Kwami Ahiabenu,II Knowledge Chief

  RSVP now to join the next Technology Salon May 26th Accra Salon -  RSVP Now Electronic games are a two trillion dollar global industry. Game development in Ghana is growing rapidly, fueled by the popularity of mobile phones and climbing Internet usage rates. African game developers are increasing their share of this demand by developing culturally relevant games that speak directly to local markets. What is the potential of the game industry to further Ghana's development? While games are often considered frivolous entertainment, evidence shows that games can effectively improve cognition, problem solving, and spatial skills development, with a particular benefit for science, engineering, and mathematics education. "Serious" games can also help communities explore different development scenarios to solve critical problems in society. Please RSVP now  to join the next Technology Salon Accra where we will explore questions like: What kinds of games would excite Ghanaians ...

While the natural resource curse is typically considered an economic phenomenon, unregulated access to billions of dollars in natural resource revenues has profound effects on governance and the politicization of the security sector. Given the opaque nature of many of the transactions involved, however, relatively little is known about how these relationships work in practice.   In this latest Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) Special Report, " The Anatomy of the Resource Curse: Predatory Investment in Africa's Extractive Industries ," J.R. Mailey delves into the often murky linkages between senior government officials, unscrupulous natural resource investors, and the loopholes they exploit in the international financial system.    By tracing the actions of the Hong Kong-based Queensway Group, a major actor in Africa's extractive sector, through case studies on Angola, Guinea, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe, the report provides a detailed portrait of the mechanics t...

The Anatomy of the Resource Curse While the natural resource curse is typically considered an economic phenomenon, unregulated access to billions of dollars in natural resource revenues has profound effects on governance and the politicization of the security sector. Given the opaque nature of many of the transactions involved, however, relatively little is known about how these relationships work in practice.   In this latest ACSS Special Report, " The Anatomy of the Resource Curse: Predatory Investment in Africa's Extractive Industries ," J.R. Mailey delves into the often murky linkages between senior government officials, unscrupulous natural resource investors, and the loopholes they exploit in the international financial system.    By tracing the actions of the Hong Kong-based Queensway Group, a major actor in Africa's extractive sector, through case studies on Angola, Guinea, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe, the report provides a detailed portrait of the mechanics that ...