Bright Simons

Bright Simons of the IMANI Centre for Policy and Education in Accra argues that while the gold purchase programme should in theory represent a boon for small-scale gold miners 'gold-for-oil' effectively amounts to purchasing dollars (for oil product imports) at a more expensive rate...

Bright Simons of the IMANI centre think tank in Accra argues that unlike troubled banks in the United States and Europe Ghana's banks are unlikely to face a swift withdrawal of deposits and a collapse of lending...

The analyst and activist Bright Simons says there is a 'sweetheart deal' in place which hugely advantages Genser in what he calls 'a case of possible fiscal recklessness on the part of the GNPC'...

' ‘The procurement abuses and the poor project planning and management means that either the project will fail or it will cost as much as eight times its original estimate of $100 million creating massive financial losses to the state ' said Bright Simons of Accra think-tank IMANI Africa...

Bright Simons of Accra think-tank IMANI-Africa questioned why 'about 70% of the forest reserve has been denied protection in one fell swoop'...

Bright Simons Vice-President of IMANI-Africa an Accra-based thinktank has urged Agyebeng to recuse himself from all matters related to the Agyapa case (AC Vol 62 No 11 The prosecutor isn't so special)...

Now that the combination of civic activists and the Special Prosecutor have put a brake on the deal the government will have to go back to square one according to Bright Simons of the Imani Centre in Accra...

Critics such as Bright Simons of the Imani Centre in Accra warn that the credits will amount to less than $1 bn...