The Voice and the Verdict: The Right to Speak, The Duty to Reflect: Free Speech and Responsibility in Ghana’s Democracy

Governments occasionally have to clarify themselves. Ministers misspeak. Journalists misunderstand technical explanations. Social media strips statements of context. None of this is unusual. But when clarification starts becoming a recurring feature of government, we should ask a different question: is the problem still communication, or has it become one of coordination?

The twenty-first century is witnessing an unprecedented transformation in the way governments identify or interact with citizens. At the heart of this transformation lies the concept of digital identity systems.

Boosting trade flows amongst African countries remains a key economic priority.

The Chief Justice's praise for SSNIT and MIIF, and his pointed question about "what we have been doing in the past eight years," was defensible as opinion but costly as precedent. Measured against his own predecessors and against chief justices in Washington, London, Ottawa and Canberra, the episode exposes a structural gap in Ghana's constitutional design: robust guarantees of institutional independence, but no settled convention on what a sitting Chief Justice should and should not say in public.

The Chief Justice's praise for SSNIT and MIIF, and his pointed question about "what we have been doing in the past eight years," was defensible as opinion but costly as precedent.

“My own experience is, use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise”.  Colin Powell

Recognition.

Sometime back, on one of our Masterclass sessions, a young business owner — she sells ladies' accessories, jewellery, scarves, etc. raised her hand with a problem that sounded small but wasn't.