89 YEARS ON THE STOOL IS NOT ENOUGH TO BE ABOVE CUSTOM – THE BIG LESSON FROM OTUMFUO’S HAMMER

In Ghana today, if you want to know what power is, don’t look at politics. Look…

OTUMFUO DESTOOLS 89-YEAR CHIEF – IF A 1937 KING CAN FALL, WHY ARE DADDY LUMBA’S FAMILY STILL WALKING FREE WITH DISGRACE?

History was made in Manhyia this week. Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has destooled Nana Kwabena Nsia…

Producing papers for promotion, not for society – Papers that nobody reads

It is common to hear in Ghana: “University of Ghana has promoted 30 senior lecturers to…

GHANAIAN UNIVERSITIES PRODUCING PAPERS THAT NOBODY READS – STUDY SHOWS LOW IMPACT ON SOCIETY

Ghana’s public universities are churning out thousands of academic papers annually for promotion purposes, but with…

No Bridge Between Campus and Common Market Fuelling Graduate Unemployment: Our universities teach in English, our market women think in Twi, Dagbani and Ewe

Ghana’s rising graduate unemployment crisis has been blamed on the lack of linkage between what is…

WHY GHANA STILL IMPORTS SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS WE HAVE ALREADY SOLVED ON PAPER

Go to any university library in Ghana – Legon, KNUST, UCC, UDS. You will find the…

GHANA PRODUCES PHDS EVERY WEEK, BUT WE STILL IMPORT TOOTHPICK – WHAT IS THE POINT?

Every Friday in Ghana, there is a PhD graduation somewhere. University of Ghana graduates 100 PhDs.…

#IF YOUR RESEARCH DOES NOT FEED GHANA, WHY SHOULD GHANA MAKE YOU A PROFESSOR?

At the moment, to become a professor in Ghana, you need to do one thing very…

THE WONTUMI CASE AND THE “FLIPPING WITNESS” – IS GHANA NOW DOING FBI STYLE?

In Ghana, when Chairman Wontumi’s case came up, one phrase entered trotro conversation: “They have flipped…

WE TRAINED OUR OWN DOGS TO BITE US – HOW NPP AND NDC WEAPONISED INSULTS FROM 2016 TO 2024 AND NOW THE DOGS WON’T STOP BARKING

If you have been on Ghana Facebook, TikTok or X in the last 3 months, you…