Ramblings on Ghana’s Media Space
I have over the past year noticed a lot more of us – Ghanaians especially – comment on posts and/or share web links often without taking time to read through the post before commenting on…
Technology and Innovation
Turning Organic Waste into Gold Dust
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…
Pricing and Deregulation of the Energy Sector in Ghana: Challenges and Prospects
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…
Comparison of Ghana’s and Kazakhstan’s Chocolates
Post by Theo Acheampong.
Genetically Modified Foods in Africa: The Debate Rages on
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…
Tech Billionaires Have Their Priorities Misplaced on Developing World – Bill Gates
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…
Drawing Parallels Between the North Sea and Ghana’s Oil Industry
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…
The Accra Monorail System
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…
Africa’s Economic Growth: A Fallacy of Numbers?
1. Introduction Only a decade ago, Africa’s socio-economic growth potential was confined to the doldrums and back alley of underdevelopment. Today, the international media continues to be abuzz with common memes such as ‘Africa Rising’ and ‘The Final…
Data in Development Planning: The Ghana Open Data Initiative
One positive thing I came across last week was the Ghana Open Data initiative. This initiative facilitated by the Ministry of Communications and spearheaded by the National Information Technology Agency (NITA), the IT implementing…
Technology, Innovation, Creativity, Entrepreneurship and the African Youth
Last week, I was astounded and inspired by the story of 15-year-old Kelvin Doe (aka DJ Focus) from Sierra Leone on YouTube. Within two weeks, the video has generated over 3 million views on the…
Leadership and economic growth: learning from the Brazilian example – By Temitope Adeyinka
The economy of Brazil is bigger than the economy of all 54 African countries put together! Going a bit granular, Brazil’s economy is 2 times bigger than the economy of the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa. To…