What exactly is the IMF saying about Ghana’s state enterprises? The International Monetary Fund has put Ghana’s management of its state-owned enterprises directly in its crosshairs. In a Technical Assistance Report published in July 2026, titled “Advancing SOE Fiscal Risks…
The expanded BRICS grouping, now 11 members strong after its 2023 enlargement, is testing a fundamental question for West African governments: does institutional pluralism in global governance translate into concrete development gains, or does it simply multiply the diplomatic corridors…
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…
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…
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…
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…
