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By Prince Ahenkorah The World Bank’s decision to back Ghana’s secondary education overhaul with $300 million signals deepening trust in the Mahama administration’s reform agenda, but also exposes the high stakes involved in the government’s bid to link schooling with jobs.When Paschal Donohoe, the World Bank’s Managing Director and Chief Knowledge Officer, visited Osu Mahean Basic School in Accra last week, the photo opportunity carried more weight than the usual development diplomacy. Behind the scenes, donors and government officials had been negotiating the terms of what would become one of the largest education investments in Ghana this decade.The result: a…

By Leo Nelson The Ghana Stock Exchange’s extraordinary rally, delivering 78 percent returns in just over two months, has confounded sceptics and delighted investors. But the geopolitical storm gathering over the Middle East threatens to test whether domestic fundamentals can withstand global shocks. When coordinated strikes erupted on February 28 involving the United States, Israel, and Iran, international markets braced for turbulence. Oil prices spiked toward the $120 per barrel range on fears of Strait of Hormuz disruptions. Emerging market currencies wobbled. Capital fled to safe havens. Yet in Accra, the Ghana Stock Exchange Composite Index (GSE-CI) barely blinked. By…

By Leo Nelson Legal practitioner and social activist Osagyefo Oliver Barker-Vormawor has argued that democracy should not be seen as a guarantee of progress but rather as a system that creates space for citizens to struggle for justice, accountability, and social advancement. In a reflection on the meaning of democratic participation, Barker-Vormawor said the essence of democracy lies in the opportunity it gives citizens to contest power and demand improvements in governance and social welfare. According to him, democratic systems do not automatically deliver rights or development. Instead, they provide a framework within which citizens must continually engage institutions and…

and in full force’ as critics question pace of prosecutionsBy Leo Nelson The Mahama administration has pushed back against mounting criticism that its flagship anti-corruption initiative has run out of steam, insisting that Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) remains fully operational and is making headway through proper legal channels. Presidential Spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu has dismissed claims of failure as ‘political propaganda’ designed to undermine the government’s efforts.Kwakye Ofosu acknowledged growing public frustration over the speed of prosecutions but blamed long-standing judicial delays rather than government inaction. ‘ORAL is not dead. It is active and in full force. What we…

as Middle East tensions escalateBy Prince Ahenkorah Government has ordered its citizens in Qatar to reconfirm their participation in an emergency evacuation by the end of Tuesday, as fears mount that the widening conflict between the US-Israel alliance and Iran could engulf the Gulf region.The directive, issued by Ghana’s embassy in Doha, requires nationals wishing to return home to submit passport biodata pages by email, marking the final phase of preparations for what officials describe as a “strictly one-way” operation. The evacuation decision, first announced on March 6, reflects growing alarm in Accra about the spillover effects of the Middle…

Judge Orders Defense Lawyers to Prove his innocenceBy Prince AhenkorahOn a humid morning in mid-April last year, police officers swept into the Samreboi concession, a tract of land in Ghana’s Western Region rich with mineral deposits. What they found was not a small-scale operation but an industrial-scale extraction site: excavators clawing at the earth, stockpiles of equipment, and workers who, when questioned, could not produce the required licenses. When the two-day special operation concluded on April 17, 2025, authorities had arrested 29 people. They had also seized weapons, explosives, mining machinery, vehicles, and cash totaling 157,000 Ghana cedis about $10,140.…

By Gifty Boateng Behind the polished legal arguments and the confident demeanour of his high-profile defence team, former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene is fighting a desperate rearguard action.  As the GH¢49.1 million theft trial unfolds at the Accra High Court, a dual strategy has emerged: a courtroom defence built on the novel concept of a spymaster as a deep-pocketed lender to the state, and a parallel propaganda offensive designed to muddy the waters and paint the prosecution as a political witch-hunt. The narrative being pushed by Adu-Boahene’s camp and amplified by sympathetic voices notably including NPP Communications…

as inflation falls and global risks riseBy Leo Nelson For 14 straight months, inflation in Ghana has fallen — a steady, unbroken decline that has brought the rate from a punishing 23.1 percent last year to 3.3 percent in February, its lowest level since 2021. The numbers suggest a quiet victory for the West African nation’s economic managers. After years of soaring prices that squeezed households and eroded incomes, the worst appears to be over. But for the Bank of Ghana, which opened its two-day Monetary Policy Committee meeting Monday, the path forward is anything but clear. The same global…

Provides Documentary Evidence to Refute Procurement Allegations By Gifty Boateng The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has firmly rejected allegations of impropriety regarding recent procurement transactions, providing detailed documentation to support its adherence to the Public Procurement Act.In a decisive rebuttal to claims circulating online, the state agency has released what it describes as incontrovertible evidence concerning the purchase of laptops and the renovation of its new office, asserting that all processes were transparent and legally compliant. The controversy began with allegations that GoldBod procured fifteen laptops at an inflated price of GHS322,500. In response, the Board presented documents to demonstrate…

By Leo NelsonPolicy watchdog IMANI Centre for Policy and Education has thrown down the gauntlet to the Mahama administration, demanding that private sector actors complicit in defrauding the state be publicly identified, prosecuted and blacklisted. In a hard-hitting policy brief, the think-tank warns that the fight against corruption will remain performative unless both public officials and their business collaborators face the music. Franklin Cudjoe, IMANI’s founding president, has long argued that Ghana’s anti-corruption drive suffers from selective targeting. The latest brief insists that ‘businesses conspiring to defraud the state must be publicly named, sanctioned and blacklisted with their officers arrested,…