Delays are dangerous

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.

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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.

The recent approval of the revised Market Premium for Senior Members in Ghana's public universities has generated deep concern among Administrators and Professional Staff represented by the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA), Technical University Senior Administrators Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) and other analogous professional groups.

ABSTRACT Revenue mobilisation is central to Ghana’s development agenda. Despite a robust legal framework anchored in the 1992 Constitution, the Income Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) and the Revenue Administration Act, 2016 (Act 915), Ghana continues to experience significant revenue leakages.

“Without a leader, black ants are confused.” – African proverb

There are moments in a nation's economic life when leadership is measured by the necessity of bold decisions.