The Value for Money Office and Its First Director-General: A Governance Opportunity

By John-Mark Bekui, Esq. (Legal, Compliance, Ethics and Governance) Disclosure: The author is a former student of Dr. Abdul-Baasit Aziz-Bamba and subsequently served with him on the University of Ghana Council. Introduction The appointment of Dr. Abdul-Baasit Aziz-Bamba as Acting Director-General of the Value for Money Office, and therefore the inaugural head of the institution, […]

Africa’s Cultural Identity Can Drive Development, Not Division, Says Ford Foundation’s Dr. ChiChi Aniagolu

Sociologist urges decolonial rethink of community loyalty at TTTSD webinar, warns against weaponization of ethnic identity The solution to Africa’s development crisis may lie in how the continent channels its deepest social bonds. That was the position of Dr. ChiChi Aniagolu, sociologist and Regional Director, West Africa for The Ford Foundation, during Thursday’s Think Tank […]