expands healthcare access with two modern health centres in Obuasi
AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine has reinforced its commitment to sustainable community development with the commissioning of the Apitikooko Health Centre and Staff Quarters and the Dokyiwa/Binsere Health Centre.