Sunday marked a monumental watershed for the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and, in a small but deeply spiritual way, for me personally. Its commemorative relevance could not have been lost on keen observers that it was the one most significant event that symbolised that for the NPP the baton of leadership has, indeed, been passed on.
On 26th January 2021, an arbitration panel sitting in London, ruled against Ghana in a dispute between the country and a subsidiary of Swiss energy trading giant, Trafigura, about an aborted 107 MW power plant.
In the not-so-distant past, banking often meant enduring long queues, paperwork, and rigid operating hours just to perform basic transactions like transferring money or checking balances.
If my memory serves me right, I think it is about four weeks ago that I heard on radio the voice of an insurance expert explaining some of the intricate problems confronting the industry in Ghana.
Fueling business growth and expansion requires huge financial outlays. Whether it's securing capital for a startup to launch a groundbreaking product or providing working capital for an established business to seize new opportunities, the right infusion of funds can be a game-changer.
Employer-worker relationships have become complex as the labour market evolves making it difficult to sometimes determine the rights and duties owe to each other.
To hear the government tell it, its “flagship” Free Senior High School (FSHS) programme has been so successful that it must be protected through legislation before the December 2024 elections to prevent “evil” John Mahama from messing it up if he should return to power in 2025.
A battle over cement pricing in Ghana reached a new stage this week when the Chamber of Cement Manufacturers (COCMAG) hit back at proposed government regulation.
Nana Kwame Appiah, my grandfather, was the Adontenhene of Toase in Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti Region when the famous Chief Owusu, the father of the equally famous Nana Akwasi Agyeman, was the Chief of Toase.
The Attorney General of Ghana is trying desperately to spin serious embarrassment to the Republic of Ghana in an international tribunal using all the tools in his propaganda toolkit.
I have travelled a bit to some African countries, Asia, and Western and Eastern Europe, and I have realised that the quality of life in every country I have been to can be traced to the culture of the people. These cultures are born out of the people's beliefs, which form the building blocks of that society.
When it comes to what subjects I write on in my column, it is often as the spirit moves me, always with the understanding that I am not the type of person to write on Ian Smith and Rhodesia on the day that three former heads of state are executed in Ghana.
Concentrating on my baggage problem report, I overhead not one, not two but multiple lined-up unhappy complainants at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) baggage complaints office last Saturday morning.
Mahmoud [Mahamudu] Bawumia looks like a happy man having roused the country to its feet since May. All eyes on him, he has quietly choreographed the new face of party political campaigns.
Sunday, 9th June, history was made when Otumfuo Osei Tutu II came down to Accra to pay a rare courtesy call on the Ga Mantse, Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II.
While Africa’s busiest port, Durban, looks to improve its battered reputation, a new World Bank-S&P report highlights significant progress in the overall efficiency of African ports. According to the report, African ports reduced vessel waiting times at the fastest rate globally in 2023.
Plea bargaining is a topic which has captured the imagination of the public following the allegation made by the third accused person against the Attorney General in the on-going trial of a former Deputy Finance Minister, and now leader of the Minority in Parliament, Cassiel Ato Forson.
Last week, Ghana’s Minister of Communications (and “digitalisation”) held a press conference in the heat of controversy about the government’s decision to award the country’s only 5G telecom license to a shadowy entity called, Next Gen Infraco Ltd.
The Constitution of Ghana enshrines the freedom of association and religious practice (Article 21(1)). The country and our public ceremonies very much recognise three of these religious groups: Christianity, Islam and Traditional worship.
Ghana's history is being bastardised, with serious consequences for social cohesion, and no one seems to care. Not even the Historical Society of Ghana. Why?
A harrowing video clip of an entire roof of a building in Accra, Ghana, ripped off by winds, went viral yesterday. It caused damage to property and could have snuffed out the lives of many.
A severe internet outage that has hit several African countries - the third disruption in four months - is a stark reminder of how vulnerable the service is on the continent.
Have you asked yourself why, for the first time in the history of state investigation into a suspected crime, the three agencies — Attorney General’s Department, Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) — are disagreeing with one another in public?
Change in ownership of companies has been a constant development in the corporate space in Ghana. A recent significant acquisition in the telecommunications sector is the change of the brand name of Vodafone Ghana to Telecel Ghana.
