Franklin Cudjoe, 2010 Young Global Leader Award
Life seems to grant rare opportunities to show a person how much they really mean to us. Sure, on a daily basis we say “thank-you” and tell people we appreciate them, but very rarely is there a time and place to tell the world about a person who has [...]

The impact of mobile phones and mobile applications on emerging markets
This week’s Economist has an excellent set of special reports focused on the impact that mobile phones and mobile applications are having on emerging markets. The reports also cover how mobile applications are being used to provide financial services to millions around the world [...]

If you were one of the millions listening to Joy FM on Monday morning, then you witnessed Ghana Presidential spokesperson, Mr. Mahama Ayariga venomously react to a harmless suggestion of ministerial reshuffle by Mr. Kofi Bentil, IMANI’s senior fellow. Ayariga’s reaction settled any doubt that truly, a review of the President’s cabinet is long [...]

What is the future for Africa on the world stage? With American President Barak Obama’s recent visit to Ghana, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s eleven day, seven nation tour of Africa, many were quick to claim America’s clear superiority in African diplomatic sway.
But America has competition on this front. Sino-African trade tops $107 billion, [...]

If you thought that American farmers was the only group powerful enough to hold a firm grip on policy makers, you haven’t met the “Landing Beach Committees” of Ghana’s fishing sector.
It’s a rare phenomenon, but it’s been known to happen, some subsidies aimed at helping the poor end up benefiting the rich, particularly [...]

Last week the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) in collaboration with IMANI: Centre for Policy and Education held a seminar in Accra, Ghana to educate economists, entrepreneurs and policy makers on the essence of developing and protecting property rights.
According to Franklin Cudjoe, Executive Director of IMANI, property rights means possessing “The right to use, control, and dispose [...]

Here’s what’s going on around AGI this week:

Tom G. Palmer’s new book, Realizing Freedom, hit the shelves this week! Check it out and purchase it here.
Our Kurdish site, Chiraiazadi.org, is now on Facebook and Twitter.  Follow and friend us!
Cheragheazadi.org just released Capitalism and Freedom, by Milton Friedman, in Farsi.
There’s a must see article on [...]

What does the Atlas Economic Research Foundation share with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC)?
With the recent announcement that the latter three organizations have committed $90-million over five years to fund independent “think tanks,” all four groups share the belief [...]

The Accra-based IMANI Center for Policy & Education just launched a new online “red flag alert” service to keep its readers on top of developing stories and emerging trends related to IMANI’s focus areas without having to wade through long policy papers.
Click here for an alert on the status of oil production in Uganda and [...]

After publishing a petition urging G20 leaders to support free trade and not protectionist policies, the IMANI Center for Policy and Education received a request from The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) to use their petition during a prime time news segment. The GBC is the public broadcaster of Ghana, and has simultaneous country-wide transmission on [...]