#OB2022ThoughtLeadership: Adversity—fuel for creativity, innovation, and growth

It is quite a normal sight on Ghanaian roads: a toddler sitting in the front passenger seat, sometimes on an adult’s lap, sometimes standing between the seats and occasionally even appearing to “help” Mum or Dad drive. We have seen it so often that it barely attracts attention.

For generations, millions of children encountered the world through maps that gave them a misleading impression of its proportions. Africa appeared modest in size, while Europe, North America, Canada, Russia and Greenland seemed overwhelmingly large.

For the first time, three of Africa’s leading professional confederations – TICON Africa (Technology Information Confederation Africa), the African Marketing Confederation (AMC), and the African Supply Chain Confederation (ASCON) — met under one conference roof.

Imagine a newly appointed Director-General of a public regulatory authority who inherits an institution known for slow processing, opaque decision-making and informal payments that have gradually become accepted as part of navigating the system.

Government has been urged to deepen support for Ghana’s textiles and apparel industry as a way of expanding job creation and business opportunities for young people.

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr Frank Amoakohene, has underscored inadequate funding as the principal obstacle to the completion of the Boankra Inland Port, stressing that government is now compelled to intervene directly to prevent the project from stalling.

Morocco’s Attijariwafa Bank is set to become the majority shareholder of Société Générale Ghana (SG Ghana) after the French banking group agreed to sell its entire 60.22 percent stake in the listed lender.

In the bid to mobilise larger pools of private capital for climate investments, there is need for a shift in Africa’s approach to climate finance