A report issued by IMANI Africa has revealed that the think tank lost three major funders due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. Founding President of IMANI, Frankin Cudjoe, revealed this in a statement that was issued after an IMANI-GIZ Policy Dialogue on COVID-19 and its Impact on Ghanaian Businesses, …
Read More »IMANI analyses in some aspects of agricultural promises in the NPP and NDC manifestos
NPP. In the previous Manifesto of 2016, the NPP already envisioned modernising agriculture and improving agricultural mechanization centers in Ghana. One of the specific promises that was made in regard to the mechanisation centers was the following “revamp existing mechanisation centres and support the private sector to establish, manage, …
Read More »Ghanaians Must Have A Say In State Appointments – Marricke Gane
A presidential aspirant, Marricke Kofi Gane has said Ghanaians must have a choice in the executive powers that mandates the president to make appointments to run the affairs of the country. He believes it is essential that professional institutions chip in to ensure that the perfect selections are made to …
Read More »No one is interested in killing Africans with coronavirus – IMANI Vice President
IT Consultant and Vice President of policy think tank Imani Africa Selorm Branttie has explained that widely circulated information that the novel coronavirus is an invention by the West or some millionaire to kill Africans is untrue and must be disregarded, insisting that it is Africa’s leadership that is responsible …
Read More »HOT: Ken Agyapong attacks Franklin Cudjoe for insulting MPs
Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has descended heavily on IMANI boss, Franklin Cudjoe, for allegedly calling MPs drunkards. The outspoken lawmaker took Franklin Cudjoe to the cleaners as he bombarded him with unprintable words, as well as describing him as a dishonest person. Mr. Agyepong …
Read More »IMANI Africa states reasons why CSOs oppose the new biometric voter system
The EC wants to rip out a system worth $60 million, of which value at least $40 million has accumulated since just 2016, and spend $150 million (plus contingency) constructing a new one. A careful analysis of best practice in procuring biometric technology for elections in Africa shows that the …
Read More »I like the seriousness of this NPP government – Franklin Cudjoe
Policy analyst and Chief Executive Officer of Imani Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has praised the NPP government’s seriousness to validate its claim of having delivered or being on track to deliver at least 72% of its manifesto promises. Writing on his Facebook wall, Cudjoe expressed his admiration for the government’s effort …
Read More »Akufo-Addo scores himself 72%; says IMANI’s 48% wrong
President Nana Akufo-Addo has said he disagrees with policy think tank IMANI Africa’s recent score of 48 per cent as far as the delivery of his campaign promises are concerned. “I disagree with the 48 per cent assessment”, he told journalists at the Jubilee House on Friday, 13 December 2019, …
Read More »IMANI scores Akufo-Addo gov’t 48.78% for 2016 manifesto achievements
Think tank, IMANI Africa, has scored the Nana Akufo-Addo government an overall mark of 48.78% with regards to the fulfilment of its 2016 manifesto promises. The think tank also scored the government 54.35% for how it has managed the economy, stating that out of a total of 162 promises, only …
Read More »FULL TEXT: IMANI accuses Amewu of squandering Ghana’s energy assets
Dear Mr Amewu, Please Stop Squandering Ghana’s Energy Assets! We are back, and sooner than we feared. We were preparing to file several Constitutional Right to Information (CRTI) requests for a wide range of documents to vindicate our belief that you have been abusing your discretion in the management of …
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