The Inconvenient Truth with Professor Douglas Boateng: When parties take turns winning while the nation keeps losing

Evidence from official data published by the Ghana Statistical Service, Bank of Ghana, IMF and World Bank shows that every change of government in the Fourth Republic has been followed by some degree of macroeconomic stabilisation, with 6 key indicators thus price, the currency, economic growth, public debt, the fiscal balance and foreign exchange reserves generally improving under the incoming administration.

For decades, energy discussions in Ghana have focused on familiar questions.

Before dawn breaks in towns and villages across Ghana, thousands of teachers are already awake. Some are marking exercise books under dim light. Others are preparing lesson notes, reviewing students' assignments, or worrying about how to stretch limited resources to meet both professional and family obligations.

Imagine a shop owner asking an AI assistant how to attract customers. It suggests reducing prices and spending more on advertising, and the response sounds sensible enough to try. Orders increase, the shop becomes busier and the owner feels encouraged, until the accounts show that less money is left after expenses.

When the Speaker of Parliament of Ghana, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, rose to deliver the keynote address at the 2026 National Summit of the Institute of Public Relations (IPR), Ghana, on October 22, he began with a confession and a promise.

For Ghanaians who have endured costly living conditions, unemployment and years of economic uncertainty, the 2027 Budget must offer more than reassuring statistics. On 12 November 2026, Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson is scheduled to present the Government’s next fiscal blueprint to Parliament. Deputy Minister Thomas Nyarko Ampem says it will advance the Reset Agenda through a New Economy programme.

A new phase in Ghana’s AI ambitions October has brought three developments that deserve attention.

Every fishmonger at the Tema fishing harbour can tell you the same story. The canoes go further, stay out longer and come back with less. Premix fuel is costly, the nets are old and the bank will not lend because fishing is "too risky". Meanwhile, Ghana imports fish to feed its own people. This is not a story of an ocean without value. It is a story of an ocean without investment.