Ghana’s Ministry of Finance moved on 10 September 2026 to defend the employment projections attached to the proposed Accra-Kumasi Expressway, with Technical Advisor Dr Theo Acheampong arguing that the government’s estimate of 30,000 direct and indirect jobs is not only…
The Ledger That Nobody Sees Picture a household in Accra’s Adabraka neighbourhood, or in a compound home in Tamale, where a family of six sits down each month to reckon with the arithmetic of survival. Rent, school fees, electricity, water,…
Kenya’s government has moved to reaffirm its obligations under the East African Community’s free movement protocols, after reports of potential ultimatums targeting small-scale traders from neighbouring EAC member states triggered a sharp public debate about the limits of regional integration…
Ghana’s Ministry of Roads and Highways has declared the Accra-Kumasi Expressway a flagship infrastructure priority of the Mahama administration, following the completion of right-of-way clearing along the full corridor by Ghana Armed Forces engineers. What comes next, the detailed design…
When a listed Ghanaian manufacturer triples its net profit in a single half-year, the figure demands more than a headline. FanMilk Ghana’s 214% jump in net profit to GH¢81.9 million for the six months ending June 2026, set against revenue…
The Integration Deficit at the Heart of Southern Africa South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed a blunt diagnosis on the table. Sixteen SADC member states, commanding a combined population of nearly 400 million people and sitting atop some of…
Since 2017, UAE entities have announced more than US$168 billion in projects across Africa, spanning renewable energy, digital infrastructure, logistics, mining and agriculture. The scale is striking, but the more consequential question for West African policymakers and regional institutions is…
The Ghana Police Service has signalled a clear shift in how it intends to govern digital public discourse, with Inspector General of Police Christian Tetteh Yohuno announcing that law enforcement will actively prosecute individuals who publish religiously inflammatory content on…
A legislature has moved to give constitutional principle a statutory backbone. Kenya’s National Assembly passed the Public Participation Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 44 of 2025) in a legislative act that crystallises years of contested implementation of civic engagement requirements…
A single transaction has just repositioned one of West Africa’s most significant gold corridors. Fortuna Mining Corp, listed on both the NYSE and TSX, has acquired the Bambadji gold project in Senegal from two of the sector’s heavyweights: Barrick Mining…
A 241-acre waterfront redevelopment project in Accra, stalled for years by institutional inertia, funding gaps, and governance lapses, has become the clearest test yet of Ghana’s capacity to structure credible public-private partnerships for large-scale infrastructure. The Marine Drive Project, led…
President William Ruto’s call for Kenyans to begin designing a national development framework beyond Vision 2030 has triggered the predictable cycle of partisan endorsement and reflexive opposition, but the deeper institutional question it raises goes largely unaddressed: whether Kenya possesses…
What is actually happening at Kenya’s political rallies? Kenya’s political gatherings have undergone a structural transformation. What were once forums for policy debate and civic mobilisation have become transactional exchanges, where crowds demand cash payments before listening to speeches, allowing…
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan launched a second investigative commission on Friday to determine criminal responsibility for the violence that convulsed the country during and after its 2025 general election, a move that places the integrity of Tanzanian judicial institutions…
The sand that lines the banks of the White Volta River has long been both a resource and a fault line. For communities in Northern Ghana’s Nawuni sub-catchment, it represents income, construction material, and a livelihood that thousands of families…
