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Global tax systems should be updated – PwC
In the current economic environment, the priority for governments worldwide – and Western governments in particular – is for their tax systems to generate the level of revenues they expect.
This focus is reflected in a strong public…
Phone Farming: How SMS is changing agriculture in Ghana
Just three years ago, Abdul Rahman Takoro couldn’t afford to send all his eight children to school. Several dropped out, while he struggled to pay the fees for the rest.
Takoro tried to work as a bicycle repairer, after the frustration of…
Africa must benefit from its mineral resources – Lopes
Africa’s political economy is deeply ingrained with its history of the exploitation and (mis)management of its mineral and natural resources.
More than 500 years after commercial exploitation of Africa’s resources, Africa continues to…
Transfer pricing in Africa – A balancing act
There has been an unprecedented amount of activity at the OECD and beyond in the field of transfer pricing. The United Nations released its draft manual on Transfer Pricing electronically in the fall of 2012 and formally on May 29, 2013,…
Dr Kim’s speech: World Bank in new strategy to end poverty
The World Bank President Dr Jim Yong Kim gave the speech at the George Washington University on October 1, 2013.
President Knapp, Dean Brown, distinguished faculty, students, and guests,
Thank you for hosting me here today. It is a…
Water: A life and death issue at Sang
A number of people at Sang, capital town of newly created Mion District in the Northern Region have expressed worry about the lack of potable water and very limited access to sanitation.
The situation is likely to aggravate during the…
Africa’s elderly leaders ‘risk more revolutions’ – Mo Ibrahim
Africa is in the middle of an amazing demographic shift. Our continent is the only one where the size of the younger generation is rising significantly.
Our population is already 16 years younger than in China, and this is only the…
Communicating climate change: The Fulani experience
Chaibu Boubakar, is a Journalist from Niger, who attended a workshop on a theme "Strengthening Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in the Sahel and West Africa," in sharing his experience on how Climate change was impacting his country…
Ghana’s future competitiveness: The power sector and US’ model
The United States is pushing for a proper management of Ghana’s power sector because it is a key catalyst to ensure economic growth.
According to a US diplomat at the Embassy in Accra, Ghana’s competitiveness relies on a stronger and a…
Local content regulations in Ghana’s petroleum sector – A balance of interests
Discovery of oil
In 2007 Ghana made a discovery of oil and gas in commercial quantities in the West Cape Three Points block at what is now known as the Jubilee Field, located about 60 km offshore the Western Region.
At the time, there…