General • 28 Sep 2016 Public Interest vs National Interest A bit on the longish point and some of the ideas are subtle, but there is a critical thread running through this talk that I summarise below. 1. National Interest is a corollary of nationalism. 2. Nationalism is a project of elites. 3. Nationalism rests on ‘effective myths’ of communal... read more
General • 24 Sep 2016 How to Save Health Insurance in Ghana 1. Ghana has what it purports to be a social insurance scheme. 2. This means that it is a scheme designed to cover as many people as possible and not necessarily make profit. 3. In this scheme, public money (taxation, development aid and direct subventions etc.) makes up about 95%... read more
General • 3 Sep 2016 The Meek Certainly Inherits Our Ghana Obviously what a society values it rewards. And by what it rewards one can tell a lot about how it functions and will likely evolve. Ghanaians seem to prize ‘humility’ a lot. Rarely do you see a person measured by integrity, skill, fortitude, steadfastness, diligence, candour, or several other virtues... read more
General • 3 Sep 2016 ‘Single Ideas’ Are Worthless Till Combined If you are a young entrepreneur, you have no doubt heard the saying, “ideas are a dime a dozen; what matters is execution”, more times than you care to remember. There is a morsel of truth in this but be careful you don’t fall for the notion entirely, because in... read more
