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This frequently updated section captures the reflections of Katanomists and other writers on current governance failures, policy openings, scandals, debates, and innovations. Always through the lens of Katanomics.
Even Dangote cannot escape katanomics
Bright Simons | 25 Dec 2025
As we wrap up programming on this site for the holiday break, I thought I should give readers a parting shot from the katanomics stable. And who best to use than Aliko Dangote, the richest Black billionaire in the world, and arguably the most consequential industrialist Africa has produced since...
Read moreIs Bank of Ghana’s “Islamic Banking” Rebrand too clever by half?
Bright Simons | 13 Dec 2025
Yesterday, I read the “exposure draft” of the Bank of Ghana’s Guideline for the Regulation and Supervision of Non-Interest Banking. The first thing that struck me is that the central bank’s strategic decision to rebrand “Islamic Banking” as “Non-Interest Banking” (NIB), while understandable as a bid to avoid the kind...
Read moreThe OSP wants to jail former NPA Bosses, but Katanomics is the Bigger Culprit
Bright Simons | 12 Nov 2025
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is prosecuting former senior officials of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), one of the big government agencies in Ghana’s energy sector. The OSP alleges that the former NPA Executives created an extortion racket that netted them more than $25 million in corrupt funds....
Read moreKatanomics disrupts African Union plan to put Africa on the World Map in a bigger way
Bright Simons | 18 Aug 2025
The African Union has thrown its weight behind a projection system for rendering maps that shows Africa’s true size better than the much more popular Mercator system. Most educated people know that popular world maps don’t do justice to the sheer humongousness of the African continent. I personally learnt about...
Read moreChaos after helicopter crash in Ghana highlights “katanomics” theory
Bright Simons | 14 Aug 2025
Bright Simons | 13/08/2025 A helicopter crash on the 6th of August 2025 has thrown Ghana into a state of deep mourning. The deaths of the two Cabinet Ministers, a deputy national security boss, and two former government officials have hit the ruling party especially hard. Losing three officers trained...
Read moreThe Bare Facts in the Black Volta Saga
Bright Simons | 13 Jul 2025
If you didn’t get time to watch my presentation on Newsfile about the Black Volta goldmine, E&P, Azumah, and Ecowas Bank (@BIDC_EBID), here is a recording to view at your leisure. 2. I am very impressed by the bold journalism displayed by Newsfile, Joy, and Multimedia. Especially considering the...
Read moreAfreximbank gripped by identity crisis amid surging growth
Bright Simons | 9 Jun 2025
[This essay draws on a piece first published in Semafor.] Last week’s downgrade of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to a notch above junk status by ratings agency, Fitch, immediately focused the minds of analysts across Africa on the Cairo-based multilateral development bank’s growing pains and identity crisis. New York-based...
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