Our lifestyles may be killing us but our spatial planning is too

If one million Ghanaians contributed GH¢50 each towards the development of the film industry, the collective contribution would amount to GH¢50 million.

A factory can run through the night and still struggle to survive. The question is who buys its output, at what price, and how quickly they pay. As Ghana advances its 24-hour economy, that commercial test deserves a place beside every announcement of investment and employment.

A chatbot answers. An AI agent can act. The distinction is not absolute, but it captures an important shift in artificial intelligence. We are moving beyond systems that generate information towards technologies capable of performing tasks, accessing applications and carrying out actions on behalf of organisations.

From personal resilience to household security, business continuity, responsible investment and public leadership. Fear is a universal human response to perceived danger, uncertainty or loss. It can protect people from genuine threats, but when it becomes persistent or disproportionate, it can also narrow choices, weaken relationships and delay decisions. No b

For a few hours on Friday 9 October, the ICGC Christ Temple on Teshie Bush Road in Accra looked less like a church than a vast robing room. Horsehair wigs, black gowns and white bands moved down the aisles in their hundreds as families jostled for photographs and the General Legal Council (GLC) enrolled 1,568 new lawyers, the largest single cohort since Ghana began training its own lawyers.

Ghana’s commercial discovery of lithium by Atlantic Lithium of Canada was met with great expectation by Ghanaians with constant commentary by experts, religious bodies and civil society organisations, all excited by the prospect of this discovery.

At a busy filling station somewhere in Accra, an attendant rests the pump nozzle inside a sedan’s fuel tank. Seconds after a sharp metallic click signals the tank is full, the attendant glances at the driver and asks a routine question: “Master, should I round it up?”

Ghana’s housing affordability debate has long focused on the cost of building materials, labor, mortgage finance, inflation, exchange-rate depreciation and construction technology. These are important considerations, but they do not tell the whole story. Before a developer can build a house, the land must first be acquired and in some parts of Ghana’s urban and peri-urban markets, that initial cost has become a formidable barrier to affordable housing delivery.