When weak places choose to fly: Reflections on a 1989 essay about poverty, and what Ghana’s local development actors must get right in 2026

Africa’s next monetary policy challenge may not originate in a domestic banking crisis or a sudden shift in global interest rates. It could emerge from the growing use of digital dollars that allow households and businesses to hold and transfer value outside conventional banking channels.

The future will reward adaptable leaders more than comfortable experts. What happens when the experience that made you successful yesterday becomes the very thing preventing you from succeeding tomorrow?

Every year, thousands of graduates leave Ghana's universities with the hope that their academic qualifications will unlock rewarding careers.

In October 2026, Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS) in the Ashanti Region moved suddenly into the national spotlight.

When a Ghanaian loses money to cyber fraud, the damage goes past the money. Confidence in the digital economy takes the hit.

In Part 1 of this series, I shared how my daughter spent her summer internship building a university application guidance platform, inspired by her brother’s last-minute change of major. Within a couple of months, more than 100 students had registered.

Across the nation, thousands of parents wake up every morning with a shared hope: that their daughters will return from school not only better educated but also safe, respected, and empowered.

The marvel is that in a case like that of a scarcity of one raw material, without an order being issued, without more than perhaps a handful of people knowing the cause, tens of thousands of people whose identity could not be ascertained by months of investigation, are made to use the material or its products more sparingly i.e. they move in the right direction. — F. A. Hayek, The Use of Knowledge in Society (1945)