The seminar room at Harvard University’s Center for International Development will, come October, host something rarely offered in academic settings: a sitting account of a central bank’s survival. Dr. Ernest Addison, who stepped down as Governor of the Bank of…
What is the core governance problem Ghana’s mining sector faces? The Ghana Chamber of Mines has issued a pointed warning: frequent, unpredictable shifts in fiscal policy are directly raising the cost of capital for mining projects across the country. Kenneth…
Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, founder and General Overseer of Action Chapel International, issued a stark warning on 16 August that Ghana’s failure to enforce laws against illegal artisanal mining, widely known as galamsey, is systematically destroying the water bodies and agricultural…
Across West Africa, a structural tension is sharpening between the region’s most significant demographic asset and the institutional frameworks that govern access to education, employment, and economic participation. With more than 60 percent of West Africa’s population under the age…
When the National Onion Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria suspended onion exports to Ghana, four Ghanaian trucks loaded with produce sat stranded at the border, and markets across Accra began to feel the pressure of tightening supply. The episode,…
The corridors of Ghana’s National Security Council Secretariat carry a particular weight. They connect intelligence units, logistics departments, and special investigations arms whose coordination, or lack thereof, determines how effectively the state protects its borders, its citizens, and ultimately, the…
Arrivals Rise, but Governance Gaps Persist Ghana’s Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts recorded 1,303,962 international tourist arrivals in 2025, generating GHS 4.34 billion in revenue, Minister Abla Dzifa Gomashie announced on 10 August 2025 at the Government Accountability…
Africa’s financial institutions face a structural reckoning: the tools used to assess creditworthiness are changing faster than the governance frameworks designed to regulate them, and the borrowers of tomorrow bear little resemblance to those the current lending architecture was built…
A Warning From Civil Society On 6 August 2026, the New Patriotic Party marched through Accra under the banner of “Democracy Under Attack,” rallying supporters against what the opposition described as political persecution by the incumbent administration. The demonstration was…
When the Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority (NCTTCA) signed a fresh funding agreement with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in late June 2025, the ceremony marked more than a financial transaction. It signalled a deliberate institutional pivot:…
Kenya is preparing to receive two new submarine fibre optic cables before 2027, a development that raises a concrete governance question: who controls the digital infrastructure underpinning East Africa’s economic future, and how do investment decisions made in California or…
A dam in Burkina Faso may begin releasing water on 11 August 2026. That single operational decision, made in Ouagadougou, will determine whether communities along Ghana’s White Volta River face flooding, displacement, or worse. The Water Resources Commission (WRC) issued…
On 28 July, two of Uganda’s most senior technocrats — Dr Ramathan Ggoobi, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Finance, and Irene Bateebe, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Energy — formally joined the board of Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC),…
The African Continental Free Trade Area has been operational in principle since 2021, yet intra-African trade remains stubbornly low — hovering around 15 to 17 percent of total African exports, compared to roughly 60 percent within Europe and 58 percent…
The number is deceptively modest. Three hundred and sixty-six contentious cases in two decades — a figure that, on its surface, might suggest a court of limited reach. But for the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, each case…
