Where Are We Going?
I didn’t know where we were going? I didn’t know what we were going to do. I’d no idea when we were coming back, but we kept going and going and going. We were eastbound from the capital Accra....
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How Magufuli’s No-Nonsense Leadership Is Changing Tanzania
President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Tanzanian counterpart John Pombe Magufuli at State House, Nairobi Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli has been turning heads in the region being not travelling...
Ghana Moves Up Ease of Doing Business Index
Ghana has moved an impressive 13 places up on the Trading Across Borders in the latest World Bank Ease of Doing Business Report, an indication that the Ghana National Single Window (GNSW) programme...
Nduom Downs Doom: Back On Presidential Race
Maybe it was meant to be or maybe not. That which initially appeared to have jolted Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom’s presidential ambition forever has seen sudden revival. Nduom’s disqualification...
Does the NPP Have A Manifesto To Propagate?
Folks, permit me to take on the NPP armada on what I see as its futile campaign of desperation to win Election 2016. Many utterances from its leading officials and their lackeys all over the place...
Zimbabwe’s Evicted Elderly White Farmers Pin Hope On Compensation
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...
Chiefs, People of Nkwanta Promise Support For NPP
The chiefs and people of the Nkwanta South Constituency have promised to extend the same support given to President John Kufuor to Nana Akufo-Addo to enable him to become president. They will also...
Astronomical Interest Rates, Killer of Businesses
One and five Ghana cedis notes. File photo. “Well, I do not think I will be able to go for the loan for us to undertake the project. The interest rate the financial institutions are quoting is too...
Ghanaians Clamouring For Change – Akufo-Addo
The Flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said there’s a general clamour for change by Ghanaians across the country come the December 7 general elections, as they are fed up...
Ghana To Join Great Green Wall Initiative
Experts from the African Union Commission will engage interest groups in Ghana, including the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) and the Environmental Protection...
Africa Fastest Growing Economy With Half Population Living In Poverty
Following many years of political turmoil and civil conflict, business is back - and booming - in the Ivory Coast. This prosperous West African country is Africa's fastest growing economy in 2016,...
An Intriguing Story of Maasai Pastoralists
My dear reader, this article is characterized with a long digression because it is more or less a commentary on James Karuga’s (a freelance Reuter journalist) article. If heaven was to be an...
Linking Constraints and Assumptions To Growth
The theoretical basis for any effective employment program rest on the idea of a perfect integration between an economy’s competitive drivers, the skill requirement to sustain those drivers and how...
Mahama Is Struggling – Akufo-Addo
The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo, has taken a dig at President John Mahama’s capacity to lead the country. Nana Addo stated that he (John Mahama) “can’t do the job,...
VGMA Should Consider Female Artiste of the Year Category – Osarfo Anthony Writes
VGMA should consider female artiste of the year category – Osarfo Anthony writes The call for a FEMALE ARTISTE OF THE YEAR category has come up before in our showbiz industry and just like any...
Kizito of Investigroup Management Consultants Offers Opportunity To Invest In African Growth
Hillside, New Jersey, October 27, 2016 – Since the U. S. JOBS Act passed in September 2013, the larger investment community has been gauging just how much of a factor online investing will make in...
Volta Region Not A ‘loyal Housewife’ To Any Political Party – Togbe Afede
The President of Volta Regional House of Chiefs, Togbe Afede XIV has said the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) has reiterated that the Volta Region cannot be said to be the home of only the...
The Myth Of Fish Test Kit In Ghana
The issue of a device to instantly determine chemicals contamination has become sensitive in the country, especially given the fact that majority of fishes arrive at shore harvested through...
Akufo-Addo Mobbed In Volta Region
Nana Akufo-Addo was mobbed Thursday night at Hohoe, in what could be described as the largest crowd of his 5-day tour in the Volta region. Hohoe is also the constituency of the current Volta regional...
Does The Volta Regional NDC Chair Support All Voltarians Financially?
I could not remit my arousing disgust after listening to the Volta Regional chairman of the NDC Party, Mr John Gyapong’s condescending remark about the good people of Volta Region on OKY FM’s...