By Albert Amekudzi The world is entering an era where crises are no longer exceptions; they are becoming the norm. The Russia-Ukraine war exposed vulnerabilities in global food, fertilizer, energy, and supply chains. The ongoing tensions and military confrontations involving Iran have once again demonstrated how quickly global energy markets can be disrupted. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the fragility of international logistics systems. Climate change continues to threaten food production and water security across continents. For countries like Ghana that basically depend heavily on imports and global supply chains, every geopolitical shock quickly becomes an economic shock. Ghana is not immune. While Ghana has rightly embarked on the Ghana Accelerated National Reserve Accumulation Policy (GANRAP), aimed at building significant gold reserves, the country must recognize that national resilience cannot be built on gold reserves alone. Gold reserves provide monetary stability. How...