The United States Vice President, Kamala Harris, arrived in Ghana on an official state visit on Sunday afternoon, and she was received by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. She is in Africa for a week, visiting Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia with the goal of strengthening US-African relations with an emphasisContinue Reading
My attention has been drawn to the GhanaWeb publication dated 13th March 2024, in which Hon Samuel Nartey George, a member of parliament for the good people Ningo Prampram, about our revered candidate Dr. Kwabena Duffuor. Reads ” how can you promise AHOTOR when you owe your staff 17Continue Reading
One may either be a landlord or a tenant due to the necessity of housing as a basic need. It is not only the responsibility of the individual but the government has a major part to play. Various governments have made several attempts to address Ghana’s housing needs with theContinue Reading
INTRODUCTION Development essentially symbolises the improvement of life. Due to the Due to the occurrence of colonisation, exploitation, and oppression, the desire for independence, a sign of maturity, and self-reliance predominate in minds. If not, 1957 would not have been such a significant year for Ghana. It represents the timeContinue Reading
In times of economic difficulty, people look for someone to blame. Usually, they blame “others”, ie. foreigners. The Germans blamed the Jews for their pre-WW2 economic woes. Ghanaian traders blame Nigerian traders for taking over their industry. When faced with an economic downturn that began in the mid-sixties, GhanaContinue Reading
Regular readers of this page were puzzled when after weeks of projections by analysts of a final participation rate of between 60% and 65% in Ghana’s domestic debt restructuring exercise (DDE), the government triumphantly announced a “more than 80%” figure on Tuesday. We shared our understanding on Twitter: the governmentContinue Reading
One of the many laughable claims opponents of Alan Kwadwo Kyeremanten, especially, Bawumia’s campaigners are making in their shallow propaganda communications is that New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s stalwarts in Ashanti Region did not attend Alan Kyeremanten’s Thanksgiving Service and are not part of his tour. It is ridiculous because oneContinue Reading
A flurry of announcements this week was meant to signal that momentum was building towards a successful close of Ghana’s unorthodox domestic debt restructuring program (DDE). Banks, insurance firms and most capital market players have consented to revised terms for the orderly resolution of the country’s unsustainable domestic debt. At a plush conference in the GhanaianContinue Reading
Folks since last year we have been lambasted with excuses of Covid-19 and Russia-Ukrainia war as the sole causative agents for our economic crisis, infact we have been over-fed with vile propaganda about how Covid-19 threw Government’s budget and economic plan for 2020/2021 out of gear. In some instances GovernmentContinue Reading
Certainly, a tidy, vigorous and balanced development of Ghana’s economy is not only the state and her citizens’ responsibility. It is undoubtedly of a prime concern for the United Nations and all of its component departments, agencies, programmes and funds. It is often literally said that a debtor eats. However,Continue Reading
