The country’s insurance market penetration (gross premiums as a share of GDP) sits at approximately 1%, despite the presence of over 50 licenced insurers and reinsurers. While this trails the broader African average, the National Insurance Commission (NIC) and industry stakeholders are driving reforms to boost coverage through microinsurance, digital platforms and enforcement of regulatory […] The post Deepening

By Ben BRAKO When the European powers gathered at the Berlin Conference of 1884 to carve up a continent none of them understood, they did not merely draw arbitrary lines across a map. They drew lines across the African consciousness. The administrative structures they built were engineered for a single, brutal purpose: the efficient extraction […] The post The captive mind of African statecraft

While many developing nations continue to treat public procurement as an administrative process focused on buying goods and services, some of the world’s most successful economies increasingly view procurement as a strategic instrument for industrialisation, innovation, job creation and economic sovereignty. The uncomfortable question for Africa is whether we are buying for today or building […] The post The

With Africa’s vehicle sales surging 22 percent over the past year, continental leaders have convened in Ghana to shift gears: transitioning Africa from a dumping ground for the world’s second-hand cars into a formidable automotive manufacturing powerhouse. The officials are in the middle of a five-day “Automotive Seminar Week” that kicked off Monday in Accra, […] The post African

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat and the Government of Gabon have agreed on a new implementation partnership aimed at accelerating the country’s participation in Africa’s single market and transforming its industrial and export potential into tangible trade opportunities. The partnership was sealed during a two-day official visit to Gabon by the Secretary-General […] The post AfCFTA,

Telecel Ghana has reaffirmed its commitment to bolstering partnerships with its cash agent network across the Ashanti Region at a regional forum held at the Kejetia Market Square in Kumasi. Organised as part of Telecel’s Ashanti Month 2026 celebrations, the Telecel Cash Agent Forum brought together over 300 agents, traders and sales partners from across […] The post Telecel

By Elizabeth PUNSU, Obuasi AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) Obuasi Mine has inaugurated a GH¢2.86million piggery production centre at Sanso in the Obuasi municipality as part of efforts to create alternative livelihoods and expand economic opportunities beyond mining. The facility, developed under the mine’s 10-year Socio-Economic Development Plan (SEDP), is expected to increase pig production, improve food […] The post AGA

By Seidu AGONGO The troubling scenes unfolding in South Africa, where fellow Africans are being harassed, beatened, threatened and told to “go back home,” are unsettling to every conscience across this continent. As the June 30 ultimatum by vigilante groups such as ‘March and March’ approaches, the urgency and ugliness of the situation demands a […] The post Africans must go: But to where? appeared

The nation’s second cycle education institutions have rarely generated this volume of troubling headlines in such a compressed period. Within the space of a fortnight the country has watched videos of a teacher allegedly assaulting a female student at Nyinahini Catholic SHS, another allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct with a student at Bole SHS, final-year […] The post Editorial: Save our young ones

“It is better to walk than to curse the road.” – Ghanaian proverb One of the mysteries of modernity is why a country such as ours, endowed with human resources, human-made resources and abundant natural resources should still be plagued with the holocaust of underdevelopment. The equation simply does not add up. Our status quo […] The post The Attitude Lounge with Kodwo Brumpon: