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Kpandai DCE cuts sod for CHPS compound at Meme after decades without healthcare
Residents of Meme, a farming community in the Kpandai District of the Northern Region, have expressed immense joy following the sod-cutting ceremony for the construction of a modern Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound. The project, spearheaded by the District Chief Executive for Kpandai, Haruna...
Yaw Nsarkoh: Those who understand the drums, let them dance
In Kampala, Christopher Okigbo famously lashed out unrepentantly at his literary critics. They had insisted that Okigbo’s poetry was inaccessible to the masses. The great man responded, trenchantly, that he writes poetry for poets. And that art was not a contest for the popular vote. I love Christopher Okigbo for refus...
Tackling public sector fraud: Mr. Edward Wortor on How Ghana can strengthen financial controls
Recent audit reports have revealed significant weaknesses in Ghana’s public financial management systems. A government audit uncovered more than GH¢21 billion in suspicious, duplicated, or fictitious claims submitted to the state, exposing systemic gaps in procurement verification, documentation controls, and financial...
What a Shock! When “Party People” stop being Party People
At the risk of sounding overly generous, let us begin by commending the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for its continued commitment to public accountability. In a country where many proceedings could comfortably disappear behind closed doors, PAC has chosen the noble path of transparency—broadcasting its sittings for...
One country, two passports? Council of State says not for leaders
The debate over dual citizenship is back. This time, it’s about who gets to govern. For years the conversation comes and goes. Should a Ghanaian who also holds American, British, or Canadian citizenship be allowed to run for Parliament, become a Minister, or sit in Cabinet? The Council of State has now answered, at lea...
How & Where To Watch Alexander Zverev vs. Cameron Norrie? Start Time, Live Streaming and TV Channels for Cincinnati Open
Britain's Cameron Norrie faces a stiff challenge in the form of Alexander Zverev at Cincinnati Open.
Daily Insight for CEOs: Driving performance through clear accountability
Execution improves when responsibility is clearly defined. Organisations accelerate results when teams understand ownership expectations and performance responsibilities.
Health Minister unveils nationwide preventive care expansion plan
The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has announced a major shift in Ghana’s healthcare delivery system, with renewed focus on prevention rather than treatment. Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen show, he said the government aims to move from “sick care” to true healthcare by encouraging regular medical chec...
Ghana’s mid-year account proves that money left Treasury. It does not prove that anything arrived
The 2026 Mid-Year Fiscal Policy Review counts things. It counts 24,000 pieces of medical equipment distributed to clinics.
Why Ghana’s anti-corruption watchdogs are being dismantled — And the Supreme Court may seal their fate
Barely two weeks after a High Court stripped the Office of the Special Prosecutor of its prosecutorial teeth, another Accra courtroom delivered what appeared to be the next blow.
Before the next rains: Rethinking Accra’s flood crisis
On the night of Sunday, 28 June 2026, Accra was reminded once again of a truth it knows too well. When the rains come with force, the city does not merely get wet. It breaks. Roads disappeared underwater. Homes and shops were flooded. Families were trapped. Emergency services struggled to reach affected communities. In...
Centralised decentralisation: The strings we do not see, and what managing Tema has taught me about local power
1. A Conversation in Kigali The African Academy for Women in Political Leadership convened us in Kigali in the first week of August, 2026. 40 women from 28 countries in Africa and the Caribbean. Ministers, legislators, mayors, party leaders. I was one of two Ghanaians. We had come to learn particularly from Rwanda’s re...