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Ghana’s annual fruit glut problem: any solution in sight?
Last week, there was encouraging news from Cape Coast: the opening of a new fruit juice factory. Reassuring because it means job opportunities there, helping to fulfil a critical need. Read More …
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Of a demonstration, a ‘hot’ slogan and a dramatic U-turn
A few days ago, I chanced on the video of the hit song ‘Krom ayɛ shi’ on a TV channel. Listening to the lyrics, I began to wonder if the slogan of last week’s demonstration by the Arise Ghana Movement,...
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What to blame if there should be a third world war!
Whenever I come across what looks like ‘fake news’, the thought that crosses my mind is that the fakers must be bored, lonely people with time on their hands, and desperate for something to do. Read...
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A matter of a ‘quadruple whammy’, a carpenter and burden sharing
SPARE a thought for the officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)! They must all be worn out by now, having to design bailouts for so many countries as, reportedly, more than 80 countries are...
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A ‘nowhere cool’ era, but a reader has a different view!
MY column of las tSaturday, July 23, “A matter of ‘a quadruple whammy’, a carpenter and burden sharing”, drew the following, immediate response by email, from a reader: Read More …
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A reader’s view on the ‘Ghana corruption report’, and related issues
A retired public servant had some views to share with me regarding my column of August 6, 2022, which had the headline, “Ghana corruption research report: in sympathy with the IGP’s ‘serious...
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A thank you from two Ghana digitalization process beneficiaries
Recently, it was interesting to come across an online post by a Ghanaian visiting from the USA, who was evidently overwhelmed by his positive experience of the digitalization process underway here. I...
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My urgent appeal to the women in Parliament: help end ‘period poverty’
My urgent appeal to the women in Parliament, the 40 NPP and NDC Honourables, is simply: please collaborate and use your conceivably compelling weight to end ‘period poverty’ and AS SOON AS...
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New British PM’s appointments: a lesson for Ghana?
One fascinating aspect about the change of power in Britain this week, especially the appointments made by new Prime Minister Liz Truss was the fact that apparently she is making good use of their...
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A salute to the global allure of Elizabeth Regina
Watching the elaborate ceremonies of the initial funeral rites for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, it was quite a revelation to see the British displaying such funeral ‘pomp and circumstance’. That had...
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What it was like to be in the Queen’s lying-in-state queue
Last week I stated that I expected my cousin Yaa Grace, a London resident and long-time devotee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, to be among the first in the queue on Monday, September 19, to observe...
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Galamsey fever: must it come to a ‘shoot to maim’ remedy?
Nothing quenches thirst like water. This is a sentiment that few will dispute. Moreover, the saying ‘water is life’ underscores its importance for our very survival. And evidently it’s about safe...
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My questions for the Comptroller-General, Ghana Immigration Service
When I lived in London, and during all my travels in other parts of Europe as well as in the USA, never once did a state security officer, or anybody else for that matter, ask to see my Identity Card...
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The shock announcement that revealed the true state of pockets
Earlier this week, my historical novella, New Currency, described as “a compelling and enjoyable short novel”, was launched in Accra, at the Ghana International Press Centre.Read More …
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Still missing, the critical link in the galamsey war equation
Recently, there has been mounting pressure on the Government, practically from all corners to urgently find a way of dealing a decisive blow to the menace of illegal mining, better known as...
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Three Education Sector surprises, and a related Open Letter
I was quite perplexed when I read about the reaction of some teacher unions to the appointment of Dr Eric Nkansah, 41, as the new Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, replacing Professor...
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Of a GJA ‘double-do’: global commemoration and a launch
It’s a standing joke in some media circles that journalists are the people who highlight the grievances of every sector of the society, except theirs. A cynical observation, perhaps, but the experience...
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Changing horses in midstream, a prudent measure?
President Nana Akufo-Addo should probably be thanking private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu for the reassurance he has apparently unwittingly given the President.Read More …
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Agric Minister, will Farmers Day 2022 give hope to the youth?
Attention Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minister of Food and Agriculture! Attention the committee responsible for selecting the Best Farmers and deciding the prizes: will Farmers Day 2022 be the same old...
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Farmers Day 2022: again, any recognition for the Bomaa Paradise Choir?
Next Friday, December 2, when Koforidua hosts this year’s National Farmers Day (NFD), I’m praying, once again, that the recognitions will include the Bomaa Paradise Choir (BPC). It’s perhaps an...
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Why we need, taflatse, toilet task forces in communities
Ghana seems to have exited the era of task forces, once so much a part of our governance. But how I wish there could again be a task force, even if the last one, for dealing with our national...
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Some other perspectives on the cost of living crisis
It appears that a consensus is being reached that although external developments and governmental policies may be chiefly to blame, a lot of the hardship in Ghana is also due to the greed of some...
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Ghana Airports Company, please bring back the airport romance!
Following my ordeal of having to stand for more than two excruciatingly tiring hours at the Departure Hall of the Kotoka International Airport last Monday evening, waiting for a flight departure, I...
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A reflective Christmas miscellany, and an unexpected ray of light
I got an early Christmas present on Thursday; and it came in the form of six mundane words: “Thank you for the gift yesterday”.Read More …
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Beyond the Tono project, why not end the lifetime burden for females?
If as a child you never had to fetch water for the household, carrying it home on your head, then count yourself lucky! Most likely you grew up in privileged circumstances! Read More …
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