Author: TNRgh

Accra’s Ringway Estates boys’ quarters may seem an unlikely cradle for a unicorn, but that’s where Moses Baiden, then 24, bootstrapped Margins Group in 1990 with $100 and a Toshiba laptop bought on London summer-job savings. Three and a half decades later, the firm dominates ID card tech across Africa and beyond, its Ghanacard platform registering 15.7mn people in a single year 90% of Ghana’s adults and churning out 250,000 cards daily.Baiden’s ascent defies Africa’s chronic capital shortages and infrastructural drag, which he likens to “hard soil” stifling seeds. Success hinges not on ownership but partnerships, notably a 13-year pact…

‘No More Bullets, Bring the Businesses’ Front Desk Report The submission of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s mediation report to President John Mahama has injected cautious optimism into efforts to end the long-running conflict in Bawku, but the path to durable peace remains strewn with political tripwires.The monarch’s work explicitly framed as mediation, not binding arbitration is being treated in Accra as a political and security roadmap. It offers a structured process for de-escalation rather than an immediate settlement of the underlying chieftaincy and land disputes that have periodically paralysed the town since the 1940s. Officials close to the presidency…

Bawumia’s Plan to Lock Out Non-NPP Ghanaians Draws Fire By Gifty Boateng Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the desperate NPP presidential kingpin, is unleashing a scandalous “Welfare Database” exclusive for party loyalists only, scholarships, fat jobs, and juicy loans handed out like free akpeteshie to delegates while ordinary Ghanaians rot.In this bloody primaries bloodbath barreling toward January 31, 2026, the scheming ex-Vice President and former BoG Deputy Governor is waving this corrupt carrot to crush fire-breathing rival Kennedy Agyapong and steal the crown.At a sweat-soaked delegate huddle, Vice-President-turned-presidential-hopeful Dr Mahamudu Bawumia spilled the dark secret that promises exclusive access to state-sponsored opportunities…

Industry body warns of investment flight, job losses under new tax regimeBy Prince Ahenkorah The Ghana Chamber of Mines has issued a carefully worded but pointed warning to government over proposed changes to the country’s mining fiscal regime and amendments to the Minerals and Mining Act, cautioning that the reforms could undermine the long-term viability of the sector and deter future investment.In a policy brief presented by Chief Executive Ing. Dr. Ken Ashigbey during a press brief in Accra, the Chamber argued that while the mining industry remains a cornerstone of Ghana’s economy contributing over GHS 17.6 billion in fiscal…

NDC Cracks the Whip on Mahama Extension Rumours and 2028 Flagbearer Jostling By Nelson Ayivor The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has come out swinging against swirling rumours of a third-term bid for President John Dramani Mahama, with the party’s General Secretary, Fiifi Fiavi Kwetey, issuing a blunt and unambiguous message: “There will be no third term. Period.”In a fiery post-election briefing that doubled as a warning shot to both constitutional revisionists and overzealous presidential hopefuls within the party, Kwetey declared that the NDC remains firmly anchored in Ghana’s democratic tradition and will not entertain any attempt to tamper with…

By Prince AhenkorahOver 100 Ghanaian PhD students in the UK have fired off a desperate petition to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, begging for mercy as unpaid scholarships a toxic inheritance from Kingsley Agyemang’s tenure at the Scholarships Secretariat push them towards deportation, eviction and academic oblivion.The £32-35mn debt pile, owed to some 110 British universities since 2021, stems from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) era under ex-Registrar Dr Kingsley Agyemang, now Abuakwa South MP. Students at UCL, Warwick, Liverpool and others report 2-3 years without maintenance cash, frozen 2023-24 tuition, library bans and stalled graduations. ‘Administrative recklessness’, says group leader…

By Ruth Aboagye Ghana’s ambition to industrialise through agriculture, create jobs, stabilise the cedi, and build a 24-Hour Economy depends heavily on agro-processing. Yet one policy the 20% excise duty on natural fruit juices is quietly undermining these national objectives.Introduced as a revenue and health measure, the tax is producing the opposite effect: weakening local industry, discouraging healthy consumption, destroying value-chain jobs, and blocking Ghana’s path to import substitution and export growth.Natural Fruit Juice Is Not a “Sin Product”Excise duties are traditionally reserved for alcohol, tobacco, and highly sweetened or harmful products. Natural fruit juices especially 100% juice, not-from-concentrate (NFC),…

By Nelson Ayivor Millions of Ghanaian workers lose more than two full workdays every month, not because of a slow internet or bad management, but because of the daily chaos, delays, and risk embedded in the trotro system. A World Bank policy note shows that on average, formal-sector workers lose 0.88 hours per day due to congestion and inefficient transport, amounting to 9% of productive hours daily. Scale that across just 1 million workers earning GH₵ 200/day, and you’re looking at GH₵ 400 million lost in productivity monthly, or over GH₵ 4.8 billion per year. That’s value bleeding out of the economy, straight out of…

-But Who’s Watching the Watchers?By Prince AhenkorahA regional taskforce set up to tackle the environmental fallout of illegal mining in Ghana’s Central Region says it has reclaimed over 10 hectares of degraded land but questions remain over the long-term sustainability of the effort, the role of foreign actors, and the state’s capacity to enforce its own mandates.The Central Regional Land Reclamation Committee, a multi-agency body born out of a June 2025 Regional Security Council (REGSEC) resolution, has been quietly filling in abandoned mining pits and restoring scarred landscapes in Upper Denkyira East and surrounding districts. The Committee’s December 15 statement,…

By Our Front Desk Ghana’s economic landscape has brightened significantly as the country heads toward the Christmas season, offering a rare window of relief for households and shoppers. According to the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), headline consumer inflation fell to 8.0% year-on-year in October 2025, down from 9.4% in September, marking the tenth consecutive month of decline and the lowest level since mid‑2021. The drop in prices has been broad‑based. The October data reveal that food inflation slowed to 9.5%, while non‑food inflation eased to 6.8%. Month-on-month, overall consumer prices actually declined by 0.4%, a strong sign that price pressures…