COLUMNIST: BRIGHT SIMONS

Bright Simons writes: Group Nduom has won one battle but the capital war continues

May 26, 2026 | Feature Article

I just finished reading the judgment of the Court of Appeal in the GN Savings Loans license revocation saga. (Quite a ...

Groupe Nduom has won one battle but the capital war continues

May 26, 2026 | Feature Article

I just finished reading the judgment of the Court of Appeal in the GN Savings Loans license revocation saga. (Quite ...

The draft NITA Bill should be shredded – Bright Simons writes

May 25, 2026 | Feature Article

One of Ghana 39;s veteran business journalists, now based in New York, reached out and asked if I have been following t ...

Bright Simons writes: Ghana’s gold is trapped by a constipation of imagination

Feb 2, 2026 | Feature Article

1. The story of gold in Ghana (once the ldquo;Gold Coast rdquo;) is the story of missed opportunities. 2. Opportunit ...

Bright Simons writes: Self-praise won’t help GoldBod, katanomic modelling might

Jan 15, 2026 | Feature Article

Quite a few people have sent me a report seemingly commissioned by the GoldBod and written by three economists, some ...

Bright Simons writes: Is talk of “losses” by GoldBod just abstract drivel?

Dec 30, 2025 | Feature Article

Public policy advocacy is a constant wrestle between precision/rigour and clarity. I thought my recent piece on the G ...

Bright Simons asks: Is Bank of Ghana’s “Islamic Banking” Rebrand too clever by h...

Dec 14, 2025 | Feature Article

Yesterday, I read the ldquo;exposure draft rdquo; of the Bank of Ghana 39;s Guideline for the Regulation and Supervisi ...

How the Gold-for-Oil scam was orchestrated - A simple must read explanation by B...

Sep 30, 2025 | Feature Article

1.? ?Okay, let 39;s talk about Gold-for-Oil (G4O). 2.? ?In late 2022, the government of Ghana announced that the c ...

Bright Simons writes: Chaos after helicopter crash in Ghana highlights “katanomi...

Aug 14, 2025 | Feature Article

A helicop ...

Attorney General of Ghana, Dominic Ayine

Bright Simons writes: AG has recovered 10.6% of the Unibank liability NOT 60% as...

Jul 29, 2025 | Feature Article

1. On 22nd July 2025, the Attorney General of Ghana (AG) announced that he had reached an agreement with the main own ...

Bright Simons writes: What the opioids boom in Ghana says about the cocaine circ...

Apr 23, 2025 | Feature Article

It is exactly two months ago that the BBC dropped a

Bright Simons writes: “All that glitters is not gold” – initial comments on Ghan...

Mar 28, 2025 | Feature Article

In 2018, Ghana overtook South Africa to become Africa 39;s largest gold producer. http://cdn.modernghana.com/ ...

Someone very powerful wants to flood Ghana with poisons – Bright Simons writes

Feb 27, 2025 | Feature Article

Sweet and beguiling poisons Barely a week ago, the BBC aired a documentary with a harrowing message: deadly opio ...

Bright Simons writes: Pwalugu Dam & political “loot” recovery (ORAL) in Ghana

Feb 4, 2025 | Feature Article

In February, 2020, the Parliament of Ghana ratified the decision of the government to spend nearly $900 million on a ...

Bright Simons writes: From Gold-4-Oil to GoldBod; can you trust the process?

Jan 27, 2025 | Feature Article

Joe Jackson got me thinking I was intrigued to hear the erudite

Bright Simons writes: Ghana’s Finance Minister-designate grilled over tax promis...

Jan 14, 2025 | Feature Article

The

Shangri-La: The most twisted hotel saga in Ghana — Bright Simons writes

Jan 14, 2025 | Feature Article

If you are of a certain age and know Accra a bit, you must know Shangri-La. A cute, low-rise, hotel along the northern s ...

Bright Simons

Bright Simons is a Ghanaian social innovator, entrepreneur, writer, social and political commentator. . More He is the vice-president, in charge of research at IMANI Centre for Policy and Education. He is also the founder and president of mPedigree.