Kumasi
EDITORIAL: The lifeboat of informality

EDITORIAL: The lifeboat of informality

African governments and their formal business sectors often hold up the informal sector as the nemesis of formalised growth  and  organised  development  –  yet for many citizens on the continent (and elsewhere),...

Ghana feels the pinch of ‘modernisation’

Ghana feels the pinch of ‘modernisation’

In Kumasi, small traders face forced relocation as the government seeks to neaten up the country’s cities It was late morning in May 2016, and Seth Ohene had made only GH¢10 ($2.28) in sales. “If I stay for the whole...