Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
When Muhammadu Buhari clinched victory in Nigeria’s presidential elections in March, stocks soared as investors looked to the former military ruler to reverse decades of economic mismanagement and policy inertia. Now hopes have fizzled in his ability to turn around Africa’s largest economy and oil producer. Money that flowed into stocks and bonds in the […]
Government has rubbished reports that Ghana has been ranked the second most corrupt country in Africa. One of the indicators in the latest survey by Transparency International puts Ghana among the three worst performing countries with the highest perception of corruption. Ghana came second to South Africa followed by Nigeria in third place. The majority […]
Ghana’s fight against corruption has been dealt a deadly blow. The corruption perception index by Transparency International (TI) ranked the West African nation the second most corrupt country in Africa behind South Africa. The last time TI published its rankings, Ghana was placed in the 60s. This time around TI’s list of the most corrupt […]
By Christina Thornell, Nov. 25 Miriam Kone migrated from Mali in 1994 when she was 16-years-old. As a young girl in Mali she was expected to marry at age 13, but she had other plans. She convinced her mother, who had left Miriam to her grandmother’s care, to help her go to America. “You have […]
Mike Norman: Hey everybody! Mike Norman here for Contrarian Media where we like to bring you news and information that is free of mainstream media distortion and misinformation. You know me. Anyway, my guest today is Owusu Kizito, Dr. Owusu Kizito who is a financial and management consultant and the President of Investigroup Company. Dr. […]
Bizu Riki Mullu sets up a table covered with jewelry in a corner of the social hall of the Town & Village Synagogue in on East 14th street in Manhattan. In the opposite corner coffee is roasting over an open flame. Behind the podium at the front of the room is a line of colorful, […]
by Kofi Ayim The United States Immigration and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) no longer accepts Statutory Declaration of divorce in customary marriage from Ghana from sources other than those legally approved. This advice was given to a cross-section of Ghanaians by the American Ghanaian Lawyers Association (AGLA), at a Legal Clinic organized by […]
Ghana’s fight against corruption has been dealt another setback after the country was ranked as the second most corrupt African nation behind South Africa. The corruption perception index by the Transparency International stated about 71 percent of people living in Ghana say corruption has increased over the last twelve months. Most governments across Africa are […]
by K. Opong Bribery and corruption have become the norm rather than the exception in Ghana and their impact on quality of life does not bode well for anybody in the country. The canker of corruption has permeated almost the entire spectrum of life in the West African nation to the extent that as we […]