“Sustainability is too important to leave to our chief sustainability officer. It needs to be owned by everybody in the management committee if we’re going to be effective.” -----Michael Froman, Vice-chairman, and president - Mastercard  In the famous William Shakespeare play “Romeo and Juliet,” Juliet utters the words, “What's in a...
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela owed his release from prison largely to the sacrifices made by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and the black South African ANC leaders who suffered harassment, imprisonment, torture and exile as they advocated for the end of apartheid and the release of comrade Nelson Mandela. He may not have become...
Ghanaian investors are now exploring alternative investment plans abroad. Following a turbulent first half of the year for the local economy, many are seeking to salvage whatever value is left on their money. According to Mark Pearson, the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Baron and Cabot, investment traction from...
Every organization has a basic set of rules it abides by. This is to ensure that there is a form of conformity and consistency in its operations. The grand scheme of an organization as the word denotes is to bring everyone to a set purpose based on a contract...
Social Entrepreneurs have been charged to develop innovative ways to advance the reading skills of children and young people. This according to Country Manager of Reach for Change, an NGO in Ghana, Solomon Twum, will provide different types of digital learning platforms to advance the development of relevant skills...
At a time when US consumer price inflation has reached highs unseen in over 40 years, consumer borrowing in the country has also been on the rise. The general Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all urban consumers surged at a staggering rate of 8.6 percent year-on-year in May 2022, or...
Develop and manage an experience that ensures your outcomes align with customer expectations I read a review about Nandos in Ghana recently on social media after the demise of a franchise and was intrigued by the sentiments customers expressed as they shared their disappointment that the Nandos at...
The Executive Director of Association of Rural Banks, Ghana, Mrs Comfort Owusu, who is also a strong women’s development advocate has urged women particularly in the peri-urban and smaller communities to take advantage of rural banks’ microfinance scheme to strengthen their financial independence. Mrs Owusu has also mentioned that, through...
Introduction: What does WASH stand for? Simply:  Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). The importance of WASH in the development of children’s health and life sustainability across the globe cannot be looked at with human and policy insensitivity. WASH initiatives should, therefore, remain critical to any child development settings either within the...
The Chief Executive Officer of GIRSAL Ltd., Kwesi Korboe, is calling on private sector actors in the agricultural sector to take charge in deciding what is relevant to the sector, and influence the direction of agricultural sector policy. Speaking to the media at the re-launch of the GIRSAL Scheme, and...