Technology Policy • 15 Oct 2024 The Bloody Adventures of Ghana’s 4G Pioneers If you are a certain age and live in Accra, Tema, Kasoa, Takoradi, and their environs, there was probably a time when you thought Surfline was like, man, going to bankrupt MTN & Vodafone for real! Nowadays, I hear folks on social media cursing and cussing, and shaking their fists... read more
Political Governance • 10 Oct 2024 Bogus mining data in Ghana poses danger Illegal gold mining anxiety sweeps Ghana & disrupts election campaign messaging Just weeks to the presidential elections in Ghana, middle-class concerns about illegal, irresponsible, and environmentally catastrophic gold mining have reached fever-pitch, completely derailing the campaign messaging themes of the leading political parties. There are protests, strikes, threats of strikes,... read more
Innovation • 7 Oct 2024 Africa’s financial salvation is on the blockchain Part I: Holy Ledger Pentecostal Tokenism Some say that the world’s largest modern church denomination is the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Nigeria. A megachurch with worship grounds that reputedly stretch for miles on end. It should come as no surprise that it is Nigeria’s largest real estate... read more
International Political Economy • 4 Oct 2024 Cashews, Neoliberalism & a Korean-born Economics Revolutionary Part I: Cashews Going nuts over cashew nuts More regularly than I would like nowadays I obsess over cashews. I have wondered aloud why cashew roasters and retailers have such a colossal margin in Ghana, for instance. Using international prices to measure their input cost, roasters and retailers of cashew... read more
African Development • 3 Oct 2024 The secret wars between the UN & AU to control African climate insurance Africa lags the world in climate and weather insurance The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) says that 17 of the 20 countries in the world most vulnerable to climate change are in Africa. Whilst this vulnerability has many faces, the easiest to read are the droughts and floods destroying... read more
