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Theo Acheampong Selected As a Young Achiever by Newacrra Magazine

2 April 2015 Theo Acheampong

Newaccra.com, a “leading success and personal development brand”, yesterday named me as a young achiever in its 2015 edition of…

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Posted in: Media, Writings Filed under: Entrepreneurship and Creativity, Ghana, Leadership, Personal Development

Neo-Elites and the Developmental State

26 March 2015 Theo Acheampong

Dr Lloyd Amoah makes some compelling arguments in his paper titled “Lee Kuan Yew, Deng Xiaoping and Actualizing the Visions…

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Posted in: Writings Filed under: Africa, China, Development, Economics, ECOWAS, Leadership, Political Economy

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

25 February 2015 Theo Acheampong

Extract from the latest and damning IEA Report on the most important problems confronting the country. I dare say this…

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Posted in: Economics, Writings Filed under: Economics, Government, Leadership, Political Economy, Politics

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

21 February 2015 Theo Acheampong

Extracts from The Times newspaper of 1955 (1) “Throughout the country the middle classes, men in the upper ranks of…

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Posted in: History, Writings Filed under: Ghana, Government, Leadership, Politics

GHANA’S MIDDLE CLASS, POLITICAL ACTIVISM AND ECONOMIC REFORMS

11 August 2014 Theo Acheampong

Do you know that the French, Bolshevik and Chinese Revolutions were all led by discontented middle-class individuals? Middle-class status is…

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Posted in: Economics, History, Writings Filed under: Government, Leadership, Political Economy

Book Review: I speak of Ghana by Nana Awere Damoah

12 October 2013 Theo Acheampong

Nana’s latest write-up evoked within me nostalgic memories of growing up in Ghana in the 80s and 90s. Oh! How…

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Posted in: Books, Writings Filed under: Books, Development, Leadership, Politics

On Budget Deficits: US and Ghana

3 March 2013 Theo Acheampong

So President Obama last night enacted wide-ranging $85 billion spending cuts in a bid to close the deficit. Total public…

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Posted in: Economics, Writings Filed under: Economics, Government, Leadership

Ethiopian Airlines – A Successful Model of State-Owned African Airline?

19 October 2012 Theo Acheampong

Ethiopian Airlines has been able to raise its own debt and finance its own expansion without government cash. It is…

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Posted in: Economics, Writings Filed under: Africa, Government, Leadership

Leadership and economic growth: learning from the Brazilian example – By Temitope Adeyinka

31 August 2012 Theo Acheampong

The economy of Brazil is bigger than the economy of all 54 African countries put together! Going a bit granular, Brazil’s…

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Posted in: Economics, Writings Filed under: Africa, Development, Government, Leadership, Technology and Innovation

The Global Crime Against Public Health: Chinese API’s and Sub-standard medications

30 August 2012 Theo Acheampong

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Reuters reports unregulated Chinese chemical companies are making active pharmaceutical ingredients (API). API producers and brokers indicate sub-standard drug…

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Posted in: Writings Filed under: Africa, Development, Government, Leadership

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