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Why I spend my days raising mosquitoes
Every morning, I walk into a room full of mosquitoes. While most people spend their lives trying to avoid them, I spend my days raising, monitoring and studying them. It may sound unusual, but understanding mosquitoes helps to answer important questions about how well malaria prevention tools are performing.In 2024 alo...
Inconvenient Truth: When the Elephants Forget the Grass
Africa is not being held back by politics. It is being held back by politicking: the moment ambition for the nation is quietly replaced by ambition for the party. It Begins the Moment We Stop Asking What Is Best for the Nation. There is a distinction that Africa can no longer afford to blur. Politics, at its finest, is...
Beyond budget releases: The missing story in Ghana’s 2026 education mid-year review
The 2026 Mid-Year Fiscal Policy Review provides an important opportunity to assess the Government's progress in implementing the commitments contained in the 2026 Budget Statement. Unlike the annual budget, which outlines planned policy interventions and resource allocations, the mid-year review is expected to demonstr...
Emma Ankrah: Between quiet questions and the will to continue
I have questioned my existence before. Not because I believe my life has no meaning, but because there are seasons when purpose feels like something I understand in theory yet cannot fully touch in reality.
Braces beyond treatment: Gen Z’s fashion craze and the hidden dental risks
At the time, children who wore spectacles were often perceived as intelligent, affluent or “Dbee” [dada ba] and, depending on whom you asked, more attractive. The stereotype became so entrenched that spectacles were commonly associated with class prefects, school prefects, science students and self-proclaimed serious s...
Should a good leader be feared or loved? A critical look at Ghana’s recent presidential leadership styles
Leadership has long been debated through two contrasting ideas: should a leader command fear to maintain authority, or should a leader inspire love and respect through humility and connection with the people? The question is not simply about whether a leader is popular or powerful, but about the kind of relationship a...
M. Arhin writes: Is President Mahama effectively selling VALCO? Who is this strategic partner? And why should Ghana become a minority shareholder in one of its most strategic national assets?
The future of Ghana’s aluminium giant, the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO), has become the centre of a growing national debate following reports that a strategic partner could take a controlling stake in the company, leaving Ghana with only 30 per cent ownership. At the heart of the controversy is the... The post M. Ar...
El Niño Alert: Why a possible 2027 heat record could signal droughts, floods and flood risks for Ghana
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has indicated that El Niño conditions may develop in 2026, raising concerns among climate scientists that global temperatures could remain elevated into 2027, potentially approaching record levels.
Africa must look inward: Reframing resilience in a shifting global economy
As global economic uncertainties deepen and traditional aid flows face increasing strain, Africa is being forced to confront a familiar but urgent question: how does the continent build true financial resilience in a world that is rapidly turning inward?
The stalled reset
The year 2025 began with optimism for most Ghanaians as President John Dramani Mahama had returned to office with a sweeping mandate and declared a reset. He said the right things and he exudes good intentions. 15 months later, the sense of optimism has dimmed considerably. But even in the midst of that optimism, those...
From crisis to confidence: Ghana’s remarkable economic turnaround
Not long ago, Ghanaians were watching the cedi lose value almost weekly, prices at the market were rising faster than wages, and the government was struggling to pay its debts. It felt, to many, like the economy was in freefall. Today, that same cedi is the best-performing currency in the world. Inflation has dropped f...
Faith under fire : Is the church still a sanctuary of faith or a space losing moral authority?
The question is no longer whispered in private conversations. It is now being asked openly in public spaces, online platforms, and even within pews once marked by unquestioned reverence: Is the church still a sanctuary of faith, or is it gradually becoming a space losing moral authority? Recent events in Ghana’s religi...