Assures delegates of breaking ‘the eight’  The Ghanaian economy continues a remarkable economic recovery at the back of global economic turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has indicated. Dr. Bawumia said notwithstanding the adverse impact of COVID-19 on economic growth, debts and deficits at the macroeconomic...
Motivation is unobservable directly. As noted by Kwon (2016), “motivation resides within an individual and it enables them to act in a particular manner to achieve specific goals and objectives”. For instance, acquiring money is owing to extrinsic motivation but the main reason behind the acquisition of the money...
With banks witnessing significant changes in customer engagement patterns with a shift from traditional transaction channels toward digital platforms, spurred on largely by the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited, Julian Kingsley Opuni, believes that now is an ideal time to bring the...
REAL ESTATE MINUTE: With Cyril Nii Ayitey Tetteh  Good day to you fellow Ghanaians, I trust you are keeping safe out there. One place we are spending a lot of time in these pandemic times is our homes and it can be tough keeping them in pristine condition. So this...
…as 109,557 special voters cast ballot today With barely seven days to the general election, the Electoral Commission (EC) has stressed its readiness to execute its mandate as all the necessary arrangements have been made to ensure a peaceful, credible and transparent election come December 7, 2020. Jean Mensa, Chairperson of...
The Chartered Institute of Human Resource Management, Ghana has held its 12th Graduation Ceremony, with a charge for HR practitioners to be more resilient to challenges of the Coronavirus pandemic and also hold true the values and ethics of HR practice in Ghana. Addressing the 12th Graduation Ceremony at the...
Businesses and homes within the capital will soon enjoy reliable supply of power as work on the US$50million Pokuase Bulk Supply Point (BSP) project reaches 87 percent completion. The power substation comprises switch gear and control rooms for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) with...
  Cocoa farmers only earn about 6% of the chocolate industry’s total revenues Recent studies criticising the global chocolate industry for exploitative practices have concerned ethical consumers. Cocoa farmers only earn about 6% of the chocolate industry’s total revenues. Leading chocolate companies have since 2001 made pledges to end widespread abusive...
Mr. Oliver Akubia, the Managing Director of Millennium Insurance Company, has expressed his profound gratitude to the sales executives for their almost 30% contribution to the company’s current production of about GH¢27m so far achieved. This current production figure, he said, represents about 49% growth over the previous year’s...
The European Central Bank’s monetary policy has undergone a peculiar change during the pandemic. Something other than the goal of price stability appears to be guiding the bank’s overall approach, suggesting that it has adopted a new mandate without publicly announcing it. Since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, the...