Dede Amanor-Wilks

A few months ago Ghana’s New Patriotic Party (NPP) seemed mired in party indiscipline manifesting itself in leadership clashes, ethnic divisions and rumours of a spent kitty.

Tuesday 22 November marked one year since Professor Sam Moyo passed away tragically after a road accident while attending a conference in India.

The proposed steep increases in utility tariffs have been dominating the headlines in Ghana as the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) recently concluded its consultations with stakeholders, including the Trades Unions Congress and the Association of Ghana Industries.

Software entrepreneur Herman Chinery-Hesse’s call on the government to “apply Mugabe laws” to ensure Ghanaians own more companies raises questions about Ghana’s model of economic development.

Ghana’s population, now close to 27 million, is projected to double to 60 million by 2050 before tapering off, the Daily Graphic reported recently. For some that is alarming news. For a forward-looking government in charge of a growing economy, it could be a promise of wealth.

Celebrated on Kwame Nkrumah’s birthday, September 21, Founder’s Day almost always draws some controversy over who should be named founder of modern Ghana.

My last two discussions with Tajudeen occurred during a party he threw at his home in Nairobi the night before his abortive trip to Rwanda, and on the telephone the following day while he was being driven back from the airport having missed the flight to Kigali.