Why Technology and Marketing Alone Don’t Guarantee Growth

  By KOFI ASANTE   I have spent a lot of time around founders, CMOs, and business owners, and a familiar question always comes up. “We’ve built the platform. We’re running digital marketing campaigns. So why isn’t the business growing faster?” If you ask me, I would say it’s a fair question. Across Ghana today, … Read more

What are the implications of Mosab Yousef’s prediction for the current situation in Iran and the Middle East?

  🚨 BREAKING NEWS TWO YEARS AGO, MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF — THE SON OF A HAMAS FOUNDER WHO BECAME AN ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE ASSET — SAT DOWN WITH PIERS MORGAN AND PREDICTED EXACTLY THIS. Word for word. “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦 — 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 … Read more

The Illusion of Sovereignty

  Many member countries of the United Nations harbor this delusion of national sovereignty, especially African nations, yet the lessons of history consistently rub it in their faces. The real sovereignty lies in two things: economic and military might. We’ve seen the United States and Russia invade many countries, while France has conducted military actions … Read more

The Role of the Media in the Bawku Conflict Resolution: The Need for a Conflict-Sensitive Reporting Framework

  The formal presentation of the Bawku Peace Mediation Report by His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, King of Asante, to President John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, marks a significant milestone in one of Ghana’s most protracted conflicts. The months of engagement have given way to an even more delicate … Read more

A VINDICATED ZOOMLION? “Cleaning Up Politically or Cleaning Ghana? The Costly Populism Behind AMA and YEA’s Sanitation Gamble”

By: Nana Kofi Barfour | nbobonsu@gmail.com Imagine a humid Monday morning in Accra, a young man called Joseph stands at the middle of UTC, Accra-Central with a broom in hand probably taller than himself. Joseph has been unemployed for more than two years and now, under the Accra Metro Assembly’s (AMA) GH¢100-a-day street sweeping initiative, … Read more