Extract from the latest and damning IEA Report on the most important problems confronting the country. I dare say this is the ‘real’ state of the nation. Generally, the report corroborates other findings in the…
Extracts from The Times newspaper of 1955 (1) “Throughout the country the middle classes, men in the upper ranks of the law; the professions and education are instinctively against the C.P.P. These middle classes interrelated…
Myself and IMANI Ghana have teamed up to publish our independent first quarter (Q1) 2014 assessment of some of the most pressing issues confronting Ghana’s energy sector. Please let us know your thoughts if any…
Aa result of a hedging deal gone wrong on the back of the rally in gold prices buoyed by the decision of 15 European Central banks in September 1999 to curtail gold sales from their…
Nana’s latest write-up evoked within me nostalgic memories of growing up in Ghana in the 80s and 90s. Oh! How I miss Secondary School days with all the crappy food we were served in the…
Assuming two definitions of over votes: Votes Cast (VC) > Registered voters on the roll (R) Votes Cast (VC) > Number of valid ballots issued to voters (B) (not including spoilt ballots) The number of…
The last time we were told our inability to import crude oil for the refinery was due to difficulties with raising letters of credit (LC’s) as a result of arrears owed Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB)…
Norway today ranks top in every major human development metric and it didn’t occur by chance. Rather, it had a concerted policy in place to develop a national petroleum industry, and avoid becoming a country…
In the midst of the wranglings and upheaval about the removal of fuel subsidies in Nigeria and Ghana earlier this year, I came across this fascinating Bloomberg article which provides a comparative analysis of the highest…