IMANI Special Report on the STX-Ghana Deal
Monday, July 05, 2010
Since the STX-Ghana deal took its sour turn towards controversy, many people have asked us, usually privately, what a pro-market organisation such as ours is doing “opposing” a business deal that seems to benefit the private sector more than the public sector.
Ghana Sits on Borrowed Money & Borrowed Time
Thursday, June 24, 2010
The World Bank Ghana Country Office’s Conference Room was the scene of lively discussions and startling revelations on Friday last week (18th June 2010).
IMANI Alert: Is Ghana Amongst the Worst-Branded in Africa Now?
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
On June 9th this year, a certain Daniel Fisher, a Senior Editor at Forbes Magazine specialising in macroeconomic and legal issues, wrote an article in which he “showcased” Ghana as the 9th “worst-managed country” in the world.What exactly are the indicators of “bad economic management” according to this article?
Conference on Oil Revenue Management & Revised Petroleum Management Proposal
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Please be informed that we have shifted the venue for our June 10, 2010 Conference on how Ghana intends to manage her oil revenue from the Holiday Inn Hotel to Alisa Hotel, North Ridge, The date is still this Thursday, June 10, 2010 and the reporting time is 8:30am. The programme ends at 2:30pm.
Please see attached a latest draft proposal of Petroleum Revenue Management document as of May 10, 2010
REPORT: The Problems With Ghana’s Proposed Oil Revenue Management Bill
Thursday, May 27, 2010
INTRODUCTION
The process is underway to pass a law that will determine how we use our Oil resources. We at IMANI, AfricanLiberty.org and African Leadership Initiative) have been involved with the analysis of best options for a while.
Our review of the Proposals towards the law reveals that the provisions in the bill are likely to lead to the following here.
IMANI Report: Government Fumbling With Our Oil Money Already?
April 2010
We have to commend Government’s recent efforts to loosen up a bit over the now contentious issue of Ghana’s predicted oil revenues. The question is whether it’s opening up enough. And as far as transparency and accountability in the oil sector is concerned, Government of Ghana has begun on a not too good note.
IMANI Alert: Government Urged to Hasten Slowly and Focused on Recent Fire Outbreaks
Friday, March 26, 2010
Author, Kofi Bentil, Senior Fellow, IMANI
We wish to raise this alert for both officials and citizens to reflect on the use of our scarce funds, and also look hard at the options else we would be recycling outdated and expensive solutions and expecting different results
Obama Keeps Africa in the Dark
Warmist policies kill a million a year
Imani's Executive Director quoted in The Washington Times, March 25, 2010
"Saharan Africa is home to 800 million people, 80% of whom live on less than $2.50 per day. Over 700 million people – twice the population of the USA and Canada combined – rarely or never have access to the lifesaving, prosperity-creating benefits of electricity, notes Cudjoe."
Read the article here
Announcing 1st Money-Prized Essay Contest & Application to our 2010 Educational Festival
Announcing 1st Money-Prized Essay Contest & Application to our 2010
Educational Festival
This year’s seminar would be held in Tanzania in order to enable our many East African applicants who for want of travel funds have not been able to enjoy the life-enriching encounters to do just that. And there is a money-prized essay contest open to all Africans between the ages of 18-35 as well.