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My deep reflections on comments by my colleague, Madam Dr Mary Awusi, and the reactions that followed by 38% club
Madam Mary Awusi is the current CEO of the Ghana Free Zones Board, a reputable entity overseeing the creation of economic enclaves for production and manufacturing with both local and international scope. Prior to this, she served as an appointed executive officer of the party at the national headquarters, a position s...
Keta government hospital at 100: Preserving a century of service, protecting a legacy for future generations
In October this year, the Keta Government Hospital will mark a remarkable milestone: one hundred years of service to the people of Keta and the wider Volta Region. Few institutions in Ghana can claim a century of continuous public service. Fewer still can claim to have touched as many lives as Keta Government Hospital...
Chornobyl – An explosion that has lasted 40 years
At 1:23 a.m. on 26 April 1986, in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, a technological experiment began at Reactor No. 4 of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
Citizenship by investment in Ghana: Opportunity, risk, and the shape of a new economic citizenship
Ghana is on the cusp of a significant legal and policy shift. The newly passed Ghana Investment Promotion Authority Bill, 2026 (awaiting assent), does more than modernise investment rules. Quietly, but profoundly, it introduces, for the first time, the concept of citizenship by investment into Ghana’s legal framework....
Government of Ghana Internal Revenue Generation cannot fund Big Push in Four Years
The ‘Big Push’ infrastructure initiative has received intense scrutiny in recent weeks. The NDC government promised in its manifesto to spend US$10 billion on infrastructure projects within four years.
When the flood receives your home address
Which home exactly should they stay in? The house where water is rising towards the windows? The room whose occupants have already moved onto tables? The compound where the television is floating past the refrigerator? Or the wooden structure that has quietly abandoned its former duties as a house and begun training fo...
Alexandrova collapses on court amid 34C heat
World number 19 Ekaterina Alexandrova collapsed on court and had to retire from her first-round match at the Memphis Classic due to high temperatures.
World PR Day 2026: The Golden Age of Strategic PR
In an age of climate pressure, misinformation and artificial intelligence, the profession’s enduring value lies in ethical counsel, human judgement and the ability to build trust. Today, Thursday, 16 July 2026, public relations professionals around the world observe World PR Day under the theme, “The Golden Age of Stra...
Prof Gyampo Writes: Democracy, free speech and the survival of the Ghanaian polity
Democracy is about free speech, but both in its classical and modern representative form, the founding fathers of this system of government, including Cleisthenes, Solon, Locke, Jefferson, Madison, Washington, etc., never even insinuated that freedom of speech is licentious for buffoonery and foolish talk. They encoura...
The NDC Reorganisation Agenda: Building a stronger party or preserving powerful individuals?
The Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC), acting within its constitutional mandate, approved the new Guidelines for the Elections of Party Executives at All Levels.
Ghana-UK Investment Summit – Resetting Investor Confidence Through Ghana’s Cocoa Value Chain
As Ghana and the United Kingdom convene in London today for the Ghana-UK Investment Summit under the theme, “The Reset Agenda: Restoring Investor Confidence to Unlock Opportunities and Shared Prosperity,” one bold message is clear: Ghana’s cocoa sector is entering a new phase of strategic repositioning. For decades, Gh...
Understanding human rights, refugees, statelessness, and asylum: Why these issues matter to us all
Every day, millions of people around the world are forced to flee their homes because of war, persecution, political instability, violence, or gross violations of human rights.