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The debate on what international social media platforms get from the African continent can continue over and over but the issue is whether at the end of the day there is any positive results on both sides. Has Africa been able to get the best out of Facebook, Google, as […]

The advent of the new media has altered virtually every facet of our society. And, foreign policy has not been left behind either. We have become used to receiving news and commentary from new sources –the virtual space in form of tweets, Facebook updates, blogs, etc.  – in addition to […]

Recently, in one of my economics classes, a heated discussion erupted on Ghana’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout programme. The discussion comes at a time when the country is grappling with high inflation, continuous depreciation of the cedi against major international currencies and high fiscal deficits which have seen the economy go through an […]

Ghana is currently facing its longest power crisis ever. Despite Ghana Government’s promise to fix this problem by offering alternative sources of power, the country is still experiencing frequent power outages. With a huge public administration wage bill, a consistently depreciating cedi (Ghana’s currency), and other macroeconomic instability indicators, the country […]

Sarah Bernhardt once said, ”legends remain victorious in spite of history”. She couldn’t have said it better. In fact, legends still remain with us even today. That can be said of Ghana’s founder, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, a scholar, a president, unionist, revolutionist and a gallant soldier of African dignity. Last […]