VICE PRESIDENT MAHAMUDU BAWUMIA OFFICIALLY ENTERS THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
Ghana’s Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has ended speculation about his intention to run in the 2024 presidential elections after his political surrogates picked up nomination forms on his behalf from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) headquarters today to make his political ambitions unambiguous. The NPP presidential primary nomination process was opened today May 26,... Read More
NPP RETAINS KUMAWU SEAT WITH OVER SEVENTY PERCENT SUPPORT FROM THE ELECTORATE
The people of the Sekyere Kumawu Constituency in the Ashanti Region have voted massively for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to retain the parliamentary seat left vacant due to the demise of the sitting MP, the late Philip Basoah. It was one of the most expensive and fiercely contested by-elections in Ghana, attracting political... Read More
Livista Energy partners with CAA Mining to process Lithium in Ghana
credit: Reuters European lithium refiner Livista Energy said on Monday that it has formed a partnership with African miner CAA Mining to set up a conversion facility in Takoradi, western Ghana for the processing of lithium. Livista aims to convert spodumene, a mineral with lithium content, produced in Ghana into an intermediary lithium chemical at... Read More
ZENATOR, SHUT UP!!!!
Rejoinder by Nkrabeah Effah-Dartey (Former MP)
I am not too sure whether I know Daniel Dugan by face, but certainly there is no serious Ghanaian citizen who has never read at least one of his constant highly incisive articles, regularly carried in the Chronicle newspaper.Last Friday 14th January 2022 Daniel Dugan went to town descending mercilessly and heavily on the Honourable... Read More
His Excellency, John Dramani Mahama and the crisis-ridden Ghanaian Economy – Charles Takyi-Boadu
On December 15, 2013, Ghanaweb.com reported His Excellency John Mahama as saying that “Ghanaians have very short memory”. With some qualification, I agree with you, your Excellency. I crave your indulgence to modify the statement to read “some Ghanaians have very short memory”. On this we have a perfect agreement. Indeed, “Some”, not “all”... Read More
MAKING SENSE OF ATUGUBA’S NONSENSE
Being rational in Ghana is difficult. Most things do not lend themselves to rational analysis. Professor Raymond Atuguba’s public lecture delivered at Erata Hotel on February 28, 2022, is a perfect example of the many absurdities in Ghana for which rational analysis always fail. It makes no rational sense for a professor of law to... Read More
In Defence of Facts and Reason, Not Ofori-Atta
Ghana’s economy faces several challenges. Our debt level remains elevated, revenues have fallen, and expenditures continue to rise. Good jobs are harder to find, and joblessness is on the rise. These have been recurring problems since the days of yore. But the problems have become intensified in the last two years because of the COVID-19... Read More
His Excellency, John Dramani Mahama and the crisis-ridden Ghanaian Economy
“Chi poco pensa molto erra” [He who thinks little, errs much] On December 15, 2013, Ghanaweb.com reported His Excellency John Mahama as saying that “Ghanaians have very short memory”. With some qualification, I agree with you, your Excellency. I crave your indulgence to modify the statement to read “some Ghanaians have very short memory”. On... Read More
President Biden Vows to Banish Uganda, Gabon, Niger, and CAR from the AGOA Trade Deal
President Joseph R. Biden, USA. (image credit: Newsweek.com) credit: Gloria Aradi (BBC News) US President Joe Biden has revealed plans to expel Uganda, Gabon, Niger, and the Central African Republic (CAR) from a special US-Africa trade program. Burkina Faso, Mali, and Guinea have all previously been expelled from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa)... Read More
ICT Sector Projected to Add $5bn to Ghana’s Economy by 2030 – ITA
Story by Hayford Nyanor Kodua (editor) Washington DC (GS) Ghana’s bustling Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector is projected to contribute a significant share towards the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). According to the latest figures released by the International Trade Administration (ITA), an agency under the US Department of Commerce in Washington DC, Ghana’s... Read More
VIOLENT PROTESTS ERUPT IN DAKAR FOLLOWING THE SENTENCING OF THE OPPOSITION LEADER TO PRISON FOR SEX CRIMES.
DAKAR (Reuters) – A court in Senegal on Thursday acquitted leading opposition politician Ousmane Sonko of rape and making death threats but sentenced him to two years in jail for corrupting the youth, jeopardising his chances of running for president next year. Sonko, 48, was accused of raping a woman who worked in a massage... Read More
GHANA PLANS TO RESTRUCTURE $2.7BN IN PENSION FUNDS TO DELAY SHORT-TERM PAYMENTS TO RETIREES.
By Christian Akorlie and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila (Credit: Reuters) ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghanaian labour unions have asked the government for time to assess a proposal presented on Thursday to restructure pension funds worth around 30 billion Ghanaian cedis ($2.7 billion). The West African nation is looking to extend the maturity periods of cedi currency bonds... Read More