There’s a lesson from history called the Cobra Effect. It describes a situation where a strategy meant to produce results ends up creating a bigger, more uncontrollable problem. And when you look at the communication culture within the NPP today, that lesson becomes painfully relevant. For years, Ken Agyapong built […]
By Kelvin Gyimah Every political generation repeats the same mistake: the people who fear change call the reformer a “stranger.” It is a pattern as old as Ghana’s independence struggle and as new as yesterday’s headlines. And today, as parts of the New Patriotic Party whisper that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia […]
The recent remarks by the District Manager of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Mr. Edem Sebastian, in response to the controversy surrounding the ongoing health insurance registration exercise, are not only disappointing but deeply misleading. He sought to downplay credible reports alleging that the area’s Member of Parliament, Hon. […]
Below is the comparison : 2023 Base Pay Negotiations Base Pay for 2023 was 30% with Inflation rates of 53.6% in January to 23.2% in December. This implies that, the Base Pay was extremely poor for Organized Labour. Organized Labour proposed 60% increment in Base Pay for 2023 but Akufo-Addo’s […]
By Rachel Irvine, CEO and Founder of Irvine Partners For decades, South Africa has been stuck in the same exhausting loop: dig something valuable out of the ground, ship it overseas, then buy back the finished product at a markup. We’ve done it with coal, platinum, and iron ore. We’ve […]
Per Parliament’s Standing Orders, the Minority Leader, in this instance the Micro Minority Leader (Asiedu Nketiah, 2025), is a Ranking Member of Parliament’s Appointments Committee. However, this provision, just like any other law, is not cast in iron, as such, the Deputy Minority Leader can competently replace the current ‘soiled […]
AirtelTigo has gone through real turbulence in the last few years, but to still hold and serve 3 million customers is an amazing story. What seem to have hit AirtelTigo the hardest is the recent roaming on Telecel cell sites when the towerco vendor, ATC, decided to shut down its […]
By Prosper AGBENYEGA The unfolding drama surrounding the fate of AT (formerly AirtelTigo) continues to deepen, marked by shifting government positions, conflicting statements, and growing public skepticism over a possible merger with Telecel Ghana. What began as a promise of revitalization has, over time, transformed into a controversy clouded by […]
By Kenneth Owusu Asante Amponsah A bank’s balance sheet is only as strong as the environment it depends on. Climate change has moved from a distant global conversation to a daily Ghanaian reality. From the choking red rivers of the Western Region to the eroded farmlands of the Ashanti and […]
By Christian Gidisu Accra, Ghana- After nearly three decades of distinguished service in Ghana’s public sector, Dr Isaac Crentsil, former Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), now faces one of the greatest tests of his career. Once celebrated as a reform-minded leader who helped reshape […]
