On Monday May 3, Agrihouse Foundation held a colourful maiden edition of the Ghana Chicken Festival – a one-day fun-filled family event – in collaboration with the Ghana Poultry Project. The event, which is a practical interventional project, was aimed at promoting the patronage and consumption of locally produced chicken, as well as creating awareness […] The post Maiden Gha-Chick
Ecobank, in partnership with TANOE WomanRising, has organised a business advisory and training clinic for women business owners and leaders. This workshop forms part of the bank’s Ellevate programme, designed to assist women reach their full potential by empowering, growing and supporting them with customised financial and value-added solutions. The clinic, which was held at […] The post Women-owned
The Chief Executive Officer of Allianz Insurance, Darlington Munhuwani, has urged businesses to give more attention to cyber insurance as it would play a critical role in ensuring resilience with the advent of the new normal. Mr. Munhuwani, in an interview with the B&FT, said buying cyber insurance amounts to cyber-attack risk sharing which is […] The post Cyber
The launch of a book titled ‘Contemporary Business Imperatives in a Developing Economy’, edited by Kwaku Appiah-Adu & Mahamudu Bawumia, has been held in Accra Ghana. The book makes compelling reading, as it defines and ably discusses the subject of business imperatives within a defined context. A business imperative involves a major change or goal a firm undertakes. […] The post ‘Contemporary
My stomach is coming… well, not exactly. That’s a direct translation from our local Twi dialect. I’m trying to say my 6-pack abs are combining into one right before my eyes, and it feels horrible when I notice. So I’ve been thinking a lot about habits lately. Then Alan, who I talk to a lot, […] The post Stories from people who have built better habits appeared
…The challenges of the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (iEPA) between Ghana and the European Union (EU) From 1948 to the present, the world has witnessed the evolution of multilateral trade regimes. From the creation of the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT) to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) where regulations and agreements on trade […] The post Forgeting
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has admonished banks and key stakeholders in the financing space to reconsider their perceived notion that agricultural financing is too risky, thus their hesitation to invest in it. Dr. Bawumia observed that agricultural financing is limited because financial institutions perceive it as a highly risky venture, and as such financial […] The post Banks
The Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) has officially launched its professional marketing qualification programme, in accordance with requirements of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana Act, 2020 (Act 1021). The qualification programme will among other things provide training, conduct examinations and award Professional Marketing Certificates to individuals who enrolled onto the programme, in accordance […] The post CIMG
Developing a digital literate society: The Institute of ICT Professionals Ghana (IIPGH) with its partners Codie it!, and TinkerToys, from Leipzig, Germany on 3rd May 2021 successfully launched its Digital Design and Creative Coding Hub in Accra. The event had a splendid setup, hosting about 35 children with their parents, and other invited guests. The […] The post IIPGH
COVID-19 brought the world to its knees, but one country defied all odds and was the first to gradually open up for business – and so when the opportunity from Emirates came for a trip to savor life after lockdown, I gladly obliged. Dubai was established in the 18th century as a small fishing village. […] The post Dubai’s tourism example appeared first on The
Ghana has taken delivery of some 50 tonnes (2,500 crates) of dates, which were handed over to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration on Thursday, May 6, 2021, in Accra, part of which is expected to be given to the Muslim community in Ghana. Ambassador Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Chief Director of the […] The post Gov’t takes delivery of 2,500
“What is research but a blind date with knowledge?” – Will Harvey In the market research industry, data quality is everything. Data quality needs to be a top priority; everything relies on it. Putting your energy into monitoring the quality of your data will help ensure the quality of your results, quality findings, and quality […] The post Modern quality control
Director of First Impressions! I first came across this designation in the book “DOUBLE DOUBLE: How to Double Your Revenue and Profit in 3 Years or Less”. The author Cameron Herold stated that he hired someone for the position of Director of First Impressions when he was the president of Barter Business Exchange. Herold used […] The post The Director
Productivity is not only doing more work. It was only after 7 years into my leadership career that I came to fully appreciate the meaning of productivity. I was managing a fairly large team, and it was safe to say that they were a sufficient number for the amount of work we had to manage. […] The post Understanding productivity and how it can be achieved appeared
Many people have viewed economics as just a subject studied to satisfy academic requirements, obtain degrees and certificates and secure jobs. Many students have been scared by the subject’s mathematical and analytical features leading to their dislike. Also, the poor conditions in developing nations have contributed to making economics unappealing to the public. The ordinary […] The post Understanding
The only way to end the COVID-19 pandemic is to immunize enough people worldwide. The slogan “no one is safe until we are all safe” captures the epidemiological reality we face. Outbreaks anywhere could spawn a SARS-CoV-2 variant that is resistant to vaccines, forcing us all back into some form of lockdown. Given the emergence […] The post Will corporate greed prolong the pandemic?
The past year has been very challenging – from the stress of living through a global pandemic to the various lockdown restrictions that have kept us indoors. But, amid this tough phase, we have also witnessed moments worth celebrating. In the past few months, we saw Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala become both the first woman as well […] The post Women
“Too many security officers live day to day. They just want to be treated with dignity” —John Wilson Dear Readers, please read this post carefully. It went viral on social media a few yeara ago. After reading it, I started feeling guilty about some of the issues involved because most of us are guilty. As […] The post The role of the security
Customers of FBNBank Ghana will benefit from an enhanced information security system which has received ISO 27001:2013 certification. The ISO certification confirms that FBNBank Ghana has attained the required level of security, which attests to the Bank’s capability and capacity, to stay on top of data security risks. Commenting on the certification, the Executive Director/Chief […] The post FBNBank
In recent years, manipulated and encouraged by the anti-China forces in the United States, some truth-bending “academic institutions”, rumor-mongering “experts and scholars” and “amateur actors” with no moral scruples have created a chain of lies to defame Xinjiang and mislead international public discourse, often through dirty funding, fact-twisting stories and massive smear campaigns. Truth shall […] The post Things
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