Joe Jackson got me thinking I was intrigued to hear the erudite Joe Jackson profusely praise the Bank of Ghana’s (BoG’s) Gold-for-Oil program not too long ago. Mr. Jackson is one of the few business leaders in Ghana, in the ultra – risk averse financial industry no less, who still...
The birthplace of modern Ghanaian politics A 2.5-hour drive along the coast from Ghana’s capital of Accra lands you in sleepy Saltpond, the birthplace of Ghana’s first political party. Go down the beach and hop into a canoe, and the bubbly fishermen will safely glide you in about four or...
The Minister of Finance designate of Ghana’s new government was very supportive of the positions of Civil Society Organisations (CSO) in some of our advocacy campaigns when he led the parliamentary opposition. On the issue of SML, one of the most wasteful decisions taken by the previous government, for instance,...
Following my recent piece on the fascinating history of Shangri-La Hotel, a surprisingly large number of people have asked me to write something about another iconic abandoned property, La Beach Towers (picture attached), a gaunt tower astride the La Beach road. Frankly, I didn’t find the story titillating enough to...
If you are of a certain age and know Accra a bit, you must know Shangri-La. A cute, low-rise, hotel along the northern stretch of the Liberation road, and on the doorstep of what later became the Israeli-built Tetteh Quarshie Interchange and, a few years later, the Accra Mall. If...
A simple model of the productive core of an economy is that it is made of three primary levels: the informal base, small & medium enterprises (SMEs), and the large corporations. While size and scale are the obvious differentiators, there are other equally important markers. The informal sector is noted...
Under-pressure Tullow, the largest corporate producer of petroleum in Ghana, received some rare good news on Christmas eve. It has won an arbitration dispute with the government of Ghana over a tax dispute. 1. The genesis of the affair was in 2018 when the Ghanaian tax authorities (GRA) decided to...
