The Governance Gap Behind Ghana’s Deepening Exposure The central question is not whether Ghana trades with China. It is whether Ghana’s regulatory institutions are enforcing the terms under which that relationship operates. Across three distinct but interconnected sectors — retail…
A Governance Fault Line in Ghana’s Energy Restructuring Labour exclusion nearly derailed one of Ghana’s most consequential infrastructure reforms. The Public Utilities Workers Union’s decision to suspend a planned demonstration against private-sector involvement in the Electricity Company of Ghana signals…
Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa took a pointed stand at the United Nations General Assembly last week, declaring Accra’s firm opposition to any move to dismantle the International Criminal Court and calling for a structural overhaul of global…
What is actually at stake in Ghana’s speech regulation debate? On 22 September 2026, the Ghanaian Presidency issued a directive to the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), asking both organisations to convene a…
When President John Dramani Mahama sat down with senior Boeing executives on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, the conversation that unfolded was, on its surface, about aircraft maintenance. Beneath it, however, lay a…
A botched arrest attempt at the Accra High Court has thrown into sharp relief the procedural standards governing Ghana’s law enforcement agencies, and whether institutional checks are functioning as they should when officers encounter elected officials. The incident began with…
Ghana’s government is set to announce a new producer price for cocoa ahead of the 2026/2027 season, a decision that carries consequences well beyond farm-gate income. At stake is the financial architecture of one of West Africa’s most strategically significant…
What is Ghana actually demanding, and why now? At a high-level side event in New York focused on international cooperation for the return of cultural property, Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa placed restitution squarely within the framework of…
A Shipment That Exposed Institutional Gaps When 3.9 tonnes of cocaine surfaced in a shipment linked to Ghana, the immediate question was not simply one of law enforcement. It was a question of institutional architecture: which agencies were responsible, how…
A Recurring Institutional Failure Picture a road project in the Bono Region, freshly commissioned after years of construction and public borrowing. The ribbon is cut, the photographs are taken, and then — nothing. No complementary investment in the logistics corridors…
