Innovative Strategies for Startups and Small businesses It is a truism that a good idea sells itself, but then, for a good idea to sell itself, it must first be presented in the best possible way. Many startups have failed to secure funding not because they were unviable businesses or...
The hue and cry about domestic workers having a regulation to govern their activities in Ghana and abroad is no longer an illusion but a reality.  Domestic work is one of the world’s oldest occupations. It basically refers to domestic chores performed in a home or domestic setting. The...
To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart. ----Thomas Watson Sr. It is a known secret that many of the fastest growing economies of the world are in Africa, but regional economic integration and intra-African trade leave much to be desired....
The attention of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has been drawn to a press conference organised by the Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union (GNPTDU) on Monday October 19, 2020. Their grievances centred on five issues as listed below: National Petroleum Authority (NPA) should approve the 86 Gas filling station...
……acquires BNP Paribas in Guinea and Burkina Faso Vista Bank Group (‘Vista’) has agreed with BNP Paribas to acquire BNP Paribas’ majority interest in the International Bank for industry in Guinea and the International Bank for Industry, Commerce and Agriculture in Burkina Faso. The acquisition, whose completion is subject to regulatory...
The International Day of Rural Women has been held in Tamale, the Northern regional capital with a call for an urgent need for building rural women’s resilience in the wake of COVID-19 by strengthening rural women’s sustainable livelihoods and wellbeing. This year’s event organised by the Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency...
… celebrates International Day of Rural Women Whilst COVID-19 has had an adverse effect on all spheres of human endeavour, women living in rural settlements have been particularly disadvantaged at the peak of the pandemic as it led to the disruption in the supply chain of agriculture produce, Emmanuel W....
It is increasingly recognised that we live in a VUCA World, characterized by Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. The Covid-19 pandemic has shown how quickly major economic disruption can occur. Leading economies suddenly see numerous businesses facing bankruptcy. The dislocation, coupled with the impact of new technology, will accelerate the...
… as 60% of businesses expected to miss out on 2020 targets In the changing face of business, especially retail, it would be prudent for businesses to go against the convention of cutting allocation to marketing expenditure whenever there is an economic downturn, but rather be innovative in their...
The National President of Ghana Psychological Association, Collins Badu Agyeman, has urged entrepreneurs to focus on the positives of the outbreak of COVID-19 and device measures to keep their operation ongoing to be able to survive the scourge of the pandemic. According to him, almost all entrepreneurs are likely to...