By Peter Martey AGBEKOFor seven years, a woman in a small town in Ghana waited.Every morning, she opened her provisions shop before sunrise. Every evening, she closed it after dark. Like many hardworking Ghanaians, she believed in saving for the future. She trusted a financial institution that had a branch […]

“First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as self evident.” For months, anyone who questioned the state of COCOBOD was treated like a village drunk disturbing a funeral. Raise concerns about debt and you were called an alarmist. Ask questions about cocoa roads commitments […]

By Daniel Nii Okine | For Sankofaonline Let us strip away the diplomatic niceties, the sterile panel discussions, and the performative hand wringing that have characterized Ghana’s response to the ecocide unfolding in our hinterlands. Let us look instead at the sheer, terrifying clarity brought to light by our youth. […]

Not long ago, the dominant narrative in financial services was one of siege. Fintechs, armed with venture capital and a generation of digitally native consumers, were supposedly at the gates, ready to render traditional banking obsolete. Boardrooms across the continent spent considerable energy debating how to defend market share against […]

West Africa stands at a defining moment in its development journey. The region is richly endowed with mineral resources, a youthful population, and growing industrial ambition. At the same time, it faces rising energy demand, climate vulnerability, infrastructure deficits, and increasing expectations for inclusive growth.  In this context, responsible mining […]