The cost of silence: Why recognising sign language is an investment in national development and social justice

 The continent is building sophisticated sustainable finance frameworks.

There is a particular kind of silence that can end a career.

- Ghana ranks among the world’s leaders in financial regulation but has paid dearly for failing to ensure its professionals kept pace. The last failure alone cost an estimated GH¢16.4 billion.

There is a question that arises in almost every significant public infrastructure contract negotiation in Ghana, though it is rarely asked this directly: can the parties to a government contract simply agree to terms that depart from what procurement law requires, and rely on that agreement if the arrangement is ever challenged?