The meeting room at the Uganda High Commission in Nairobi was not the typical setting for a pension fund roadshow. Students, salaried workers, and small business owners filed in, many of them Ugandans who had built lives in Kenya but…
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…
The Policy Question at Stake Kenya’s government has positioned digital services exports as a cornerstone of its economic diversification strategy, training over 1.8 million young people through the Ajira and Jitume programmes and claiming more than 300,000 digital jobs created…
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…
Ghana’s cocoa regulator has moved to close a structural gap that has quietly undermined the sector’s supply chain for years. The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has formally prohibited Licensed Buying Companies (LBCs) from purchasing cocoa beans from farmers on credit,…
