Tear Down the Gandhi Statue [3]
By Kwarteng, Francis “India gave South Africa Gandhi the barrister and Africa gave India back Mahatma Gandhi the Great Soul” (Nelson Mandela). “We believe as much in purity of race as we think...
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Tear Down The Gandhi Statue 3
“India gave South Africa Gandhi the barrister and Africa gave India back Mahatma Gandhi the Great Soul” (Nelson Mandela). “We believe as much in purity of race as we think they do…We believe...
Amissah-Arthur Maybe Suffering From Acute Political Amnesia And Ethnic Self-Hatred
Campaigning in the great Nkawkaw township, in the Okwawu Traditional Area of the Eastern Region, recently, Vice-President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur was widely reported to have bitterly lamented the...
PPP Gov’t Will Ban Rice Importation In Ghana
Presidential Candidate of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom says he would end the importation of rice to Ghana if given the mandate in the upcoming December polls. He could...
Privatising For Who? The Experience of Australia, UK
The financial, managerial and technical challenges facing the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have galvanised the apostles of privatisation, anti-state ownership of business and the...
Anyidoho Scores Mahama 2 Out 10 On Economy
Running mate of the People's National Convention (PNC) and economist, Emmanuel Anyidoho has scored President Mahama two out of ten on the economy. Speaking in exclusive interview with Kwabena...
Bank of Japan Re-Strategize To Recuperate Economy
The Bank of Japan said Wednesday that it's introducing a new long-term interest rate target of around zero. The bank has already gone to extreme lengths in its attempts to stimulate the country's...
Bawumia ‘actually NPP Flag Bearer’ – Bawa-Mogtari
The vice-presidential nominee of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is actually the flag bearer of his party rather than Nana Akufo-Addo, the governing National...
Bring It On – NPP Dares Amissah Arthur
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has dared Vice President Kwesi Amissah Arthur to a challenge with its running mate Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, following his recent lecture on the true state of the...
BoG Worried Over High Lending Rates
The governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Dr. Abdul Nashir Issahaku has described as worrying the country’s current average lending rate which is hovering around 33 percent. According to the Dr....
PPP Ready For All Inclusive Government
Madam Brigitte Dzogbenuku, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), has assured the electorate that the party would involve the best brains in managing the...
Institute of Certified Economists Confers Fellowship On CEO of B&FT
Chief Executive Officer of the Business and Financial Times (B&FT), Edith Darkwa, has been awarded Fellow Certified Economist (FCE) by the Institute of Chartered Economists of Ghana (ICEG). The...
Amissah-Arthur Is A Wimp
This is not the very first time that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the former Deputy-Governor of the Bank of Ghana and three-time Presidential Candidate of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), has...
Fifteen Presidential Candidates For Election 2016?
Folks, I have just come across the news report saying what has really made me wonder what is becoming of the Presidential aspect of the 2016 general elections. Just consider this: "Fifteen...
Prancing Away With Professorial Obstinacy
“Ghanaians have a choice to make; if they want their leader to be sharing cars to individuals at the expense of the people or a leader who will create employment opportunities. One leader may...
Corruption Is Driving Investors Away From Ghana
The Vice-Presidential candidate of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Emmanuel Amenuvor Anyidoho says President John Dramani Mahama’s maladministration which is characterized with unbridled...
$750m Eurobond Exposes Ghana’s Weak Economy
Business Finder’s comparison of Ghana’s debut on the international capital market in 2007 when it raised US$750 million at a cost of 8.50 per cent with the recent Eurobond has revealed a...
Factories Are Now Churches – Anyidoho
People’s National Convention (PNC) running mate Emmanuel Anyidoho has accused both the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) of ruining the...
My Running Mate Has the Humility of Jesus Christ – Edward Mahama
The Presidential Candidate of the People’s National Congress (PNC), Dr. Edward Nasigre Mahama has described his running mate for the December 7 general election, Emmanuel Anyidoho, as a humble...
Does IMANI Ghana Has Locus Standi To Critique Dr. Bawumia?
By Nana Yaw Osei The IMANI Ghana’s quick rebuttal to Dr. Bawumia’s assessment on the state of Ghana’s economy presents some questions: Did IMANI seek expert’s advice from economists or they...