Editorials/Opinion

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the poorest and most vulnerable people in developing countries the hardest, worsening inequality and exacerbating existing challenges—insufficient health care systems, education deficits, stagnant incomes,…

The current approach to COVID-19 vaccination – using limited vaccine supplies to protect low-risk populations in a handful of countries while low- and middle-income economies wait indefinitely for doses – doesn’t make sense for anyone. A…

The honeymoon is over, so soon. For a man who was touted as the icon of democracy, free speech, accountable governance and human rights - the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. He has barely enjoyed four months after…

The news of the arrest of Caleb Kudah and Zoe Abu-Baidoo of Citi FM this week, and the subsequent barbaric treatment of Caleb by operatives of national security isn’t a mere misconduct, it is how the state operates, especially to cow…

On 1 January 2021, Africa officially started trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement. As of February, 54 of the 55 African Union Member States have signed on. Thirty-six countries (including 19 African…

When on October 31, 2012, the Ghana Parliament on it’s last meeting day before it adjourned approved the deal for the Saglemi Housing Project initiated by the then government in response to the country’s huge housing deficit, then…

The economic costs of the pandemic have fallen most heavily on those least able to bear them. Governments have taken steps to support people and firms through wage subsidies, unemployment benefits, and other fiscal measures. But more…

Introduction Achee – mo-ta! Achee – mo-ta! Achee – mo-ta! (loosely translated as “We do not mention people”) The land on which Achimota School stands was once a place of refuge for all who sought it. The school also performed this…

The government has set aside to spend some $421.89 million this year as the Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA), which is 70 per cent of the Benchmark Revenue of $602.70 million of the projected $886 million petroleum revenue for 2021.…

Ghana and China established diplomatic relations since 1960 with both countries providing diplomatic and material supports to one another. Since the 2000s, the volume of Chinese trade and investment in Ghana has increased with many…