Accra Street Journal - Opinion

22/07/2025

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22/07/2025

Explore how unregulated caffeine imports and energy drink sales are creating a silent health crisis in Ghana. This investigative editorial by Accra Street Journal uncovers the dark side of the caffeine industry in Ghana

Caffeine is no longer just your morning pick-me-up as research by Accra Street Journal Team led by Samuel Kwame Boadu. In Ghana, it has quietly morphed into a booming — and often unregulated — industry. Beneath the glossy marketing of energy drinks and so-called herbal tonics lies a concerning p...

20/07/2025

Accra Street Journal: And as inflation surged and currencies wobbled, investors and strategists alike whispered the same question: Is Africa still worth the bet?

By Ato Micah, Managing Principal Maverick Research One year ago, I watched alongside many in the global business community as multinational consumer goods companies began an exodus from African markets. Headlines declared doom. Boardrooms pivoted. And as inflation surged and currencies wobbled, inve...

29/06/2025

Accra Street Journal🗞: Ghanaian courts are increasingly prepared to lift the corporate veil—a once rare judicial act—to hold directors, CEOs, and controlling minds of companies personally liable when the company becomes a shell for misconduct…

In Ghana’s business ecosystem, the registration of a limited liability company bestows a critical legal construct: separate legal personality. It’s the foundation of modern corporate law and a bedrock of risk-managed capitalism. Yet in recent years, Accra Street Journal has noticed a notable tre...

28/06/2025

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By Samuel Kwame Boadu | Accra Street Journal | June 2025 “The world was waiting for a Ghanaian artist to break the mold. Black Sherif didn’t just break it—he melted it down and remade it in his image.” In an era where West African pop has gone global, Black Sherif’s “Iron Boy” is more ...

26/06/2025

Accra Street Journal🗞: In Ghana’s food regulation regime, trust often begins and ends with a sample.

By Samuel Kwame Boadu | Accra Street Journal | June 27, 2025 In Ghana’s food regulation regime, trust often begins and ends with a sample. When food manufacturers or importers seek regulatory approval, they present a curated product to the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA). Once approved, it earns a ...

23/06/2025

Accra Street Journal🗞: Planning for retirement in Ghana means understanding how to claim your SSNIT—and doing it right..

✅ Introduction Planning for retirement in Ghana means understanding how to claim your SSNIT pension—and doing it right. Whether you’ve reached the retirement age or are a few months away, applying for your SSNIT benefits is one of the most important steps for your post-career life. This 2025 g...

22/06/2025

Accra Street Journal🗞: In the bustling heat and chaos of Ghana’s capital, youth are quietly carving out pockets of stillness—spaces that hold their breakdowns, breakthroughs, and blue-sky plans..

Accra, Ghana — In the bustling heat and chaos of Ghana’s capital, youth are quietly carving out pockets of stillness—spaces that hold their breakdowns, breakthroughs, and blue-sky plans. These aren’t the upscale cafés or private co-working lounges. They’re often dusty, sea-salted, or half...

25/04/2025

Accra Street Journal🗞: In a society where conversations about youth impact are often dismissed with “you’re too young to understand,” it’s refreshing — and necessary — to spotlight individuals who break that mold. Kezia Asiedua Sanie, Esq….

Ghanaian lawyer and humanitarian Kezia Asiedua Sanie, Esq. is changing lives through her NGO and now representing Ghana at the 2025 Global Engagement Summit in the USA. Read her inspiring journey.

23/04/2025

Accra Street Journal Opinion🗞: The suspension of Ghana’s Chief Justice has sparked debate over constitutional powers and legal boundaries, raising serious questions about judicial independence and executive authority…

The suspension of Ghana’s Chief Justice has sparked debate over constitutional powers and legal boundaries, raising serious questions about judicial

23/04/2025

Accra Street Journal Opinion🗞: The last pontiff to… was Pope Leo XIII in 1903..

In a move emblematic of his papacy, Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21, 2025, at the age of 88, will not be interred beneath St. Peter’s Basilica

22/04/2025

Accra Street Journal🗞: IMANI Center for Policy and Education is calling on the government to consider the regularization and formalization of some neglected but critical informal sectors such as street hawking and head pottering widely known as kayayei.

Accra, Ghana ---IMANI Center for Policy and Education is calling on the government to consider the regularization and formalization of some neglected but