Technology is, indeed, a great enhancer. Peoples’ lives have been made a lot easier and great feats have been achieved by technological advancement. A feature story in today’s edition of the B&FT by noted agriculture writer Nana Akyaa Akosa proves how technology has seen a country like Israel, which...
A World Bank economist, Albert Zeufack, believes access to electricity will lift productivity within and across sectors in Africa. To this end, Zeufack says African governments must fully embrace technology and leverage innovation to ensure quality, affordable and sustainable electricity.
There are huge disparities in electricity access between rural and...
Dinosaurs are extinct for a reason. They didn’t get the memo. It is a measure of how often we don’t actually read the small print, that the quietly potent announcement issued by the Millennium Development Authority was duly reported and allowed to sink, without a ripple or comment. Until...
Anyone who recognises free speech should understand that it’s not a sole preserve of the ‘oppressed’. It is a holistic concept. It is one that brings balance to a story. It facilitates fairness when both sides of an issue are presented to an audience for them to make inferences.
In...
“For bitcoin to gain global acceptance and be used as a competitor money to dollar, euro and pound, it must be accepted everywhere, it must be very stable and credible,” Former of Head Global Markets, Stanbic Bank Ghana, Inusah Musah has said.
Inusah Musah made this disclosure at the second...
The recent news of the deportation of some ‘Ghana journalists’ from Australia, the visa racketeering scandal and the subsequent resignations have overshadowed the Commonwealth Games and other benefits therein. For now, we need to forget about the scandal and focus on the positive aspect of the Commonwealth Games and...
Over the last decade, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has experienced historically high economic growth rates. The region has made significant social progress too. These gains have largely been driven by favourable commodity prices, financing conditions and improvement in macroeconomic management.
However, the high growth rates have not been sustained for long...
Brand managers often speak about doing something different and disrupting the norm, yet find far and few innovative concepts to deploy. We need not think too hard or look too far; brand collaboration should be a strong concept that carries weight in Africa - mainly between Corporate Africa and...
Recently the economy recorded one of its most impressive growth rates in recent times (8.5%) last year, which is the highest in five years. However, agriculture, considered the backbone of the economy, continues to see its contribution to GDP decline - and that is worrying.
The sector’s contribution to GDP...
A United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty, Philip Alston who is on a 10-day fact-finding mission to the Greater Accra, Northern and Upper East Regions, has made some extremely revealing statements that we believe require our collective attention.
And just to quote him: “Ghanaian politicians are immensely fond of,...