Kennedy Agyapong has made a strong case for Ghana to embrace homegrown economic solutions, arguing that the country has no business turning to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) when it has the resources to thrive independently.

Drawing comparisons with countries like Thailand, Brazil, and Kenya, he pointed out how those nations have successfully developed value chains around key agricultural products.

According to him, Ghana can do the same-especially by investing in local maize production for ethanol. "Why run to the IMF when the solution is right here?

We lack basic pragmatism," he said.