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The Event thinking mindset: How reflexive responses are slowing Ghana’s National development
A Nation of Responses, Not Systems There is a certain mindset that pervades our national life in Ghana. I call it the event thinking mindset. It is the habit of perceiving national challenges as discrete, isolated occurrences of events to be responded to, rather than as symptoms of underlying systems that must be under...
Samson’s Take: Blood on your hands, you failed leaders
It is 10:00 a.m. on a Monday morning. The sky has poured all night; the city is paralyzed; storm drains are choked to the throat; and water is aggressively reclaiming its territory. Eleven years ago, on June 3, 2015, we watched more than 150 citizens burn and drown in a horrific national trauma. We swore “Never Again.”...
Sabalenka cuts media short as French Open players protest
World number one Aryna Sabalenka cut short her French Open news conference as part of a 15-minute limit on media duties in protest at the prize money on offer.
Why Ghana cannot afford to neglect its Automotive Industry
Ghana’s economic ambitions cannot be achieved through imports alone. If the country is serious about creating jobs, retaining value within its economy, and building a competitive industrial sector, it must invest in industries that produce rather than simply consume. Few sectors offer that opportunity more clearly than...
Democracy is more than elections; it requires responsible citizens — Ibn Chambas
Former African Union High Representative for Silencing the Guns, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has stressed that democracy goes beyond periodic elections, arguing that it must be supported by a culture of responsible citizenship, accountability and respect for democratic values.
Braggadocious statements, tearful apologies
To make Julius Debrah weep, while seeking forgiveness for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the braggadocious statements of a member, Dr Mary Awusi, who also serves as the CEO of Free Zones Board, is an indictment.
Why public relations would say, “Let’s engage our staff before the information reaches the public”
As a Public Relations Practitioner with over a decade’s experience in the corporate world, I have come to know that poor information flow between the top hierarchies of organisations
‘We are toying with our democracy’ — Dr Bomfeh criticises passage of Tribunal Bill
The Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Constitutional Studies (CenCES), James Kwabena Bomfeh Jnr., has criticised the passage of the Tribunal Bill, 2026, warning that the process surrounding the legislation raises concerns about Ghana’s democratic governance.
“Flying with two wings”: Africa’s opportunity to strengthen economic governance
Elsie Addo Awadzi, Visiting Fellow and Former Deputy Governor at the Bank of Ghana, outlines the opportunity cost of failing to give women leaders meaningful authority in Africa’s most powerful institutions and her proposal for a forthcoming Women in Economic Governance Initiative. Governments are facing a more complex...
Galamsey is no longer hidden: Where is the enforcement?
In early June 2026, a group of illegal miners did something that should alarm every Ghanaian.
Meeting Africa’s growing demand for finance and accounting professionals
Africa’s economic outlook remains resilient, even as geopolitical tensions and global trade uncertainty continue to create headwinds. According to the African Development Bank, real GDP growth is projected at 4.3% in 2026, up from 4.2% in 2025 and 3.1% in 2024, supported by improving macroeconomic stability and domesti...
Drowning by Design: How Accra chose its floods
Every rainy season, Ghana’s capital goes underwater, and every rainy season the rains take the blame. Three decades of evidence point somewhere far less comfortable. A city that drowns on schedule The choreography of an Accra flood is now so familiar that residents could stage it from memory. The first serious downpour...