Kwame Mensah

Kwame Mensah is a senior political correspondent based in Accra. With over a decade of experience covering Ghana's Parliament, elections, and government policy, he brings sharp analysis and deep sourcing to GhanaStar's political coverage. A graduate of the University of Ghana's School of Communication Studies, Kwame has previously reported for the Daily Graphic and Joy FM. He specializes in governance, public accountability, and West African geopolitics.

27296 Articles Joined March 2026

Articles by Kwame Mensah

Opinion

A Decade Of Tests, An Era Of Opportunity

Our world faces formidable challenges. Gulfs of mistrust divide citizens from their leaders. Extremists push people...

Politics

Envelope Found In Ballot Box Nearly Marred NPP Primary

Confusion erupted at the New Patriotic Party (NPP) primary at Kwesimintsim Constituency of the Western Region when a...

Politics

Joe Baidoo-Ansah Loses NPP Kwesimintsim Primary

The incumbent Member of Parliament for Kwesimintsim constituency Joe Baidoo-Ansah has lost the NPP parliamentary...

International

Emirates Rejects Naira In Payment For Flight In Nigeria

Emirates rejects naira in payment for flight in Nigeria Emirates Airlines has rejected the Nigerian currency, naira,...

International

U.S Don Launches Biography On Buhari In Abuja

A biography on President Muhammadu Buhari will be launched on Oct. 3 at the International Conference Centre in Abuja....

Opinion

EU/Europe Quo Vadis

Revisiting and rethinking Europe recently on these very pages, prof. Anis Bajrektarevic asked: “… is the EU the...

Opinion

The Entrepreneur of the 21st Century

The sustainable business breakthroughs of the 21st century will occur not by chance or trial and error as it has been...

Opinion

A Closer Look At the Trotro Fridays (TTF) Everyone Is Talking About

For a while now, social media has been buzzing over Trotro Fridays (TTF). It has been the trend on Fridays, which is...

Opinion

Parliamentary Select Committee On Sports Are Toothless & Worthless

Since the inception of the 1992 constitution ,I have purposely refused to call any member of parliament "Honorable"...

Opinion

Antwi Boasiako Replies Hassan Ayariga At 72 Years Comment.

They claim that one of the good leadership achievements of Dr Kwame Nkrumah who became the leader/President of Ghana...

Politics

Its “indiscipline” To Be Writing My Name On Walls – Ivor Greenstreet

The flagbearer of the Convention People’s Party, Ivor Kobina Greenstreet has described as the “height of...

Politics

You May Not Get Another President In 35 Yrs If… – Chief of Staff Campaigns For Mahama In U/W

Chief of Staff Julius Debrah has charged electorates in the northern part of Ghana to vote massively for “brother”...

Politics

Let’s Reshape the Political Discourse

So I have been following the political discussions as we prepare for the elections. My concern is how we are handling...

Politics

NDC Govt Has Penchant For Misplaced Priority – Joe Appiah

Government has been lambasted for implementing the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service at a time some Ghanaians are finding...

International

Kenya Launches World’s First Child-Friendly TB Drug

Kenya has become the first country in the world to launch new child-friendly drug for treating tuberculosis (TB). The...

International

Nike Releases Self-Lacing Shoe

The iconic self-lacing sneaker Marty McFly sported in “Back to the Future II” will soon become reality. Nike has...

Politics

Bawumia Jabs Mahama; Says He’s An Incompetent Driver

Vice Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has taken a swipe at President John...

International

Germany Blocks WhatsApp Data Transfers To Facebook

German data protection authorities on Tuesday said they had blocked Facebook from collecting subscriber data from its...

Opinion

Teenagers of Politics

Manifesto equivalence trying to outdo political equivalence.  This is what our last week was all about. After...

Politics

A Good Day…in A Good Way

I had a very good day on Saturday, 24th September. A good day compared to the day before when I had a dental procedure...