Risk Watch with Alberta QUARCOOPOME: Physical security essentials in traditional bank branches (1)

In today's business environment, organisations generate more information than at any other point in history. Emails, project updates, dashboards, performance reports, meeting minutes, customer records and operational data flow continuously across departments.

I grew up in Bolgatanga at a time when Ghana Television (GTV) was more or less the only television station at that time. In the evening, the household gathered round one set, and the news came at 7:00pm, delivered by newscasters whose voices I can still recall with more clarity than some of the faces I see every day now. Ebenezer Ampaabeng. Earl Ankrah. Akushika Acquaye.

Kofi is a different kind of a customer. On more than one occasion, I have wondered what my business would be like if I had just ten of his kind.

For the past 15 years, I have had the opportunity to train corporate teams, speak at conferences and organise events for different institutions. Over the years, I have noticed something interesting about the people organisations send for training, and it has become even more obvious in the past five years.

Ghana stands at a critical juncture in its economic transformation.  As the nation positions itself as a beacon of stability and growth in West Africa, the structure of its labour market demands urgent scrutiny. 

One of the most serious weaknesses of any high-stakes examination system is the possibility of question leakage, examination malpractice and unauthorized access to test materials. This is not simply a technical problem.

Ghana is attempting to change one of the oldest patterns in African economic development: extracting valuable natural resources, exporting them with limited processing, and importing higher-value manufactured products at significantly higher prices.

Behind almost every corporate success, and almost every corporate failure, sits a board committee.