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."
GORDON CRAWFORD & GABRIEL BOTCHWEY Early in his eight-year tenure, in 2017, then Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo declared a moratorium on all small-scale gold mining. He established an inter-ministerial committee on illegal mining and a joint military-police taskforce – Operation Vanguard – to enforce the ban. The tough measures aimed to reduce the severe environmental […]
SERTAN SANDERSON President John Mahama wants Ghana’s economy to run around the clock. Is the plan feasible, and what needs to be taken into consideration for it to succeed? Since taking office six months ago, Ghanaian President John Mahama has placed a firm focus on reviving the country’s economy — a key promise of his […]
ADWOA TENKORAMAA DOMENA| JOSEPHINE MAHACHI | ISAAC MUGABI A humanitarian crisis is looming at Malawi’s largest refugee camp. The UNHCR says it can no longer fund the camp that houses some 57,000 people from DR Congo, Rwanda, Somalia, Burundi and Ethiopia. In June, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said a funding shortfall has compelled it […]
Refugees, exiles, and opposition groups hold the key to lasting peace and regional stability. VICTOIRE INGABIRE UMUHOZA More than three decades after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda plunged the African Great Lakes region into unprecedented turmoil, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continue to struggle in establishing collaborative and […]
Gambling is becoming more and more popular in countries across Africa. Whether it’s sports betting, lotteries, casinos, or online games, there’s an increased number of people getting involved in different forms of gambling. This change has been welcome thanks to the opportunities that it brings, but there are also risks to consider too. There’s no […]
‘These days a son can even kill his father over money.’ SAMUEL MEYERSON In the Karamoja region of northeastern Uganda, a four-year outbreak of violent livestock raiding is finally subsiding – the result of a ruthless, informer-driven disarmament campaign by the army. But even as stability returns, divisions arising from class tensions, inter generational friction, […]
Undocumented workers often pay taxes that help fund programs like Social Security — even if they can’t collect from them in the future. TARA SIEGEL BERNARD The Social Security Administration receives billions in free money each year from an unexpected source: undocumented immigrants. This group paid an estimated $25.7 billion in Social Security taxes in […]
BALEW DEMISSIE The G20, which evolved from a meeting of finance ministers in 1999 to a summit of heads of state and government in 2008 in response to the international financial crisis, has become a key forum for international economic cooperation. Originally, the G20 focused on macroeconomic policy to prevent a global depression. Since then, […]
AGGREY MUTAMBO Somalia is turning into an open canvas for the longstanding Egypt-Ethiopia feud. For long, the two countries bickered over whether the dam on the Blue Nile that Ethiopia was putting up should be controlled to ensure sufficient water reaches Cairo, but Ethiopia went on to fill the dam, forcing Cairo to quit any […]
Large infrastructure gaps are creating a new digital divide TWO DECADES ago, a digital revolution transformed the lives and livelihoods of millions of people as mobile phones swept across sub-Saharan Africa. A region where a tiny fraction of the population had landline phones or bank accounts was able to leapfrog old telephone monopolies and infrastructure. […]