The invisible prisons of the mind

Pensions are often presented as a technical subject involving contributions, investments, actuarial calculations and benefit payments.

Who owns a nation’s reputation? It sounds like a simple question, yet I have rarely seen it asked in discussions about nation branding. Governments spend millions promoting their countries, while citizens, businesses and artists shape how the world experiences them. But when we talk about ownership, we often stop thinking too soon.

Leadership is often celebrated for its vision, influence and ability to inspire. Yet, at its core, leadership is defined by something far less glamorous but infinitely more important: the willingness to make difficult decisions. Every organisation eventually reaches moments when its future depends not on preserving what is familiar but on having the courage to abandon what no longer serves its purpose.

As digital finance expands across the continent, criminals are combining technology, cross-border networks and new payment channels in ways that test Africa’s financial defences.

The difference between a struggling economy and a thriving economy is rarely the absence of entrepreneurs.

Artificial intelligence (AI) could allow developing countries to do in a decade what might otherwise take a century—provided that governments act swiftly to close the gaps in power, connectivity, skills, and institutional quality that threaten to leave them behind, according to the World Bank Group’s World Development Report 2026: The Promise of Artificial Intelligence.

Try something before you read on. Say this out loud, exactly as written: "So, um, basically, I think we, like, probably have a fairly good rate, if that makes sense."

Despite accounting for more than 90% of registered businesses in Ghana, providing approximately 80% of employment, and contributing 70% to gross domestic product (GDP), small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) continue to experience high failure rates.