Mark Eghan, PhD

This was how Ghanaian football looked like, when talent was valued more than other considerations and national pride defined our game. Then yaanom took over and the rest is history. What happened to our beautiful game? As usual those who have no idea about Mohammed Gargo and Awudu Issaka will unleash their insults …

If you’re 32 years or below, this could be an opportunity for an international civil service career …

My small contribution to production of global public good … Peer review is often an unseen part of academic publishing, but it plays an important role in strengthening the quality, credibility and relevance of research that informs policy and practice.

Last night, I received this poster from a former colleague with the caption “Your legacy lives on, bro....” I thank @akin_adesina for his ENABLE Youth vision and the opportunity to have led the @AfDB_Group funded SLARiS project in Sierra Leone to set up this agribusiness incubation center at Njala University. Special thanks to @mfregene77 and @hellyhashi for the guidance.

#StopGalamseyNow Catholic Archdiocese of Accra, my Lord Bishops, when is the next Environmental Prayer walk against Galamsey? Before the faceless accounts start to attack my faith, let me declare that I am a confirmed Catholic.

October 16 is World Food Day, a reminder that ensuring food security is a collective responsibility. This picture reminds me of an experience when we had money in our pockets but still went to bed hungry. We could afford to buy food, but there was simply no food available at the time. That experience reinforced that having the purchasing power to buy food does not necessarily guarantee access to it. Food security rests on four interconnected pillars: availability, access, utilization, and stability. Affordability is an important dimension of economic access, but food must also be physically available, safe, nutritious, and consistently accessible. As we commemorate World Food Day, we must recognize that achieving food security goes beyond increasing agricultural production. It requires investments in rural infrastructure, irrigation, storage, transport, efficient food markets, and resilient supply chains. #WorldFoodDay

The deeper you engage with practitioners in Ghana’s foreign exchange market, the more you begin to wonder whether what we call the formal forex market is, in practice, a formalized parallel market. The distinction between the official and “black market” appears increasingly blurred.

16 years ago, a friend developed a passion for law while doing his national service at Ghana’s Commission on Human Rights. But Ghana’s restrictive law admission system could not offer a spot for the Philosophy graduate. Fast forward to 2026. Law education is opening up, so I reached out to encourage him. His response? “I have lost interest in law.” 😂😂 Ghana finally opened the door, but the applicant has moved on! How many dreams have restrictive systems killed? Medical schools should follow next …

📣 If you are 30 years or below, this is a great opportunity to start an International Civil Service career 👇 @AfDB_Group

Most people on this App shouting that Ghana doesn’t need more lawyers probably don’t even know the difference between the Ghana Bar and a chop bar. Yet, they’re confidently debating the future of the legal profession.

In 2016, I questioned why my brother had to pay his lawyer extra “fuel money” or “air ticket” every time he appeared in court. As an economist, I saw a market problem: limited competition, weak bargaining power for clients. Today, Ghana is producing lawyers in their thousands. Just like any market, competition will drive innovative solutions. Soon, Ghanaian lawyers may be offering discounts and incentives to attract clients, just like other service providers. Congratulations to my friends OPK and K. Gyasi on their call to the Bar.

If strange things suddenly start happening in Ghana, we know which country to suspect first …

“Life back home doesn’t pause because you left” …

By this time, some labour experts are sitting in conference rooms designing employment strategies for Gen Z in 2026 using Keynes’ General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936). Meanwhile, Gen Z is building careers on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram, etc. The labour market has changed. Perhaps the professors at Madonna University would reconsider their decision if they knew how much some of these young content creators are earning from the same platforms.

Congrats @MaxwellTuuli

A good heart still needs boundaries. Keep your intentions pure, but know when to walk away. Your kindness should never cost you your peace.

“Hmm one day we will understand our way of thinking”. So a group of people went to sit in a meeting and agreed that 3.9 tons (3,900kg) and 4.5 tons (4,500kg) of cocaine are smuggled in 2 pieces of 23kg luggage by innocent travelers. That was not enough, on top of time wasted in Accra traffic, you need an additional 3 hours waiting time at the airport to be searched for 1,000kg of cocaine in your 23kg luggage. Just as my friend said, “one day we will understand our way of thinking. For now it just doesn’t make sense.

October 1, 1949 and 1960 are China’s National Day and Nigeria’s Independence Day respectively. Big celebrations in Abuja and Beijing. Happy holidays to both countries. Same date. Different journeys. You are free to draw your own conclusions …

Aunty Suzanne, last November you travelled all the way from Côte d’Ivoire to Ghana to mourn with us as we buried my late mum. Little did I know it would be the last time I would see you alive. I was deeply saddened to receive the news of your untimely passing this morning. May God grant you peaceful rest, Aunty. 🕊️

Could this be a wake-up call for mental health support and assessment for stressful jobs?