Ghana’s recent downgrading by Moody’s and the country’s angry response has triggered a flurry of commentary about the broader issue of bias in the ratings issued for African countries by three large Western corporations.
This afternoon, Evans Mensah, News Editor and Head of the Political Desk at Joy, a subsidiary of the Ghanaian media giant, Multimedia, reached out to discuss the topic he was planning for his PM Express show tonight.
There is no dispute that the Ghanaian economy is in deep crisis, a crisis marked by huge budget deficits, an unsustainable public debt, rising inflation, a rapidly depreciating currency, ever rising cost of living and a loss of confidence by both domestic and international investor communities.
The B- and Caa1 rating of Ghana’s economy by Fitch and Moody’s respectively is our worst-ever rating by these internationally reputable agencies. What these downgrades simply mean is that:
My face always lights up with a smile when I read people confess their love and the reasons they attach to it – “I love you because you are kind, generous, beautiful, and supportive.”
“Rihanna is pregnant,” a lady inside a café at Dzorwulu in Accra, screamed on the phone. Not sure who the recipient of the message on the other side of the phone was, but she sounded as though the world must pause and listen to her news.
Oh la la, Fellow Ogyakromians, whereas a comprehensive development tax regimen is fully endorsed, the proposed E-levy as construed at whatever percentage, is arguably verily illicit.
The $510 million 250MW AMERI signed by the NDC government in 2015 will go down as the biggest swindle of Ghanaians by the man who unsurprisingly seeks another bite at Ghana’s Presidential cherry.
The latest coup in Burkina Faso is the fourth in Africa’s Sahel region in less than 18 months. The other three were carried out in August 2020 in Mali, in April 2021 in Chad, and Mali’s “coup within a coup” last May.
Albertine Manuel, 36, twiddled her right thumb around the base of a transparent jar at one of Accra’s Oxford Street hottest hangouts. The jar contains roselle juice or sobolo, as it’s locally called.
On January 26, 2022, the Ghana Football Association officially delivered the news to Milovan Rajevac: his tenure as the Black Stars coach is over — after only four months.
Ghana’s downstream petroleum regulator, the National Petroleum Authority, which is responsible for enforcing fuel quality standards on the market issued the notice below last week but it is only now getting attention.
Hungarian President Janos Ader was in Ghana for a three-day working visit. He was accompanied by his wife and other senior members of his administration. Together with his delegation, they visited the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, where the remains of the late Ghanaian leader and that of his wife Fathia, are interred. The mausoleum also houses the works and framed photographs of the working life of Dr Nkrumah, including meetings with other world leaders.
Here we are, 2022 unfolding right before our eyes! Regardless of your situation, I can bet that two things are sure – you are eager to put in your best efforts and you look forward to getting the support of friends and family when the need arises.
In the twilight of December 2021, celebrated Ghanaian photographer Yaw Pare, launched his book, Remnants of a Haunted Past: Forts and Castles of Ghana.
I recently googled the top ten places to visit in Africa and the results were frankly refreshing. Africa as a continent is indeed blessed with numerous natural tourist settings that illustrates the peculiar designs of the Almighty.
Ghanaian social media activists were relieved after Ghana’s food safety regulator (the FDA) broke months of silence on consumer complaints about curdling canned evaporated milk made by Swiss food giant, Nestle
Related incidence of malfeasance, pilfering, documentation fraud, smuggling of goods, undervaluation (imports mispricing), and misdescription in an attempt to evade payment of appropriate import taxes are not new as far as port trade is concerned.
Folks kindly allow me to use my first piece in 2022 to address the serious crisis which has bedevilled Ghana’s Political dispensation for some time now...Leadership!
19th June 2008, I remember that day vividly, it felt quite cold all around. Sitting all alone by myself, intermittently, I will look out of the window, gaze outside, and then turn back to my diary.
************** When John Mahama first appeared on the presidential ballot paper in 2012, I voted for him. I convinced those within my circles to vote for him.
