With the end of the COP30 climate summit in Brazil’s Amazonian hub of Belém, activists are dispersing after two weeks of rainforest photo ops, protest disruptions, and impassioned speeches on slashing carbon emissions. But participants sidestepped the stark reality: The actions of Western nations hold diminishing sway over the trajectoryContinue Reading
In the prevailing competitive banking landscape, the most powerful differentiator is no longer the size of a bank’s branch network, the novelty of its digital platforms, or even the sophistication of its balance sheet. It is the quality of customer experience, and it involves the consistency, empathy, and reliability withContinue Reading
President John Mahama holds an interesting presidential record—the first of its kind in this country. In a remarkable comeback effort following his crushing defeat in the 2016 elections, he was back in the saddle as president two electoral cycles later. He is in good company In the US, Donald Trump wasContinue Reading
Policemen and women, by their actions or inactions, bring the IGP, Mr Christian Tetteh Yuhonu’s name into disrepute. Would the IGP, if he were the corporal, sergeant or constable at a police station, advise a victim, who reported domestic abuse, to go back into the environment of abuse and beContinue Reading
Ghana is nurturing a new generation of creatives. Creative Arts and Design (CAD) in Junior High Schools (JHS) lays the foundation for problem-solving, visual, and performance skills, while Art and Design Foundation in Senior High Schools (SHS) builds deeper exposure to visual arts, media, and design. Yet talent alone isContinue Reading
That fire are we talking about? None other than global warming — a phrase that resonates powerfully in world discourses and international conferences, yet little seems to be done about it. Global warming refers to the gradual increase in the Earth’s temperature. As the term suggests, our planet keeps gettingContinue Reading
Africa’s creative industries have never been more visible, more influential or more powerful than they are today. Our films travel without borders, our music dominates global charts, and our fashion inspires some of the world’s biggest runways. Yet for all this cultural influence, the economic engines behind Africa’s creative brillianceContinue Reading
Ghana’s present food situation is a reminder of Bob Marley’s philosophical observation. “In the abundance of water,” he sang, “the fool is thirsty.” How can a country experiencing food glut have a single citizen facing hunger because “food is scarce” and “prices are high”? This is the paradox of GhanaContinue Reading
When Ghana entered 2025, the national conversation was about how this government was going to keep us afloat. The focus was on stabilizing the cedi, moving out of a hyperinflationary economy, negotiating debt and restoring investor confidence post an unpleasant debt restructuring experience. Throughout the year, there’s been a meaningfulContinue Reading
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has just come out of a debilitating, embarrassing and absolute shellacking of a presidential election. They need to rebuild, reinvent and re-engineer their party into a broad-based national coalition, open and acceptable to all groups and stripes rather than narrow down, close-up or constrict theirContinue Reading
