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Politics is a difficult aspect of Africa to ignore, although most fans of foreign aid seem to do so quite eloquently. Due to centralized government control of most aspects of the economy, many African nations suffer under the burden of mismanaged industries and inflated prices due to unnecessary hoarding. Governments reek with corruption and "back-door" politics, making life for the average African dependant on the decisions of incompetent and immoral "democratic" leaders.

Africa's Elite Set to Blow G8 Windfall

By:Franklin Cudjoe

All across Africa, Politicians and Bureaucrats greeted with glee the group of eight committed to debt relief and aid; not because it would finally lift their countries out of poverty, but for far more self-interested reasons...

 

When Perceived Voter's "Wish List" Reigns

By:Franklin Cudjoe

Despite its majority appeal, democratic principles and practices have the intended goal of equalizing opportunities for all in a world that is not so equal...

Pontificating the Penury of a People

By:Franklin Cudjoe

I had been reeling under the painful paradox of living a dignified life in my country. On one hand is the measure of ones standard of living according to the enhanced Highly Indebted Poor Country Initiative (HIPCI)...

Post Colonial Ghana: From Tragedy to Hope

By:Franklin Cudjoe

My country, a small West African nation called Ghana, belongs to the club of African countries that got out of the shackles of colonialism over four decades ago, only to revert to a quasi-prehistoric system of human...

In Search of the Holy Grail

By:Kofi Mangesi

The World Bank country director for Ghana, Matt Karlson is quoted in the Ghanaian press (Daily Graphic, December 2005) as saying, "Ghana has no reason to complain about difficulties in managing its economy because it has the...

Finding a Better Way for Africa

By:Franklin Cudjoe

World leaders gathered in Gleneagles, Scotland to discuss the great issues of the day and had their deliberations cruelly interrupted...

Rolling Back the State or Pushing Up the State: Dirigiste Economies at Play in Ghana's Telecommunications Environment

By:Kofi Mangesi

Is the Ghanaian government on a shopping spree? Or is the Bretton Wood Twins- World Bank/IMF star pupil on liberalization and market reform in Africa suddenly doing a turn around at the point of intercession between...

Can Ghana's Parliament Review its Position on Kyoto Protocol?

By:Franklin Cudjoe

Recent extreme weather conditions have given cause for some political and green environmental leaders to warn us of the calamity that lays ahead if urgent, sustainable steps are not taken to save our planet...

Exploiting ICT Opportunities with Ghana

By:Franklin Cudjoe

Last week, the World Economic Forum ranked Ghana 65th on its network readiness index of 104 countries. Ghana has moved from 74th place to the current position in a...

When Corporate Social Responsibility Stinks: Corporate Ghana @ 50 years

By: Franklin Cudjoe

I had never seen such a deluge of philanthropy in Ghana until high-energy errand captains of corporate Ghana kept dolling out to government fat cash checks capable of turning a huge portion of the Northern Savannah Plains into a virgin forest to a "very worthy cause", such as was the case with the Ghana @50 Independent Celebrations...

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