‘Once bitten, twice shy’ is the most apt adage that explains the general apprehension surrounding the emergence of fall armyworm (FAW) infestation that seems to have come to stay with us for a long time.
Since 2017, the devastation wrought by the FAW in Ghana has been phenomenal - and...
Rules to contain lavish government deficits are most effective if countries design them to be simple, flexible, and enforceable in the face of changing economic circumstances.
In new analysis, we look at fiscal rules in over 90 countries and, based on their experiences, find that the rules put in the...
The coming into being of the 1992 Constitution, which prohibits the grant of freehold estate in stool lands, effectively ended the era where one could purchase such estates in Ghana. Even though the Constitution only prohibits transfer of freehold interest in stool lands, the owners of the other types...
For all the concern over trade flows and balances nowadays, the largest deficit the world must confront is one of leadership. With the United States retreating from its global role, someone needs to step up. But who?
Henry Kissinger once said: “Peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by...
The first quarter of 2018 has seen a sharp decline in market prices for cryptocurrencies. The trend had been downward until recently. This has been a very long bear market for most crypto enthusiasts but has given many people the opportunity to buy cryptocurrencies and hold in their bags....
“The forest not only hides man’s enemies but it’s full of man’s medicine, healing power and food.” – African proverb
Every time I hear a fellow Ghanaian expressing hopelessness about our challenges, I get the impression we are a dead people walking. Maybe we are actually are, even though we...
Too bad! I had tried unsuccessfully to locate a roasted plantain and groundnuts seller in the Roman Ridge suburb where I was waiting to teach my weekend class. It looked there were not too many fans of my favourite lunchtime treat in this upscale Ghanaian residential area. I decided...
Minister for Communications, Madam Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, is on record as giving a hint that there is a tax on mobile money transactions under consideration. The minister gave this hint last year when she faced the Parliamentary Appointments Committee as she was being vetted on her nomination by the president.
However,...
Fuel-smuggling appears to be rife, as two vessels were apprehended last Saturday near Tema engaging in the illegal activity in Ghanaian territorial waters. One of the vessels is purported to be a Nigerian-registered vessel with a Nigerian crew - caught by the Ghana Navy transferring fuel to another vessel,...