Unless you have been hiding under a rock in the last 3 months, you should know that Election Day in Ghana is next Monday December 7.  I daresay aside the pandemic making news all year, the imminent elections have been a close second.  A quick search online will give...
It was their moment The moment they waited patiently for A long, long patient wait For Virgin Vera and Virgin Victor Their joy knew no measure As friends and family showered gifts of flowery praise For the two were loving examples of how to marry chaste Of how to wait until taken Until broken by the one...
In a few days, Ghanaians will be going to the polls and the world’s attention will be focused on Ghana, a country touted as a trailblazer when it comes to credible elections, progressive electoral system, and peaceful transition from one democratically elected government to another. Without a doubt, Ghana stands out...
Some jobs will disappear and others will emerge as the world faces a dual disruption The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2020 comes at a crucial juncture for the world of work. The report, now in its third edition, maps the jobs and skills of the future, tracking...
After a lifetime in the car business, Hyundai Motor and Investment Ghana Limited - authorised dealer of Hyundai vehicles in the country, has unveilled the country’s first-ever 100 percent electric vehicle, the Kona Electric, onto the market in commercial quantity. The all-new Kona Electric vehicle - which is a sub-compact...
There has been much puzzlement that the world’s stock markets haven’t collapsed in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, and especially in the United States, which has recently been setting record highs for new cases. But maybe it isn’t such a puzzle. A measure we call the Excess CAPE...
“But if the president has been unable to recreate the atmosphere that brought him to power in 2016 to set the tone for an easy victory, the challenger has failed to take full advantage of the president’s over-confidence to sell his message.” This election was always going to be neck...
Over the past year there has been a sharp increase in wealthy Nigerians gaining dual citizenship to countries in the Caribbean in order to more effectively do business on a global scale. While Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programmes have for decades been a viable option for Africans, recent unrest...
In our previous article, we examined the powers of the Commissioner-General (CG) of the Ghana Revenue of Authority (GRA) to ascertain whether or not it is autonomous. It was observed that the powers exercised by the CG require the exercise of discretion, and the power vested in the CG...
The need for a national identification system to ensure issuance of national identity cards to citizens or members of society was conceived several centuries ago. Lyon (2009) affirms the resolve of Europe’s modern state system to technologically identify citizens between 1400 and 1600. The surge in global population and ease...