Month: July 2016

Now, suppose I were to argue that African ethnocentrism, deep down in its heart, is actually a pretty shallow affair? Would you quarrel with me? But think carefully about it. Why aren’t Ghana’s Nzemas ethnocentric towards Zimbabwe’s Matabele folks when they meet in London? Why don’t Akyems nurture resentment against...

While sweating in the dark, do you occasionally wonder what a crash course in Ghana’s energy situation might look like? Well, it is pretty straightforward if you have a bit of time.. So the Government of Ghana owns GNGC, VRA, ECG and GRIDCO. VRA and GNGC are wholesalers of energy...

Half a decade ago, I started to use the term, ‘Otabil Effect’, to describe certain trends I saw in the emergence of an ‘aspirational class’ in Ghana. It therefore comes as no surprise to me that Pastor Mensa Otabil has for two consecutive years now been branded as ‘Ghana’s Most...

On the issue of deformalisation and the ‘missing gap in the middle’ of West Africa’s economic opportunity landscape, there is a strong ‘classical’ school of thought, which is of the view that most entrepreneurs in the major economies of West Africa are primarily concerned about escaping the tax net and...

Spend a day or two in Ghana’s capital of Accra and you might be impelled into believing that the biggest economic opportunity in Ghana is the “Great Middle Arbitrage”. Which is simply to say that there is a big, missing, middle, folks! Most products and services seem targeted at the...

Spend a day or two in Ghana’s capital of Accra and you might be impelled into believing that the biggest economic opportunity in Ghana is the “Great Middle Arbitrage”. Which is simply to say that there is a big, missing, middle, folks! Most products and services seem targeted at the...