The vision for a new GIPC

Mrs Trebarh outlined the brief she has received from His Excellency the President to transform the GIPC into an effective ‘gateway’ for investment proposals and enquiries. To deliver this Mrs Trebarh detailed her vision for the new GIPC including a number of fundamental structural and resource changes that are underway, such as:

• A new GIPC website to act as a dedicated investor resource
• Increased emphasis on helping investors identify and access local companies
• Building stronger connection with Ghana’s academic community to identify the capacity needs of the private sector and agree how academia can support these

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The belief in the power of institutions as a check on individual excesses, especially in the domain of politics goes back to antiquity. This is Brutus on the occasion of the coronation of his best  friend, Julius Caesar:

Crown him that, and then, I grant, we put a sting in him, That at his will he may do danger with. The abuse of greatness is, when it disjoins Remorse from power; and, to speak of conscience, Caesar, compassion I have not known when his affections swayed more than his reason.

It is this same belief in the power of institutions as opposed to individuals in enhancing democratic governance which led President Barack Obama to admonish the Ghanaians during his visit to the country to strive to build stronger institutions to safeguard our nascent Democracy which was at that point becoming the envy of the world.

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Tsatsu Tsikata's cross-examination of Dr. Bawumia was much anticipated and billed as the "thrilla in Accra." Unfortunately, it has turned out to be the "trivia in Accra," with Tsatsu posing non-probative repetitive questions, which the crafty Dr. Bawumia has handled with ease and sometimes even with humor.

Here are the 8 top reasons why Tsatsu has failed to make an impact thus far.

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