Editorials/Opinion

Ghana's 2012 National Budget Statement and Economic Policy proposed, among others, to bring the following changes to mining operations in the country: increase corporate tax rate from 25% to 35%; install a windfall tax of 10%; and implement…

Ghana’s real GDP growth rate (oil & non-oil) recorded for 2011 which was 13.6per cent puts Ghana ahead of its neighbours in the regional economic bloc, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and also fastest growing economy…

Travelling within Africa can be fun - real fun. Because meeting other Africans in their own countries adds a certain flavour to one's experience of the continent, a good opportunity to share in the continent's alluring natural scenes. It…

I was astounded, and saddened, to say the least, when my attention was drawn to your front page lead story, in the issue of Monday, December 5, 2011, with the headline “Ex -GJA Boss Runs From ¢15 Billion Case”. It was glaring evidence of…

For the past years, the Ghana’s enlightenment movement have shown that rational choices are essential to how Africans distinguish and argue about their culture in relation to their progress. The enlightenment campaigners have identified…

Every president worries about how he will be graded by historians after his term of office has ended. Particularly, if anything mattered to the president of the 4th Republic, John Agyekum Kuffour, then it was how he wanted to be…

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will meet in Durban, South Africa from November 28, 2011 to December 9, 2011 to hold yet another round of negotiations on addressing the climate change crisis. This will be…

Introduction Clearly the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) provided a unified and rallying reason for development actors to focus their efforts. Before then, there were too many activities termed as…

Aid contributes to the fight against poverty and hunger in developing countries. It is also increasingly argued that aid is hurting developing countries especially those in Africa. In recent decades, Africa has witnessed more aid than any…

A recent study, released on 11 October, “Biofuel Markets and Technologies” released by Pike Research states that the global biofuel market will double within the next decade to $183.3 billion from its current level of $82.7 billion, with…