CENTENARY OF BURNING ‘BLACK WALL STREET’: A stock is an interesting concept and what better day to talk about the legal and financial constructs of one of Africa’s most active stock market than the centenary of Tulsa race massacre. Caucasians residents of Oklahoma, weaponized by city officials, attacked Black residents and burned business owned by […] The post Understanding
“It cannot be right, no matter where in the world, that journalists are physically attacked or prevented from doing their work. Once that happens, it is an attack on media freedom – and it must be roundly condemned by all.” – President Akufo-Addo Recent developments in the media environment of Ghana call for a second […] The post Poor journalists, weak media, poor democracy
Industry & Consumer Information with Johnson Opoku-Boateng The World Food Safety Day (WFSD) is an annual celebration of food safety jointly led by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Health Organisation (WHO). Today, 7th June, marks World Food Safety Day for the year 2021. According to the WHO, the celebration aims to draw […] The post World Food Safety Day –
Government, as part of its transformational agenda for the automobile industry, has identified Vehicle Assembly and Automotive Components Manufacturing as a strategic anchor industry to accelerate the country’s industrial development. Given the complexity of the pandemic, there is reason to believe that the recovery phase for COVID-19 and the automobile sector will require unprecedented levels […] The post Gov’t
A Better Tomorrow with People’s Pension Young and middle-aged people are busy starting careers, families, paying off mortgages, educational expenses, putting up their own houses, or saving up for their kid’s future educational expenses, among others. They will therefore relegate old age retirement to the background, because, after all, retirement may be several decades away. Others […] The post Retirement
Top Ghanaian CEOs who mentored over 300 young entrepreneurs at an online mentorship programme held in Accra, have selected twenty of the mentees for an apprenticeship programme with their companies to improve their business skills. The business leaders and CEOs who will receive mentees in their companies, are members of the Stanford Seed Transformation Network, […] The post 20
Ransomware – a type of malicious software that restricts access to a computer system until a ransom is paid – is not a good look for cryptocurrencies. Proponents of these digital coins would rather point to celebrity investors such as Tesla founder Elon Musk, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, star football quarterback Tom Brady, or […] The post A curse worse than cash appeared first on
When it comes to being excellent consistently in life, business, relationship, leadership and in all engagements, your soft skills are the driver that guides every single journey. Soft skills are the tools you need to show yourself as groomed, making impact and to make a difference in your space. Soft skills are required when you […] The post Soft skills matter appeared first on
They are from diverse backgrounds. They do things differently. They have different reasons for doing what they do. They even have different objectives. But technically, they are all from the same stock. Lots of studies have been done about these individuals. Volumes have been written about them. Many businesses are putting in serious strategies to […] The post Prosumers: The rise of
The expression “digital world” is normally used when characterizing digital familiarity and digital education. The digital world is the accessibility and use of digital instruments to convey on the Internet, digital devices, smart devices, and other technologies. There is a need to review the status of preparations for the millennium bug, to consider individual responsibilities […] The post Spanning
The issue of high debt stock is a headache for most developing economies, more importantly, economies in sub-Saharan Africa. Interestingly, Ghana is no exception to the debt phenomenon. The critical question is whether or not economies within sub-Saharan Africa can develop without debt? That is, borrowing from bilateral partners and multi-lateral institutions such as the […] The post The
People sometimes use the words ‘mentoring’ and ‘coaching’ interchangeably, but they do not describe the same type of working relationship. Both mentoring and coaching share the same specific goals including employee learning and career development that leads to peak performance and the realization of full potential. However, the definition, role, focus, approach and tools are […] The post The
…to mark World Environment Day Waste management company Zoomlion Ghana Limited has undertaken a tree-planting and clean-up exercise within its Nmai Dzorn community to commemorate World Environment Day. The company and its staff members were seen busily desilting drains, clearing medians of plastic waste, sweeping and planting trees along streets of the Nmai Dzorn School […] The post Zoomlion
Dimension Data Ghana Limited, a hybrid IT systems integrator & services management institution, has pitched its top-notch digital solutions and thought leadership ideas directly to top level industry CEOs and decision makers at the 5th CEO Summit. As a gold sponsor, the forum provided the Dimension Data team with the opportunity to interact one on […] The post Dimension Data
AngloGold Ashanti-Obuasi Mine has reiterated its commitment to improving healthcare delivery and the general wellbeing of its host communities with the construction and handing-over of a modern maternal facility for the Obuasi Government Hospital. The 16-bed capacity facility, built at the cost of over GH?1.1million by the AGA Obuasi Community Trust Fund, is expected to […] The post AGA
Any nation that wants to attain desirable development must make use of effective communication which is a major tool of mobilisation. Every development programme/project has a communication strategy. Several scholars have posited that any reasonable growth and desirable development may be an elusive fantasy without a good development communication strategy. There are steps in designing […] The post Breaking
Apart from nuclear power assuring the supply of cheap and consistent power to spur the nation’s industrialisation agenda, industrial standards would see a significant boost with the construction of a nuclear plant, the Director of Nuclear Power Institute (NPI), Dr. Seth Debrah has said. According to him, per the masterplan entailed in the Nuclear Power […] The post Building
The Executive Director of Kandifo Institute, Palgrave Boakye-Danquah has congratulated Dr. Antionette Tsidoe-Darko on becoming the Executive Director of Danquah Institute. “I am very pleased to send my warmest congratulations on your appointment as the Executive Director Danquah Institute. I wish you much success in your new post and look forward to working with you […] The post Kandifo
I write to grease the call by President Nana Akufo-Addo as the above subject suggests in the 13th of November 2019 issue of the Daily Graphic. Interest rates form the basis of economic activities in every economy, and if handled well propels real economic fortunes; but the reverse will accelerate economic doom. Over the years, […] The post High interest rates a concern for all appeared
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Stanford Seed Transformation Network Ghana (STN). The move, which is expected to deepen capital market participation in the country, is in line with GSE’s strategy to groom and prepare the next pool of companies to list on the Accra bourse. The […] The post GSE, STN sign MoU to deepen
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