Tag Archives: FLASHBACK

FLASHBACK: UG lecturers’ sex tape hits online?

On November 21, 2019, news reports of alleged sexual misconduct by Prof. Ransford Gyampo, Head of European Studies at the University of Ghana emerged. In the report captured by MynewsGh.com, it indicated that the lecturer was captured in a BBC Africa Eye documentary dubbed; ‘Sex for Grades’ persuading a BBC …

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FLASHBACK: How Ghana’s central bank was formed in the 1950s

Across the world, central banks play key roles in developing policies, regulation, and the management of a country’s finances, assets and other related securities. For Ghana, what many know as the Bank of Ghana did not only start from the idea of being a Central Bank in the 1950s. According to a …

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FLASHBACK: The 1995 ‘Kume Preko’ protest that rocked Ghana

About 27 years ago, the biggest demonstration to have occurred in Ghana’s history took place. Those at the forefront of this protest were Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Dr Charles Wreko Brobbey, Kwasi Pratt Jnr, Dr Nyaho Tamakloe, Abdul Malik Kwaku Baako, Akoto Ampaw, Victor Newman, Kwaku Opoku, Napoleon Abdulai and was …

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FLASHBACK: No turning back to IMF, we’re on the right path – Ofori-Atta

In May, 2022, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, reiterated government’s stance on going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial assistance. According to him, government was committed to not returning to the IMF because interventions and policies had been put in place to ensure sufficient macroeconomic gains for the local economy …

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