As Nigeria commemorates another Independence Day on October 1st, the occasion should be more than a celebration of flags, speeches, ceremonies, and congratulatory messages.
I have been watching the memes and social media reaction to the Dangote IPO with a great deal of amusement — and interest.
During a recent talk at the Harvard Kennedy School, students asked me what it would take to turn African countries from consumers of digital and AI-driven technologies into producers. The answer, I told them, starts with heeding the right lessons from the mobile-money revolution.
For many years, I have worked with women around vision, purpose and personal development, and one thing I know for certain is that a vision can be powerful when it is supported by the right principles and followed by action.
Culture can do more than preserve identity. It can create demand, attract visitors, generate exports and drive spending across Ghana’s economy. The opportunity lies in turning cultural attention into transactions, local ownership and lasting prosperity.
Ghana’s ambition to build a productive 24-Hour Economy could face a major financing constraint unless the country changes how it funds agriculture and industry, with private-sector players proposing a Value Chain Industries Bank (VCIB) to provide long-term capital from raw-material production through manufacturing to the final market.
Ghana stands at an important moment in its development journey.
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