Tribute to Kojo Yankah by Kow Essuman, Legal Counsel to President Akufo-Addo
It is never easy to write a tribute about someone with whom you have a close relationship. However, I consider it a great honour...
‘Kojo Besia’ encounters
Kojo Besia, a topic Ghanaians broach only in hushed tones and sealed lips in recent times. In our early years, the verbal taboo was...
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger’s exit from ECOWAS – Economic and security implications for Ghana
On January 28, 2024, a significant regional development unfolded as Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger formally requested to withdraw from the Economic Community of...
Digital media marketing: The new gold for women to dig
Do you believe a good chunk of women are gold diggers? Every last one of them. Women are hypergamous.They chase status, power, and money....
A Decade of Impact: My Lebanese Community Scholarship Journey
In 2016, as I geared up for my second year at the Ghana Institute of Journalism, I received a life-changing call from the school...
Open letter to IGP on DCOP Prince Waabu brouhaha
Dear Mr IGP,I write about a letter released under your command and control dated February 19, 2024 with reference number and heading; PAD/PRESS/VOL4/1/93 and...
A Decade of Impact: My Lebanese community scholarship story
It was in 2016 while preparing to begin my second year at the Ghana Institute of Journalism when I received a call from the...
Yaw Nsarkoh: Understanding why the Free SHS scheme seems not to have made a drastic impact on literacy levels
An open letter to the Minister of Education and all presidential candidatesIn May 2023, I studied trends on literacy levels in Ghana since the...
The reshuffle you asked for – Occasional Kwatriot Kwesi Yankah writes
The word ‘reshuffle’ is hardly used outside politics.Never heard of a man waiting for Father’s Day to reshuffle his children; or a polygamist...
A. Kwabena Brakopowers: Mahama’s 24-hour economy is crucial for Ghana’s junk-economy
A 24-hour society can ramp up revenue, boost productivity, encourage flexible working hours, protect the health of workers, create millions of sustainable jobs, meet...
K.T. Hammond, the ‘romantic god’ in Ghana’s politics
Like him or hate him, Adansi-Asokwa Member of Parliament (MP) Kobina Tahir (K.T.) Hammond occupies a pivotal position in Ghana’s politics.Ghana’s historical democracy...
Nana Jantuah: The unseen struggles of journalists-society’s indifference
Journalists play a crucial role in keeping society informed and holding those in power accountable.However, behind the scenes, journalists often face tremendous challenges,...
Do you even care about where your food comes from?
Picture this scenario: you took a bite of a juicy red tomato in your salad, only to uncover a disturbing truth—it contains Lambda-cyhalothrin, an...
John Kumah writes: Ghana’s future secured with NPP and Dr. Bawumia
Not long ago, the Vice President and the presidential candidate of the great New Patriotic Party (NPP) outlined his vision for Ghana should Ghanaians...
Did mate Bawumia sleep on the job for the driver to end up in the ditch?
Ghana’s second most powerful man last Wednesday joined the ranks of the ubiquitous conductors on our commercial buses—trotro— to sell himself to Ghanaians ahead...
Martin Amidu: Bawumia’s vision speech is a copycat mimicking unfulfilled rhetorical promises
Defending the 1992 Constitution: “A nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within…A murderer is less to...
Open letter to MCE for Nkwanta South
An open letter has been written to the newly appointed Municipal Chief Executive of Nkwanta South, Felix Owusu-Gyimah on the pressing challenges facing the...
Prof Ransford Gyampo: My take on Akufo-Addo’s last minute reshuffle
1. Ministerial reshuffle or shuffle occurs when a head of government rotates or changes the composition of ministers in his or her government or...
The nasty ill wind hanging over us – Elizabeth Ohene writes
I have lived through many, many harmattans, but this one is defeating me.I have even gone to the dictionary to see how it is...
Kwaku Antwi-Boasiako: Cedi Depreciation and the Cost of Finance – What Bawumia does not want you to know
Take a mortgage, for example. Mortgage banks would offer you either fixed interest rate or variable interest rate, in pricing your mortgage finance.What needs...
Dominic Obour: Making a case for the Bawumia choice
I have always kept a close eye on Ghanaian politics, even from my home in Southern California. In particular, I have been following the...
Kwesi Yankah: Which school did you attend?
Which school did you attend? That is a simple question that is more loaded than perceived. ‘Ehm… ehm… ehm’ is sometimes the initial response...
Why NFL’s wealthy owners recruiting Black players in Africa is ‘horrible’ optics
“Born to Play,” an ad for the NFL that ran during Sunday night’s Super Bowl matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers,...
Introduction: Identifying businesses with durable long-term competitive advantage I
Identifying and investing in companies/businesses with Durable Long Term Competitive Advantage is an old investment strategy used by the world’s most respected investor –...
Afenyo-Markin writes: The case for non-custodial sentencing and plea bargaining in addressing same-sex sexual relationships
A significant problem that casts a long shadow over Ghana's ongoing efforts at social and legal reform is the extreme congestion in its prison...
My Korle-Bu experience; the good, the bad and the ugly
For as long as I can remember, I have always been interested in records keeping. It is the reason why over the years, I...
Why I am no longer interested in friends with benefits
In January 2019, I decided to enter into the dating game again. This was after I had been single for close to two years.I...
Prof Ransford Gyampo: My preliminary take on DMB’s presentation
1. This essentially was an articulation of achievements and vision, fundamentally in the broader area of Digitization and honestly, the various manifestations of this...
Let’s leave the 2024 election on a date, not a day
I write to emphasize the need to keep the 2024 general elections on a firm date, not on a day.Discussions on changing the date...
Occasional Kwatriot Kwesi Yankah writes: Asenso Boakye, son of a ‘konkonte’ seller
The forthcoming Valentine's Day, imposed by our kids, may be good after all. It tells adults to 'beloved let us laugh' putting behind us...
Arthur Kobina Kennedy writes: Family dynamics
This week, my heart has been heavy with sadness and my mind full of reflections about life. During the week, I saw an elderly...
Ghana’s fuel emissions levy: Another dubious taxation approach by gov’t on citizens
In December of last year, Ghanaians were greeted with a new fiscal imposition from their government: an annual levy tied to the carbon emissions...
Kofi Bentil was right; Prof Ransford Gyampo must shut up – Owusu-Bempah
I notice that after Kofi Bentil's glowing endorsement of Dr Bawumia's candidature for presidential office, morally deficient characters like Prof Ransford Gyampo are out...
Dr. Sa-ad Iddrisu: Are IMANI Ghana and Kofi Bentil now Dr. Bawumia’s campaign managers?
IMANI Africa (IMANI Ghana), a prominent policy think tank in Ghana, is expected to maintain a high level of neutrality in the political and...
Taxing emissions while destroying our forests through ‘galamsey’ is counterproductive
Ghana's Parliament passed a law to levy carbon emissions as part of the country's so-called effort to combat global warming or climate change.The...
Sammy Gyamfi writes on the latest Corruption Perception Index
Did you know, that Ghana’s best Corruption Perception Index performance was achieved in the year 2014, under the leadership of John Dramani Mahama, when...
Kobby Stonne writes: $8.5M AFCON 2023 budget mired in corruption
Ghana's budget for the African Cup of Nations 2023 (AFCON) has risen to an astonishing $8.5 million for 2023, sparking widespread outrage and allegations...
From destiny to legacy: The Akwaboah family’s musical journey through generations
The Akwaboah family has blessed and entertained Ghanaians with their incredible talents for three generations.Their timeless highlife music is centered around real life events...
Kwesi Aning: Balancing the ECOWAS tightrope: Between democracy and security
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has since its establishment in 1975 acted as a norm entrepreneur, with democracy promotion as a...
EC’s attempt to close polls early, abandon indelible ink unacceptable
If success attends the proposition of the Electoral Commission (EC) to close the polls early and, also, jettison the time-tested safeguard against voter fraud,...