Brian van Buuren, a white former farmer in Burma Valley, eastern Zimbabwe, couldn't hide his anger as he recalled how he lost almost everything during the country's controversial land reforms. After...
Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Dr Emmanuel Akwetey has asserted that the Electoral Commission (EC) seems more considerate towards the two ‘big’ political...
The Presidential debates are here with us again. The organizers, Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Friday, October 28, 2016 announced that the debates will commence in November. The First among...
A governance expert says Ghanaians must be interested in finding out how political parties are financed, their campaign funds and their account filing and reporting to the Electoral Commission (EC)....
Social innovator and founder of the mPedigree Network, Bright Simmons, has been appointed onto Microsoft’s 4Afrika Advisory Council. Microsoft Corp. on October 12, 2016, unveiled the 4Afrika...
It appears Communication Minister Dr Edward Omane Boamah is the one blocking President Mahama’s participation in the Institute of Economic Affairs’ (IEA) presidential debates. At least, that’s...
The Africa Center for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), a non-for-profit organisation, has mounted a strong opposition to the appointment of John Oti Bless as deputy minister for Local Government and...
Nana Akufo-Addo and Dr. Bawumia and their associates of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) would do best to let the Mahama Posse stew in their own brine, as it were. It was only a matter...
A Non-governmental Organisation, Media Initiative against Injustice, Violence and Corruption- MIIVOC has called on Rivers State Governor, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike to step in and resolve the difference...
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) has lauded the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service for inviting Rev. Owusu Bempah for interrogations on his ‘Nana Addo...
A political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Ransford Gyampo has expressed concern over Ghana’s Electoral Commission’s (EC) ability to focus on the upcoming elections due to the...
Former Volta River Authority (VRA) Chief Executive, Kweku Awotwi has expressed worry over debts owed power producers and fuel suppliers like the West Africa Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCO). He says...
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is partnering with social media giants, Facebook ahead of the 2016 Presidential and Vice Presidential debates. This was contained in a press statement signed...
Mr Issifu Salifu Kanton, Executive Director of Community Development Alliance (CDA), has said Senior High School (SHS) education in Northern Ghana is nearing a crisis level. He said the academic...
Although Ghana’s cocoa production fell short of industry forecasts for the 2015/16 growing season, increased investment in seed development programmes and infrastructure upgrades should improve...
The International Energy Agency says that the world's capacity to generate electricity from renewable sources has now overtaken coal. The IEA says in a new report that last year, renewables accounted...
The Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance, IDEG, Emmanuel Akwetey, has bemoaned the lack of “dialogue” and “consensus” in Ghana’s democracy. According to him, the...
The flag bearers of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, and that of the All People’s Congress (APC), Mr Hassan Ayariga respectively, have given different reactions to the...
President John Mahama leads the pack of presidential candidates on Penplusbytes’ 2nd Governance Social Media Index (GSMI) which tracks the relevance and effective use of social media in the...
It is a “joke” on the part of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to have instituted investigations into the source of funding of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Mr Franklin...
