At the 81st UN General Assembly in New York, private sector leaders gathered on the sidelines to debate a question with direct consequences for West African economies: can market-driven investment, aligned with regional integration frameworks, deliver the structural growth that…
A US$10 million commitment from the United Arab Emirates to contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has placed renewed scrutiny on East Africa’s cross-border health governance mechanisms, exposing both the structural vulnerabilities and the institutional…
When President John Dramani Mahama announced at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, that Ghana intends to list 10 state-owned enterprises on the Ghana Stock Exchange, the headline figure…
Every time a Ghanaian exporter invoices a Kenyan buyer, both parties absorb a cost that has nothing to do with the goods exchanged, the logistics involved, or the regulatory compliance required. They pay simply because their currencies cannot speak to…
When Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump concluded their state-level talks and released an eight-point consensus framework covering trade tariffs, artificial intelligence governance, nuclear non-proliferation, and military crisis communication, the announcement reverberated well beyond Washington and Beijing.…
A continental free trade agreement means little if a Ghanaian exporter still needs US dollars to pay a Kenyan supplier. That is not a hypothetical — it is the operational reality AfCFTA Secretary-General Wamkele Mene described at a recent gathering…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has publicly endorsed the African Union’s demand for permanent representation on the UN Security Council, declaring Africa’s continued exclusion “unjust and indefensible” during his final opening address to the 81st session of the General Assembly…
When the price of cooking gas rises in Accra, the mechanism behind that increase rarely surfaces in public debate. Yet the signal now coming from Ghana’s LPG industry executives is precise and worth examining with care: propane and butane, the…
Across West Africa, financial inclusion frameworks have treated credit access as the primary lever for advancing women’s economic participation. Ghana’s government, ECOWAS regional bodies, and development finance institutions have collectively channelled billions of dollars into reducing collateral requirements, digitising loan…
New York, 21 September 2024 — President William Ruto arrived in New York on Sunday alongside First Lady Rachel Ruto and a Kenyan government delegation, opening a week of high-level engagements at the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 81)…
