A fatal multi-vehicle collision on 3 August 2025 near Bunso Junction in Ghana’s Eastern Region has reignited a longstanding institutional question: why has one of West Africa’s most economically critical road corridors remained a single-carriageway highway despite decades of documented…
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),…
A single transformer failure at the Ghana Grid Company’s Asiekpe Bulk Supply Point has darkened dozens of communities across the Volta and Oti Regions, laying bare the structural fragility of Ghana’s transmission infrastructure at a moment when reliable electricity access…
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…
When Ghana’s cocoa regulator COCOBOD confirmed a projected output decline of at least 16% for the 2026/27 season, the announcement was more than a seasonal weather advisory. It crystallised a convergence of governance failures, environmental degradation, and structural neglect that…
A 179% jump in pre-tax profit at Letshego Ghana Savings and Loans PLC reveals more than a single company’s strong half-year performance. It exposes a structural question at the heart of Ghana’s non-bank financial sector: whether the Bank of Ghana’s…
Africa’s hunger rate dropped for the first time in nearly a decade. That is not a minor statistical footnote — it is a signal that deliberate institutional investment, sustained over years, can bend a stubborn curve. According to data from…
Ghana’s state aluminium development body has formally denied that the Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO) is being sold to businessman Ibrahim Mahama, as public speculation over the smelter’s privatisation process intensifies and threatens to disrupt the government’s industrial strategy for…
A Diplomatic Encounter Rooted in Strategic Recalibration When Gabonese transitional president Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema lands in Accra between 28 and 30 July, the visit will carry weight beyond ceremonial protocol. The three-day official engagement, extended at the invitation of…
At its July 2026 congregation ceremonies, the University of Ghana conferred degrees on 1,884 students and issued a pointed institutional directive: that its graduates treat Artificial Intelligence not as a career accessory, but as a governance and development instrument with…
