Editorials/Opinion

“We are all asset managers,” writes Professor Partha Dasgupta in his seminal study on the economics of biodiversity. “Whether as farmers or fishers, foresters or miners, households or companies, governments or communities,” we all influence…

As the world moves ahead to mark International Women’s Day, the clock on women’s rights is moving backwards. All of us are paying the price. The cascading crises of recent years have highlighted how women’s leadership is more crucial…

Ghana has been held as the standard for a stable democracy in Africa for decades. But Ghanaians are divided over whether the country is a true democracy or it is a façade? In the last couple of weeks, some citizens including radio…

Had he lived to see 2022, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. might well have been discouraged about our country’s present state and future trajectory. Between soaring levels of inflation, the exploding number of COVID cases, the woefully…

Hello, I am rather not carrying good news on the outlook for the year 2022. Your religious morality; Christian, Islamic or whatever, would be tested this year, (I will explain that further shortly), in your attempt to cope with the…

I first saw Desmond Tutu as a Stanford junior in January 1986.  His soaring voice and rolling Rs as he decried the evils of apartheid nudged me to get off the sidelines and into the freedom struggle. After joining the campus…

One in five African children is engaged in child labour, according to the latest global estimates, more than in the rest of the world combined. More needs to be done to eliminate child labour in Africa and globally by 2025. Children…

As world leaders head to Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Africa needs decisive collective action rather than more encouraging words. In particular, rich countries should support a four-part financial and trade…

October 31, 1971, will always be a memorable day for People's Republic of China. It was on this day that the 26th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted, with an overwhelming majority, Resolution 2758, and the…

The Public Procurement Authority (PPA) is by law the entity empowered to negotiate, process and actualize public procurement. Its important role has implications for the management of public finance and where necessary scarce financial…