Critical Analysis • 23 Feb 2024 KPMG’s Reputation is at Stake in SML Ghana Probe On the 22nd of June, 2023, the Ministry of Finance initiated moves to massively expand the scope of a revenue assurance contract between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and a company founded by a timber merchant and his relative. Two activist think tanks in Ghana, IMANI and ACEP, have extensively... read more
Macroeconomic Governance • 12 Feb 2024 Bank of Ghana Accused of Plagiarism & IP Theft The world of central banking is surprisingly replete with accusations of plagiarism. The governor of Turkey’s central bank between 2019 and 2020 (and vice governor before then), Murat Uysal, was pilloried by local academics for plagiarising large portions of his Master’s thesis and two published works. He did not get... read more
Political Governance • 6 Feb 2024 Is Ghana selling AirtelTigo for a song to former British Commando? Last November, Ghana’s Ministry of Communications & Digitalisation announced with flourish that it has “facilitated” a “joint venture” between state-owned AT (formerly, AirtelTigo) and “Hannam Investments”, which will result in a transformation of the Ghanaian telecom operator into a world-class operator. The Ministry was at pains to educate Ghanaians about... read more
Economic Development • 1 Feb 2024 Ghana risks miscalculating on its lithium strategy Over the holidays into the new year, this author had some lively and intense exchanges with some highly knowledgeable mining gurus about Ghana’s ongoing lithium foray. While these engagements assuaged some of the concerns raised by civil society actors, other serious anxieties remained, some of which have been exacerbated by... read more
