Politics Archives - Thoughts of a New African

Socio-Economic and Governance Conditions in Ghana – The State of the Nation By IEA-Ghana

25 February 2015
Economics, Writings

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…Read more →

Middle Class Activism, Regional Devolution and Cocoa Politics in the Gold Coast (Circa 1955)

21 February 2015
History, Writings

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…Read more →

Pricing and Deregulation of the Energy Sector in Ghana: Challenges and Prospects

31 March 2014
Economics, Energy, Writings

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…Read more →

Ashanti Goldfields, Ghana’s Golden Shares and a Hedge Gone Wrong

5 December 2013
Economics, History, Writings

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…Read more →

Book Review: I speak of Ghana by Nana Awere Damoah

12 October 2013
Books, Writings

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…Read more →

Ghana Election Blues: On the two definitions of over-voting and ballot accounting by J. Atsu Amegashie

23 April 2013
Writings

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…Read more →

Ghana: Petrol Politics and the Tema Oil Refinery

20 February 2013
Energy, Writings

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…Read more →

Development Strategy For Resource-Rich Nations: Learning from the Norwegian Example

19 October 2012
Oil and Gas, Writings

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,…Read more →

To subsidize or not to subsidize: Highest & Cheapest Gas Prices by Country

14 August 2012
Oil and Gas, Writings

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…Read more →