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

Joe Jackson got me thinking

I was intrigued to hear the erudite Joe Jackson profusely praise the Bank of Ghana’s (BoG’s) Gold-for-Oil program not too long ago.

Mr. Jackson is one of the few business leaders in Ghana, in the ultra – risk averse financial industry no less, who still bothers with public education and policy advocacy. If ever there was a counter to the thesis that Ghana’s elites have become feckless, self-centered, and insular, then he is it.....