On October 26, 2017, the University of Ghana, Legon will hold its annual Alumni Lecture on 'Corruption Culture and National Development - An Interrogation of Africa's Experience'.  Dr. Paul Acquah, former Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), is the esteemed speaker. Dr. Acquah is eminently qualified to pronounce on...
We are all living nowadays in a more environmentally friendly world and we are all aware of our duty to contribute as much as possible to the welfare/ the well-being of our environment. Green IT (ISO 50.000) is maturing as a standard (think of Green Data Centers, green UPSes, etc),...
70 years old. It’s the CocoBod’s birthday. And it’s been a tumultuous 70 years. The Jubilee Park, Kumasi celebration saw our President caution this body against repeating its past of financial malfeasance, corruption and other mismanagement accusations. And he celebrated the history of a sector on whose back Ghana’s...
A cross section of agricultural scientists, water experts and sector related policy makers in Ghana have established the importance of the management of agricultural water for the national attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals. This was at a Forum on Wednesday September 20th, 2017, in Accra, organized by the International...
Six months. 1 media encounter. Questions asked. Questions unanswered. Wahala small, analysis plenty. President Akufo-Addo kicked off what will be his bi-annual encounter with the media with opening remarks that celebrated Ghana media’s vibrancy. It is apparently a thing in which he takes delight. The media  headlines, news stories and...
In 2016, Ghana, the second largest gold producer in Africa, and the eighth largest globally, legally produced 96 Metric Tons (“MT”) of gold. On average, Ghana produces approximately 100 MT annually. At April 1, 2017, the Bank of Ghana (“BoG”) Gold Reserve amounted to 8.70 MT, (it has not...