Vol 61 No 11 | GHANA Economics in a time of corona 28th May 2020 Following the international formula doesn’t guarantee success for an economy derailed by the public health emergency Ghana responded quicker than most countries and has the biggest Covid-19 testing programme in Africa outside South Africa and a pro-active information campaign. Yet its economy will be...
Vol 61 No 1 | GHANA Presidential action replay 9th January 2020 The odds favour the incumbent in this year’s presidential elections – a return match of 2016 – but by a much-reduced margin Eleven months ahead of national elections, the best guess is that President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo will win more narrowly than he did in 2016 and his New Patriotic...
Vol 60 No 23 | GHANA Hefty down payment for 2020 21st November 2019 President Akufo-Addo's government wants to engineer a pre-election boom without the usual economic meltdown afterwards With national elections a year away, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta tried to combine political bullishness and banker's caution when he read the 2020 budget statement in parliament on...
Vol 60 No 21 | GHANA Short circuits 25th October 2019 A US aid agency and President Akufo-Addo’s government are clashing over a plan to reform the state power company The government's cancellation of a contract with a business consortium to manage the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has put it at odds with the United States government...
Vol 60 No 19 | GHANA Dissident doctor 27th September 2019 When Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah announced on 20 September that three men had been arrested for coup plotting, some Ghanaians felt they had entered a time warp,...
Vol 60 No 12 | CÔTE D'IVOIREGHANA Cocoanomics 14th June 2019 Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana are threatening to suspend the sale of cocoa beans to the open market for the 2020/21 crop season in a bid to secure higher...
Vol 60 No 2 | GHANA Midterm blues and red lines 25th January 2019 President Akufo-Addo is pushing for bold development on industry and education – but few citizens feel any short-term benefit As he marks the halfway point for his government, President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo wants to push ahead with ambitious economic modernisation plans before campaigning for the 2020 elections...
Vol 59 No 24 | GHANA Hey, big spender! 7th December 2018 The debt overhang and over-priced projects threaten the government’s social programmes and industrial policy As Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta rose to his feet in Parliament on 15 November to deliver his 2019 budget statement, he faced scepticism about his arithmetic from the... READ FOR FREE
Vol 59 No 23 | GHANA Mahama wants a replay 23rd November 2018 The victory of Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo in the contest for national chairman at the opposition National Democratic Congress convention in Accra on 18 November could set the stage for...
Vol 59 No 16 | GHANA Gas contract claims minister 10th August 2018 The sacking of Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko on 6 August for supposedly mishandling renegotiations with the Dubai-based Ameri group on a power supply contract has triggered a crisis...