Disclaimer: This is a major benefit of having your own corner. I wrote the below piece in 2019. After some feedback, I shelved it. Why? Because some of the ideas “seemed too complex.” Funny that I am talking about economic complexity. But maybe it is. The idea of economic complexity Read More
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Recounting a school visit: What you need to know and why it’s incredibly important
The school visit. In line with taking a more active interest in my learning(s), I visited a local government school in my community. The goal of my visit was to understand how they have adapted to life in the Covid-19 era. Beloved, when I tell you I learnt a lot, Read More
The Surprisingly Simple Truth behind end-of-service benefits (ex gratia) for MPs in Ghana
You heard the news about the end-of-service (ex gratia) payments to MPs and you thought one of three things: “Oh, what insanity! ‘End-of-service’ gift for what exactly?” “Wow, I should really consider going into local politics. That’s some money right there! Imagine if I held on for four terms like Read More
Why do governments recycle Ministers?
I know I cannot be the only one who has wondered why governments recycle Ministers, especially on our side of the world. How did the Minister of Defence become Minister of Trade & Industry? And why is it the same group of people shuffled around every eight years? In the Read More
Keep the Receipts and be open about it
I recently came across a few articles talking about corruption and the siphoning off of funds meant for Covid-19 support, and I was mad. For me, that’s just foul. In a post written by Mushtaq Khan and Pallavi Roy, I read in shock about instances of “padding in procurement contracts, leakages in distribution, Read More
3 Leadership Lessons from Business and What They Mean For Us in International Development
Part I – Lessons from The Hard things About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz “Sometimes an organization doesn’t need a solution; it just needs clarity.”― Ben Horowitz, The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers Ben Read More
AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS BETTER: GHANA’S TOUGH CHOICES AFTER THE VIRUS
This post is an excerpt from a bigger piece I wrote reflecting on COVID-19 and the tough choices Ghana will need to make in addressing the virus. Such is why I started this blog. Read the full post here. Ghana’s President, like South Africa’s, has, over the past couple of weeks received no Read More
We don’t have to do it alone: Lessons from Asia for Ghana
For Ghana, like other African countries, the Asian experience is instructive. There is a lot to be learned, built on, and challenged. It’s about time the country became more than the six-decade-long ‘hope of Africa’ poster child. In November 2019, I attended a book review of The Asian Aspiration (see Read More