Vol 43 No 24 | GHANA No cheques 6th December 2002 President John Kufuor's last-minute rejection of the US$1 billion loan from the shadowy International Finance Consortium (not to be confused with the World Bank's International Finance Corporation) raises...
Vol 43 No 22 | GHANA Yes, Professor! 8th November 2002 Two academics go head to head for the opposition leadership Two Fanti law professors from Central Region, former Vice-President John Evans Atta Mills and former Finance Minister Kwesi Botchwey, are battling for nomination as the presidential candidate of...
Vol 43 No 17 | GHANA Boom boom 30th August 2002 It was a 'boom' speech, so called because it suggests the guns will boom again and return him to power. Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings has form: he...
Vol 43 No 16 | GHANA Too good 9th August 2002 The government has raised eyebrows by contracting a $1 billion, low-interest loan from a group calling itself the International Finance Consortium (not to be confused with the International...
Vol 43 No 15 | GHANA I'm Sam, fly me 26th July 2002 Many African airlines have boomed since Air Afrique collapsed, but not Ghana Airways Sam Jonah resigned as Chairman of Ghana Airways on 2 July after the cabinet failed to approve his preferred rescue plan for the airline and the removal of...
Vol 43 No 13 | GHANA Of rice and rings 28th June 2002 An interesting footnote to tales of corruption during the reign of President Jerry Rawlings is offered by the case of Juliet Cotton, convicted on 17 June by a...
Vol 43 No 8 | GHANA Murder in Yendi 19th April 2002 The beheading of a traditional ruler has a sour political background The Ya-Na, overlord of the northern people of Dagbon, is said to have been abducted from his palace by men in military fatigues on 26 March and murdered...
Vol 43 No 7 | GHANA Grabbing at growth 5th April 2002 Political troubles mean the government has to do better with the economy Suddenly Ghana is in political crisis. For the last decade, the country's development of a constitutional democracy and political stability amid the turbulence of West Africa was a...
Vol 42 No 25 | GHANA No shine on gold 21st December 2001 Tough times and free markets are an uneasy match for Kufuor On winning the election a year ago, President John Kufuor promised Ghana a 'golden age of business.' His commitment to market economics is being sorely tested. Jerry John...
Vol 42 No 25 | GHANA Going private against the grain 21st December 2001 Ghana's privatisation efforts have so far done little more than cut the public payroll. State assets were often sold at cut price to politically connected companies operating under...