Currencies - be it the Ghana cedi, euro, British pound or US dollar - are primarily a medium of exchange for goods and services. Currencies have evolved as a buildup on the prior barter system, which was merely an exchange of goods for other goods with no means of...
There are many skills we can learn to improve our lives and productivity in the workplace. One of them is getting through and overcoming fear - the skill anyone who is willing can learn. No one was born with fear. It is something we pick up as we grow...
Claim: Amasaman Rent Control Department Office locked by landlord for non-payment of rent arrears
Verdict: No Rent Control Department Office has been locked due to non-payment of rent
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On Saturday, August 7, 2021, a viral post on social media, claimed a Rent Control Department (RCD) office, under the Ministry of...
An assault on the rules governing enforceability of insurance contracts in Ghanaian Law?
BACKGROUND
The Supreme Court decision in SIC Insurance Company vs Ken Asamoah1 deserves scrutiny in light of its dire consequences or implications; striking as it does, at the heart of two important pillars of the Common Law...
Who does not want to be a successful person? Indeed, success is on the wish-list of everyone – all of us all. No one sets out, usually, to fail. Failure could be hard to avoid but can be avoided still. How? Careful implementation of well-thought-out plans helps to give...
When President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated next week, he will quickly move to transform most dimensions of US policy. A glaring exception is China. But if Biden maintains outgoing President Donald Trump’s confrontational approach to the world’s second-largest economy, he will come to regret it.
While Biden may be less...
Africa’s share of global trade was 2.7% in 2019, below the 4% figure of the 1970s
Global trade expected to contract by 9.2% this year, having fallen by 2.9% in 2019; Africa’s share of global trade was 2.7% in 2019, below the 4% figure of the 1970s; informal cross-border trade...
- NETRIGHT shares insights from its advocacy in 2020
Since March 12th 2020, when the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in Ghana, all of Ghana’s institutions have had to adapt to its reality.
The Ghana Statistical Service has conducted a number of surveys to give us insight into the impact...
In my childhood, I had the desire to become rich and to live an extravagant lifestyle. My main challenge was the path to follow in order to join the rich in society.
My dream remained a myth until a close friend introduced me to a book about six years ago....
When all is said and done in 2020, African economies will probably have outperformed the rest of the world during the coronavirus pandemic. Africa's 54 countries now include seven of the globe's 10 fastest-growing economies, in part because the lethal virus may have improved their competitive advantage as they...