Editorials and analysis, clearly labeled.
A Ghanaian author and communications professional argues that talent alone is insufficient in modern Africa; visibility through personal branding is essential for talented professionals, academics, entrepreneurs, and creatives to gain recognition and opportunities beyond their immediate circles.
14 June 2026 · Joy Online →
A Ghanaian author and communications professional argues that talent alone is insufficient in modern Africa; visibility through personal branding is essential for talented professionals, academics, entrepreneurs, and creatives to gain recognition and opportunities beyond their immediate circles.
14 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that calls to deny Gold Fields Ghana's mining lease renewal and prioritize local ownership contradict policies that already disadvantage Ghanaian enterprises. The article contends that aggressive resource nationalism untethered from reality would systematically dismantle the local business ecosystem it claims to protect.
13 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The article argues that while the Black Stars unite Ghanaians across political and social divides, the team's finances have become an opaque "black box" where successive governments fund participation in major tournaments without scrutiny, despite the country's economic challenges.
13 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that while Africa's cultural influence — music, fashion, film — gains global attention, this visibility risks becoming extraction disguised as partnership unless Africans define what "forward" means and retain ownership of their creative value.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that Ghanaian professionals' increasing reliance on AI to perform complex tasks—tax audits, marketing copy, risk assessments—risks eroding human cognitive skills and professional judgment that traditionally built strong leadership.
12 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
A column drawing on the example of footballers looking up before passing suggests that public speakers often fail to engage their audience by avoiding eye contact, a disconnect that creates a sense of disconnection despite both parties being physically present.
12 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
The article argues that while human beings differ in capability, intelligence, and talent, converting these differences into contempt has historically produced slavery, colonialism, discrimination, and conflict. It contends that even the most intelligent and powerful people depend on those they may dismiss as ordinary, and no society functions through geniuses alone.
12 June 2026 · Daily Guide →
Across Africa, government officials and policymakers regularly gather at conferences and summits that generate powerful speeches and ambitious declarations, but citizens—especially young people—question what measurable change actually results from these events.
12 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
As Nigeria approaches an election cycle, an opinion piece calls on young people to move beyond social media activism and engage with facts, policies, and civic responsibility, arguing that online debate alone cannot determine the country's future amid challenges including insecurity, economic hardship, and unemployment.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece examines the Health Minister's two-week suspension of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital CEO pending investigations into denial of emergency admissions, framing it as a case study in leadership accountability and institutional governance within Ghana's healthcare system.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
A former Education Ministry spokesperson argues that the Nhyinahin Catholic Senior High School incident, which occurred in a privately managed hostel facility, involves private individuals and should be addressed through legal processes rather than drawn into GES institutional responsibility unless the alleged conduct connects to the teacher's official duties or school authority.
11 June 2026 · Joy Online →
A Business & Financial Times opinion piece questions whether the state should bear the cost of SIM re-registration when telecommunications companies profit from every active subscriber, asking whether taxpayers should finance maintenance of customer databases that generate commercial revenue.
11 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
An editorial warns that incivility and personal attacks among politicians and supporters on social media threaten Ghana's democratic culture, and calls for all Ghanaians to prioritise peace over party loyalty.
11 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that Ghana should introduce a "rainfall tax"—an environmental financing mechanism requiring developments with impermeable surfaces (rooftops, concrete compounds, parking areas) to contribute toward managing rainwater runoff, as an alternative to treating flooding as an annual emergency requiring ad-hoc relief spending.
11 June 2026 · Daily Guide →
An editorial in the Daily Guide criticizes Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh's management of the sector, noting that doctors at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital downed tools in protest. The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, intervened to suspend the strike, and the editorial calls on the government to expedite a response to the doctors' grievances and for the minister to maintain better relations with health workers.
11 June 2026 · Daily Guide →
A perspective piece argues that civil service work is demanding and often invisible, requiring teams to innovate and adapt despite constraints in time, personnel, and budgets, with mindset and creativity being key resources.
11 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Daily Guide argues that KGL's GH¢173 million payment to the National Lottery Authority is being overstated as corporate achievement, when it actually reflects state-granted monopolistic control over USSD and digital lottery channels that yields supernormal profits without competing against other licensed operators.
11 June 2026 · Daily Guide →
Professor Kwasi Dartey-Baah argues that honest self-reflection and internal dialogue are defining factors in leader growth and effectiveness, allowing leaders to assess their actions, decisions and behaviours against their stated values and vision.
11 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
The author satirizes Ghana's proliferation of awards given to officials and executives, noting that the Presidency has issued a statement advising ministers, CEOs and public officials to stop accepting awards from organizations whose credibility, assessment methods and evaluation criteria cannot be properly established.
11 June 2026 · The Chronicle →
According to Prof. Douglas Boateng, institutions rarely fail due to poor laws but rather when those entrusted to protect them surrender independent judgment and allow responsibilities designed to remain separate to overlap, often beginning with good intentions that stray outside proper governance boundaries.
11 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
An opinion piece argues that KGL's GH¢173 million payment to the National Lottery Authority and its higher contributions versus other operators result from state-backed monopolistic control over USSD and digital lottery channels, rather than corporate ingenuity or outcompetition.
11 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that the Ga people, as indigenous inhabitants of Ghana's capital, face unemployment, poverty, and declining economic influence while watching their ancestral lands generate wealth for others. The author calls for a comprehensive national policy response, including vocational training, entrepreneurship support, and targeted economic empowerment tailored to the Ga community's unique position.
11 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Governance failures arise not from the absence of rules but from the gradual surrender of independent judgment by those entrusted to protect institutions from interference and short-term pressures, often beginning quietly when ministerial and board responsibilities overlap.
11 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that artificial intelligence's real disruption to Ghana's marketing industry is not automation but the ability to uncover patterns and behavioural truths at scale, enabling brands to compete by discovering and acting on hidden opportunities faster than before.
10 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
An opinion piece argues that Ghana's crisis responses have been reactive rather than proactive, and calls for a National Risk Management Policy as an urgent governance reform to anticipate and mitigate risks before they become national emergencies.
10 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
A leader's impact is defined not by strategic decisions but by how they make people feel through communication; language patterns and tone shape organisational culture over time.
10 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
An opinion piece argues that traditional chiefs and family heads, who hold custodial authority over land and command community respect, have a key role to play in combating galamsey (illegal mining) where political efforts have faltered, given the severe environmental and health damage caused by the practice.
10 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
An opinion piece argues that chiefs, as custodians of land and moral leaders in Ghanaian communities, bear responsibility for addressing illegal mining (galamsey) and its environmental damage, since politicians have largely failed to act.
10 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
The Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana has highlighted the importance of a free and responsible press in safeguarding public trust and promoting economic stability, warning that misinformation and disinformation pose major threats to financial sector confidence and national development.
10 June 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
An opinion piece criticises the government for offering contradictory explanations for recent flooding in Accra — one official attributed it to human indiscipline, another to spiritual attacks — while decades of promises have yielded little relief and flooding remains a predictable annual event.
9 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Canada's Durham Regional Police Service completed Project Jetsetter, a major operation that tracked over 200 criminal tourism incidents, arrested 46 suspects, laid more than 1,440 charges, and confirmed $2.61 million in financial losses. An opinion piece argues Ghana appears to be leaving its doors open to foreign criminals engaged in theft, fraud, and exploitation with little consequence.
9 June 2026 · Joy Online →
A Business & Financial Times column discusses the prevalence of filler words such as "um," "err," and "like" in public speaking and everyday conversation. The writer explains that speakers unconsciously fill pauses with these words because their brain thinks faster than their mouth can articulate ideas.
9 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
An opinion piece argues that termination of Ghana's sanitation contract with Zoomlion has left gutters and drains clogged with plastic waste and silt, exacerbating flooding in Accra during the rainy season.
9 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece satirizes the abundance of awards being presented to Ghanaian ministers, CEOs, and public officials, noting that the Presidency issued a statement advising them to stop accepting awards from organizations whose credibility and evaluation methods cannot be properly established.
9 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece examines the impact of financial institution closures on ordinary Ghanaians, with a case study of a woman whose savings became inaccessible after a licensed institution's revocation. The author raises broader concerns about what happens to a country when indigenous financial institutions disappear and the consequences for trust, opportunity, and national development.
9 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
The article argues that poor healthcare management, infrastructure, and planning in Ghana's health institutions are causing hundreds of thousands of deaths, and contends that the suspension of the KATH Chief Executive is a poor judgment that should be reversed.
9 June 2026 · Daily Guide →
Citizens in Ghana pay various forms of taxes but question whether these funds translate into quality roads, healthcare, education, and other public services; dissatisfaction grows amid complaints of poor infrastructure, corruption, and inadequate services.
9 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →