Africa must be guided by Chernobyl disaster

Value Added Tax (VAT) compliance is receiving renewed attention in Ghana as the Ghana Revenue Authority intensifies efforts to improve domestic revenue mobilisation. In September 2026, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) launched the nationwide “Request Your VAT Invoice, Help Build Our Nation” campaign, ahead of a broader VAT invigilation exercise in October aimed at improving invoice issuance and compliance among registered businesses.

International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has highlighted United Bank for Africa (UBA) Ghana's strong capital position, improved asset quality and substantial liquidity buffers in its latest credit assessment, maintaining the Bank's Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘B’ with a Positive Outlook.

When Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa stood beside India’s external affairs minister in Accra on Tuesday and announced that the cabinet of President John Dramani Mahama had decided Ghana should formally apply to join BRICS, he chose his stage with care. India is the bloc’s current chair, it hosted the leaders’ summit in New Delhi only last month, and it is the founding member least inclined to see BRICS turned into an anti-western alliance.

A piece of land can create wealth without ever being developed, while that same parcel can generate an entirely different level of value when transformed into a house, commercial property or mixed-use development. The difference lies not simply in appreciation, but in how effectively capital is deployed, how value is created and how risk is managed.

This is a continuation of last week’s extract from my book:

I have always believed that a workplace environment is like a second home. Employees spend a large part of their time there.

For generations, education has often been much better at rewarding the correct answer than at rewarding the interesting question.

Leadership is critical in the contemporary world, spanning all areas. It is no longer business as usual, leaders need to device ways of dealing with uncertainties and evolving technology to be able to stay on top of their game.