Dysfunctional street and traffic lights

It is quite a normal sight on Ghanaian roads: a toddler sitting in the front passenger seat, sometimes on an adult’s lap, sometimes standing between the seats and occasionally even appearing to “help” Mum or Dad drive. We have seen it so often that it barely attracts attention.

For generations, millions of children encountered the world through maps that gave them a misleading impression of its proportions. Africa appeared modest in size, while Europe, North America, Canada, Russia and Greenland seemed overwhelmingly large.

For the first time, three of Africa’s leading professional confederations – TICON Africa (Technology Information Confederation Africa), the African Marketing Confederation (AMC), and the African Supply Chain Confederation (ASCON) — met under one conference roof.

Imagine a newly appointed Director-General of a public regulatory authority who inherits an institution known for slow processing, opaque decision-making and informal payments that have gradually become accepted as part of navigating the system.

“He who teaches, learns.” – African proverb

In Ghana, organisations are always looking for good leaders. But playful people may not always be their first choice. Just look at job advertisements. Among the qualities employers seek in leaders, playfulness is rarely mentioned.

 MT Asharami Ghana, a 40,000-cubic-metre Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) carrier has delivered 5,000MT of LPG in its maiden voyage to Ghana, boosting efforts to strengthen energy security, LPG supply reliability and position the nation as a strategic hub for regional energy trade.

Building cost inflation rose to 4.6 percent in August 2026 from 4 percent in July, driven largely by higher material costs although overall cost pressures remained well below the 12 percent recorded a year earlier.