The adverse impacts of the coronavirus disease on economies, industries and people all over the nations of our world cannot be under-estimated. From the onset of this very year till now, the world has been bedevilled by this disastrous pandemic. This global plague has blighted the economies and industries...
On a typical workday, hundreds of thousands of men clad in overalls and carrying safety equipment and head lamps assemble at South Africa’s mine shafts. They crowd into cramped elevators to be lowered miles underground, where they hack at seams of gold or platinum and haul ore in intense...
The news about the spread of COVID-19 is changing fast and companies are trying to make decisions about everything, depending on the industry. There are a lot of uncertainties about the spread of the virus and companies need to develop appropriate Change Management strategies to respond to it. The spread of...
From Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe, Argentina to Zanzibar, the whole world is under siege. The very existence of the human race is under a ferocious attack from the novel corona virus, officially labelled “covid-19”. This virus has brought virtually every field of human endeavor to a frightening standstill. Every sector, be...
Crises come in two variants: those for which we could not have prepared, because no one had anticipated them, and those for which we should have been prepared, because they were in fact expected. COVID-19 is in the latter category, no matter what US President Donald Trump says to...
Plan Ghana has donated an amount of GH¢50,000 to government’s Covid-19 Fund to support the fight against the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in the country. Presenting the package to government at the Ministry of Information, the Country Director of Plan Ghana, Solomon TesfaMariam noted that Plan International Ghana donated to...
There are those who dread the idea of going into farming. For some, it will never be part of their career options in life. For others, they fear they can never make enough money from it to take care of their needs and their families’. But one lady has...
It is rare to see young people engage in works that many of their colleagues consider being physically ‘dirty’. Today’s youth are most interested in acquiring a degree and getting a job that will put them in an airconditioned office. But that is not what a young lady called...
Innovation is what is driving today’s world. That is why businesses are told to innovate or die. One area where innovation is really needed on our continent is the agriculture sector and a lot of startups are trying in this regard. This week, the B&FT’s Inspiring Startups caught up...
The COVID-19 crisis is driving customers to engage with brands in new ways. It is becoming increasingly important for companies to be able to visualize how their customers interact with their brand across a myriad of touchpoints. Businesses must help clients identify and track these interactions across all channels,...