Vol 50 No 17 | GHANA A new economic team emerges 28th August 2009 Facing a downturn and needing an oil strategy, President Mills picks his own experts For his Council of Economic Advisors, President John Atta Mills has picked a team with wide experience of Western financial and academic institutions. They are academics, more used...
Vol 50 No 14 | GHANAUNITED STATES Obama's akwaaba moment 10th July 2009 John Atta Mills welcomes the first African-American US President and his entourage to Ghana amid hopes for US investment and cooperation The wet and windy weather of Ghana's rainy season will not dampen the warm welcome for United States President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle on 10-11 July....
Vol 50 No 14 | GHANAUNITED STATES Ghana's DC dividend 10th July 2009 Expectations are high in Accra that its hosting of President Barack Obama will prompt a rush of United States investment and assistance for Ghana and the region. Even...
Vol 50 No 11 | GHANA Akwaaba Obama 29th May 2009 The 10-11 July visit to Accra of the first African-American President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama,is a massive public relations coup for President John Evans...
Vol 50 No 8 | GHANA The Mills grind slowly 17th April 2009 Under attack from his own party as well as the opposition, the President strives to shape his government To mark his hundredth day in office on 17 April President John Evans Atta Mills gave his government eight out of ten for trying to fight corruption, protect...
Vol 50 No 8 | GHANA Sums that don't add up 17th April 2009 Perhaps the toughest job in President John Atta Mills's government is the Finance and Economic Planning portfolio, held by Kwabena Duffuor. Having, by reducing duties and levies, brought...
Vol 50 No 3 | GHANA Lining up the Mills team 6th February 2009 The economy is the new President's first concern but politics drives many of his appointments Three weeks after being sworn in as President in succession to John Agyekum Kufuor, Professor John Evans Atta Mills has completed his cabinet line-up and set about formulating...
Vol 50 No 3 | GHANA Is Rawlings the back-seat driver? 6th February 2009 The doings and sayings of former President Jerry John Rawlings always fascinate the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) as well as journalists. Rawlings likes nothing better than to...
Vol 50 No 2 | GHANA Back to the battleground 23rd January 2009 After a celebrated election, President John Atta Mills takes on a fractious parliament There was little time for Ghanaians to luxuriate in the praises heaped on them for another peaceful transfer of power on 7 January before having to confront some...
Vol 50 No 2 | GHANA Economic facts and fantasies 23rd January 2009 Loyalists of the outgoing National Patriotic Party (NPP) government reacted angrily to World Bank Country Director Ishac Diwan's dire warnings about Ghana's economy. Estimating the government's budget deficit...