The YAFO Institute, an independent public policy research organization in Ghana, has been selected to participate in the 2024 Think Tank Shark Tank Competition at the Africa Liberty Forum in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This prestigious competition, hosted by Atlas Network and Liberty Sparks, gives three contestants the opportunity to pitch their organization’s mission and […]
An agricultural economist and lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Amos Mensah, has urged the government to provide an enabling system to curb the growing youth unemployment situation in the country. Speaking at the YAFO Institute’s Policy Dialogue Series dubbed “Ghana’s Unemployment Challenge: Creating a Supportive Ecosystem for Entrepreneurs
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An independent public policy research organisation or think tank—with the core aim of promoting libertarian ideas and free enterprise research—has challenged the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to show proof of its reserve. Read more
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As Ghana takes major steps to tackle climate change by imposing a Combustion Tax (Emissions Levy, Act 2023, (Act 112)) on vehicles and machinery in important sectors, there is a need to critically analyse the efficacy of such tax-based methods as a response to the climate crisis. While taxation can induce behavioural change and fund
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The average Ghanaian does not need an economics degree to know the economy is going through a very rough patch. They feel it on their commute to work and when shopping for foodstuffs. As of August 2023, Ghana faces an extremely challenging economic outlook with high inflation exceeding 40%. This is largely driven by rising
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The Minister of Finance of Ghana, Ken Ofori-Atta, has stated that E-Levy, as proposed in Ghana’s 2022 budget, would ensure the employment of over 11 million people. He made this revelation at the Springboard Youth Dialogue held at the University of Cape Coast. The E-levy on page 74 of the 2022 budget statement specifically outlines the introduction
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NABCO or YouStart, history, they say, repeats itself. However, critically analyzing history, it would be safe to say that history does not repeat itself but men do. Predicting the future is a difficult task, one that is hinged on probability. Great philosophers and scientists have various theories on probability and have advanced arguments to support
NABCO & YOUSTART; Same Policy, Different Names and Same Results Read More »
The National Insurance Commission (NIC), Ghana’s statutory agency in charge of insurance regulation, accepted the invitation to launch the Driver Mo 2022 report. The Driver Mo 2022 report was a Young Africans for Opportunities research report on vehicle insurance experiences in Ghana. Mr. Charles Ansong Dankyi, Senior Manager in charge of Marketing and External Relations at the National Insurance Commission (NIC), represented the Commissioner of Insurance at the Driver Mo 2022 report launch on January 25th, 2023 in Accra, and delivered the speech below as chairman of the occasion; Good afternoon invited
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The Young Africans for Opportunity (YAFO) launched the “Driver Mo 2022 Report” An Exploratory Report on Motor Vehicle Insurance Experiences in Ghana at Accra on Wednesday, January 25, 2023. Present at the gathering was Mr. Charles Ansong Dankyi, Senior Manager in charge of Marketing and External Relations of the National Insurance Commission (NIC), Mr. Alexander
YAFO Institute presents An Encounter with Divine Economy Model. This event aims at enabling individuals to understand economics in the environment in which we live and work and the role of institutions in creating prosperity. Join this conversation as we have a one-on-one interaction with the author of the book, Divine Economy model, in the
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