According to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Africa is losing approximately US$50 billion per year in illicit financial flows; transfer mispricing being one of the primary sources of those losses. The African Development Bank has suggested that the extractive industries are largely behind the alleged tax leakages....
When people who want power blame those wielding it over a world commodity price that they hold no control over, then it defeats common sense. Sometimes, politics make us blame people for society's financial ills even when the reality is so glaring.
Both the government in power and the minority...
First off, stock markets are secondary markets where buyers and sellers of stocks of companies get to transact business and exchange ownership. That is, existing owners of shares can transact business with potential buyers through the stock exchange.
For the purpose of non-business inclined readers, who may have heard about...
This article assesses the stylistic and communicative elements of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s 2018 State of the nation Address.
Inspiration
State of the nation addresses are expected to inspire. When the president mounts the podium to give the state of the nation address, one of the things he is expected to...
We often hear many commentaries on oaths in the country. Isn’t it interesting listening to the news on oaths? We watch our leaders and other state officials swear oaths in public before they assume responsibilities for which they are appointed or elected. We also witness people swear oaths or...
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is fluent in 2 European languages; English and French. A useful skill, given that Ghana is surrounded by Francophone countries on 3 sides (La Cote d'Ivoire, Togo and Burkina Faso) and faced on its coastline, by the unforgiving Atlantic sea. We are also a nation,...
The John Agyekum Kufuor (JAK) Foundation has launched a fundraising campaign to raise GH¢80million as seed capital for the establishment of an endowment fund to sustain the foundation’s governance and socio-economic development works.
Funds raised from the campaign will be used to run foundation’s programmes - including the Kufuor Scholars...
There is ongoing focused discussions on the management and financial arrangements for the proposed University of Ghana Teaching Hospital (of Excellence). Officials and the Minority in Parliament have explained the need for a paradigm shift, to use the hospital to pursue excellence and sustain the investment while catering for...
Domelevo, Amidu and Despite. Three strong men navigating weak institutions. The first is an Auditor General seeking prosecutorial power to reinvigorate the state purse; the second is a Special Prosecutor with a reputation for integrity; and the third is a gender award winning businessman putting some of his fortune...