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03 August, 2025
Dr Maxwell Ampong
We often discuss attracting investment into rural areas, focusing on agriculture, infrastructure, and...
25 July, 2025
Dr Maxwell Ampong
The question seems simple, perhaps even rhetorical on the surface. But there’s a reason I write these...
25 July, 2025
Dr Maxwell Ampong
We’ve grown accustomed to talking about unemployment as if it’s a traffic light we’re waiting to change...
14 July, 2025
Dr Maxwell Ampong
In Accra, Kumasi, Tamale and even the smallest communities across Ghana, you’ll find markets that never...
02 July, 2025
Dr Maxwell Ampong
There is quiet gold beneath our feet. Yet, I can’t find plantain to buy, and it frustrates me. Some time...
27 June, 2025
Dr Maxwell Ampong
“Garbage in, garbage out.” But in today’s digitised economy, that phrase underestimates the problem....
20 June, 2025
Dr Maxwell Ampong
Tomatoes from Burkina Faso, onions from Mali, rice from Vietnam, frozen chicken from Brazil. Ghanaian...
20 June, 2025
Dr Maxwell Ampong
Every few years, a new administration in Ghana rolls out an agricultural masterplan with its own slogans,...
09 June, 2025
Dr Maxwell Ampong
You can learn a lot about people by analysing, for instance, how they eat. Not just what they choose,...
06 June, 2025
Dr Maxwell Ampong
The University of Ghana (UG) has formed a strategic partnership with Maxwell Investments Group (MIG)...
23 May, 2025
Dr Maxwell Ampong
Feeding Ghana today feels like walking a tightrope during a storm. Everything, from prices to weather...
14 May, 2025
Dr Maxwell Ampong
When discussing food security in Africa, we often picture rural areas facing failed rains, subsistence...