Development Discourse with Amos SAFO: From Gold Coast to “Cocaine coast?”

The first manager I ever had the privilege of working under was Mr. Patrick Odonkor. He was someone I can only describe as having a gift for making people feel valued and that one’s ideas matter.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionising healthcare globally, offering innovative solutions that enhance efficiency, accuracy, and accessibility.

There is a peculiar kind of embarrassment that comes from reading about your own country in a foreign newspaper, in a story you did not write and would rather not have written.

Ghana has entered a delicate phase of its economic recovery. Debt is rising again, foreign exchange buffers have come under pressure.

Europe is getting older. Ghana is getting younger. That simple demographic contrast could become one of the most important economic opportunities available to Ghana over the next two decades, if the country can turn its young population into a skilled, internationally competitive healthcare workforce.

In Part 1 of this series, I argued that AI is already inside your organisation — whether or not you can see it — and that the leadership task is to make its use visible, safe, repeatable, and measurable.

The Value Added Tax (VAT) has become one of the main sources of tax revenue for many Countries across the world. For a developing country like Ghana, Revenue source such as VAT becomes extremely paramount for financing Developmental projects.

Africa’s relevance to the evolution of global finance is significant. The continent’s experience, particularly in cross-border payments, provides a glimpse into what tomorrow’s increasingly digital, data-driven global financial system could look like.