Editorials/Opinion

A lot has been said about Ghana’s economy and the need to boost agricultural production to feed the nation, provide jobs for the people, stem rural-urban migration, reduce poverty and enhance the nutritional needs of citizens. Sadly enough, little concerted effort has been made by governments and stakeholders over the …

The president is gone to his village. He has gone to be with the ancestors. His work among mortals is done. The country is in mourning, still trying hard to come to terms with the tragedy. July 24, 2012 will remain a day never to be forgotten in our history. …

A cursory look at the banking sector in Ghana gives an impression that some rogues are running the sector. It is as if there are no rules or the banks are a law unto themselves. Insider information about the country’s banking sector is scary, spells doom for the country’s economic …

It is hard to understand why Emmaland Cardero Resources, a mining company operating in Ghana would cause the arrest of a journalist doing the simple task of gathering and confirming information. On the afternoon of Monday July 16, 2012, the correspondent of ghanabusinessnews.com, Pascal Kelvin Kudiabor who has gone to …

A new friend I made recently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia while I was attending an Experts Group Meeting on Statistical Data Flow Architecture for National Systems in Africa asked me if I had a blog. I said yes. And he said I should blog more about my travels. Yes. Indeed, …

It appears the downward spiral of the Ghana cedi against the US dollar which is creating consternation within the business community is also revealing the inefficiency of the country’s central bank. The commercial banks are having a field day doing whatever they chose, forcing the Bank of Ghana to issue …

On 1 July 2002, the first three staff members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) entered the ICC’s building in The Hague, the Netherlands. On that day, the ICC’s founding treaty, called the Rome Statute, entered into force. Ten years after that modest beginning, the ICC has turned into a …

A lot has been said and written about the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) being tabled by the EU for 98 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to sign. I am by no means an expert on EPA issues but from the little I know about the EPA, my strong opinion …

The health of the economy of Ghana has been given different prognosis by different people depending on the side of the political divide one happens to find himself/herself. Pro-governing party sympathizers always give very optimistic prognosis of the economy and opposition party sympathizers always give very bleak prognosis of the …

Every election year in the Fourth Republic, especially the hotly contested ones, has been associated with excesses (in spending and behaviour), rapid depreciation of the cedi, and accelerating inflation. The most recent to such years is election year 2000, when the excesses led to an exchange rate depreciation (number of …