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,...
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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”...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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