Want to ensure constant flow of power to support economic growth and development? Develop and maintain a legal and regulatory framework for the power sector encourages investor confidence from licensing to tariffing, assessment of counterparty…
Dr Lloyd Amoah makes some compelling arguments in his paper titled “Lee Kuan Yew, Deng Xiaoping and Actualizing the Visions of African Independence” on how the neo-elite class can catalyse Africa’s long sought post-independence development…
The world certainly mourns when a great man dies. Today, we celebrate the life of one such great leader who did right by and for their people. Lee Kuan Yew, the man credited with building…
In an interesting twist of events, the Ivorian government formally requested the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) for a suspension of oil exploration and production activities in the disputed maritime boundary…
This is one of the policy initiatives I will vigorously pursue to diversify Ghana’s energy mix, were I to have the chance. All public schools (especially the secondary schools), municipal and district assemblies and communities…
Review by Theo Acheampong Africa today is a continent of almost 1 billion people, and has witnessed a remarkable growth story over the past decade —growth rates have averaged over 5% year-on-year over the past…
OF PATRIMONIAL CAPITALISM, OLIGARCHY AND A BURGEONING PLUTOCRACY… Fact is, there is rising inequality in a number of countries and something can and must be done. But the question that often lurks is, who does…
I have come to the firm conclusion that the EPAs which at the macro level which provides 100% duty free and quota free access to EU markets for ECOWAS/ACP countries and a reverse 75% market…
Questions! Questions!! Questions!!! 1. What’s happened to our efforts to bring more inbound diasporan FDIs into the country? 2. Have we lost our competitive edge as the gateway to West Africa and is the golden…
Happy New Year Everyone! My first post of 2014 was sparked by another on a colleague’s Facebook wall in response to his Ghanaweb Article on Ghana’s trade liberalization policy. I produce below my commentary to…
As Africa becomes the latest battleground for GMOs, many a one-sided opinion piece led by pro-GMO scientists, companies and lobbies across Africa are driving an agenda to push national lawmakers to pass favourable legislations which…
Bill Gates couldn’t be more wrong on this. The tech mogul and billionaire philanthropist in an exclusive interview with the Financial Times says the developing world wants safe drinking water and not internet connections. Mr Gates asserts: When…
The Ghana Water Company loses nearly half of the water it produces. Its official target for what it calls Non-Revenue Water (NRW) is 46.3 percent. Strangely enough, PURC, the regulator allows for NRW of 45…
This is how vision and strategic planning transformed Aberdeen, a once ‘sleepy’ fishing town into the oil capital of Europe and made many local entrepreneurs who actively participated in the value chain wealthy as well…
ver wondered about the possibility of building a comprehensive and well integrated Rapid Mass Transit System (Metro-System) that is rail based and truly functional in Accra? The Accra Monorail System is an excellent concept which…