Month: March 2012

It is no exaggeration to say that promise-making is a bane to our national politics. In this 4th Republic, there seems to be too much recourse to promise-making without any convincing presentation of workable strategies […]

Africa’s cities are growing at a frightening rate, as people flood from the countryside to the towns… It is a commonly held view, but a London-based academic, Deborah Potts, has been challenging this received wisdom, […]

Some 1,000 Chadian migrants – most of them children separated from their families – are waiting for aid in the village of N’Gbouboua in the Lac region of western Chad having fled Boko Haram-related violence […]

Of late, the NPP’s Akufo-Addo has had some exposure, visiting the US to interact with Obama, delivering the Openheimmer annual address just last week, and featuring on the BBC’s “Hard Talk” programme on Monday—all happening […]

Despite our claims that our constitutional democratic system of governance is working well, certain happenings point to the contrary. All is not well and it is just a matter of time for us to have […]

The New Patriotic Party (NPP), Presidential candidate, Nana Akuffo Addo has assured the nation that if elected President in December, his administration will not work with members of his own party whose aim is to […]

Investment thrives on risk, doesn’t it? The higher the risk, the higher the returns. However, the return can go in either direction –a big win or a big loss. Ghanaians like to frame it slightly […]

While much that is malicious and cynical has been written and said about the man, largely by his detractors and political opponents, not remarkably much has been written and/or said about the phenomenal contribution of […]