Editorials/Opinion

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

You would think that with the depressing statistics in relation to our environment, the Government (and people) of Ghana would be making strides to clean up our country. Fact 1: Ghana ranks 109 out of 163 countries in the Environmental…

Friday June 1, 2012 will go down in football history as Ghana's day of shame. Official lethargy and inefficiency probably threw the country into a quandary. The floodlights at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi failed to light up as Ghana…

This was the issue that perturbed the Honourable Member of UK Parliament for Monmouth, Hon. David Davies, as demonstrated in his article, “Are multinationals in Ghana really paying less in tax than market traders?” This article was…

Google may have a bad track record on privacy practices, but when it comes to green, the internet giant is clean, racking up over $850 million in investments to develop and deploy clean energy and earning the top spot on Greenpeace's list…