Author: TNRgh

By Prince Ahenkorah A diplomatic visit by President John Dramani Mahama has inadvertently cast a harsh light on Lusaka’s heavy-handed approach to illegal mining, sparking a parliamentary and media debate that contrasts Ghana’s institutional reforms with Zambia’s shoot-to-kill policy.Mahama’s engagement was characteristically measured. He outlined Ghana’s multi-pronged strategy against the galamsey menace: the creation of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) and the establishment of the Ghana Gold Board as the sole buyer to plug smuggling loopholes. But it was his broader message that Africa needs strong institutions, not strongmen—that landed with unexpected force in Lusaka.The contrast could not…

Aidoo’s Son Leads Counter-Coup to Whitewash a $3.8bn Legacy of Loss By Gifty Boateng The implosion of Ghana’s cocoa sector has thrust the mismanagement of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) under the previous administration into sharp focus, forcing a deeply uncomfortable reckoning for the New Patriotic Party (NPP). As the Minority lambasts the current management over producer price cuts, the architects of the current crisis are executing a meticulous disappearing act, leaving a fresh-faced proxy to field the flak.The spotlight has fallen on Joseph Boahen Aidoo, who served as Chief Executive for the full term of former President Akufo-Addo. His…

By Leo Nelson A high-stakes political and economic drama is unfolding along the Volta corridor, where the success of President John Dramani Mahama’s flagship agricultural policy now rests in the hands of traditional rulers. The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), tasked with implementing the president’s ambitious 24-Hour Plus Programme, has issued a direct appeal to chiefs: release the land, or the project stalls.Leading a high-powered inspection tour of the White and Black Volta basins, MiDA Board Chairman Dr Charles Abugre and CEO Alexander Kofi-Mensah Mould delivered a stark message to the Worawora Traditional Council. Without access to vast tracts of land…

By Simon Madjie Ghana’s Western Region, is one of the country’s most strategically important and economically dynamic areas. Covering about 13,884 square kilometres and stretching along a 192-kilometre Atlantic coastline, the region combines scale, location, and natural endowments in a way few regions can match. It is bordered by the Western North Region to the north, the Central Region to the east, Côte d’Ivoire to the west, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south, giving it both strong domestic linkages and direct access to international markets. Beyond its geography, the Western Region stands out as one of Ghana’s most…

While Accra moves to stem its own sectoral bleeding, Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa belt is seizing up. A catastrophic slump in global prices has left the world’s largest producer with a paradoxical glut: warehouses are full, but farmers are penniless. The much-vaunted regulatory machinery of the Conseil du Café-Cacao (CCC) is struggling to clear a logjam of unsold stocks from the main crop, pushing growers towards a precarious choice between ruinous price cuts and an unsustainable hoard. The malaise began with last year’s bold but now-burdened pricing strategy. In a bid to outflank smugglers and boost rural incomes, the CCC set…

By Gifty Boateng The children of Asiukrow in the Upper West Akim Municipality are still balancing on peril. More than a year after President John Dramani Mahama personally intervened to order the construction of a footbridge over the stream that separates them from their school, the crossing remains as deadly as ever. One child has already paid the ultimate price. According to residents, a pupil attempting to cross alone two months after the presidential directive drowned a death that might have been prevented had the promised bridge materialised. The President’s attention was first drawn to the community’s plight in February…

By Divine Mawuli Akwensivie (PhD, MCIM) The National Democratic Congress (NDC) recently conducted parliamentary primaries to elect a suitable candidate for an impending by-election following the death of the incumbent Member of Parliament. While the exercise was expected to be conducted with solemnity and strategic foresight, it instead generated significant controversy. The parliamentary primary was marked by widespread allegations of vote buying, voter manipulation, and inducement, practices that have frequently been reported in previous internal and national elections across the political divide. In the aftermath of the widely publicized allegations surrounding the victory of Hon. Baba Jamal, the, the party…

By Prince AhenkorahThe Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection is charting unfamiliar legal waters in its pursuit of a Russian national accused of circulating private images of young Ghanaian women without their consent. Minister Agnes Naa Momo Lartey has confirmed that extradition is “one of the key options on the table” as government seeks to hold the perpetrator accountable across international boundaries.In an interview with the BBC, Lartey struck a careful balance between denouncing the act and protecting the victims from secondary stigmatization a recognition that in cases of image-based abuse, public discourse often compounds the harm.”Firstly, let me…

By Prince Ahenkorah A catastrophic fire on the Accra-Nsawam Highway has left six people dead and seven fighting for their lives after a petrol tanker became the epicentre of a deadly explosion early on Saturday morning. The incident, which occurred near Okanta, has laid bare the extreme risks posed by the informal economy of fuel scavenging that festers around major road accidents.The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) received the distress call at 4:45 a.m. By the time crews arrived, the scene was one of total conflagration. A tanker carrying a staggering 54,000 litres of fuel had become a molten core,…

By Nana Appiah When workers on Ghana’s offshore rigs and mining sites break for meals, the tomatoes, yams, and peppers on their plates tell a story that transcends hospitality. They are not imported. They are the harvest of Ghanaian smallholder farmers who now have a guaranteed buyer, thanks to a supply chain revolution engineered by Atlantic Catering & Logistics Ltd.The woman behind it, Founder and CEO Maud Lindsay-Gamrat, operates on a simple but radical premise: successful business and economic development are not trade-offs. They are mutually reinforcing. A decade into building Atlantic Catering, she has the balance sheet to prove…