The gratitude cycle and customer relationships

Every December, the arrivals hall at the Accra International Airport fills with Ghanaians and foreigners coming home for Christmas and in the course of their visit, some explore business opportunities in Ghana.

Ghanaian businesses have long faced a structural bottleneck, the difficult transition from promising, sustainable ideas to commercially viable, scalable enterprises. While the commercial case for green technology, waste recycling, renewable energy, and sustainable agriculture is clear, securing risk-tolerant financing has historically been an uphill battle for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Imagine two families living in the same city. Both earn $120,000 a year. Both have stable jobs.

“Those who are blinded by the shine, often ignore the real worth ✨👓” Dear readers, last week was my thirteenth year as a columnist in this newspaper, and indeed this was my first article on 13th October, 2013.

Every study of sustainability reporting readiness in African markets reaches the same conclusion by a different route. The binding constraint is not comprehension of IFRS S1 and IFRS S2.

Imagine Ama, who shared a post online criticising those in power, is picked up by the police in the wee hours of the night, with no chance to leave a note behind or call her family.

West African countries have been urged to deepen regional energy trade and strengthen domestic refining capacity to reduce their exposure to global supply disruptions, as energy ministers met in Accra to advance cooperation on electricity and energy security across the sub-region.

Chai Energy, a special purpose vehicle (SPV), is preparing to raise about US$300million, roughly GH¢3.5billion, through an initial public offering (IPO) to acquire equity stakes in two operating independent power producers (IPPs), according to a source close to the deal and a transaction document seen by B&FT.