Why Mining Should Be the Anchor of Our New Economic Transformation. As the Minister for Finance engages key ministries on Ghana’s New Economy, the ambition is compelling: to build an economy that does not merely withstand shocks but creates wealth and grows on the strength of what Ghana produces. The challenge is to translate this […]

A Paradox of Ghanaianisation. There is a difference between planting a Ghanaian flag over a mine and building Ghanaian capacity beneath it. For generations, Ghana has dug into the earth in search of gold. Yet perhaps the most important question confronting the country today is no longer how much gold lies underground, but how much […]

Why This Court Ruling Could Change Ghana’s Mining Industry Forever. When the High Court sentenced Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Wontumi, to 20 years’ imprisonment over offences relating to mining activities on Akonta Mining’s concession, the headlines understandably focused on the man and the punishment. But the real story is much bigger than Wontumi. […]

Why Ghana Must Choose Strategic Negotiation Over Emotional Retaliation Recent calls by some public commentators, civil society leaders, politicians, and policy advocates for the Government of Ghana to refuse renewal of Gold Fields’ Tarkwa Mine lease have sparked an important national conversation. The concerns driving these calls, particularly the reports of xenophobic attacks against foreign […]

Across Ghana today, a growing chorus of voices is calling for greater national control over the country’s natural resources. Think tanks such as the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), policy commentators, civil society organisations and sections of the public have questioned whether Ghana is receiving a fair share of the benefits from its mineral wealth. […]

Turning a National Challenge into a Food Security Opportunity The recent disclosure by the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, that Ghana spends approximately GHC40 million annually on feeding prison inmates has reignited discussions about the sustainability of funding public institutions. The Minister’s revelation that prison feeding alone costs about GHC10 million every quarter, coupled […]