Quality education holds the key to national development. Providing quality education requires resources both material and human. Resources are scarce as we are told by the economists of old so it stands today. Countries that develop through education make choices as to what to spend their scarce resources on....
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter …Martin Luther King, Jnr Dear readers, last week I looked at the dilemma faced by bank staff when it comes to whistle blowing. Let us examine some of the problems that internal staff have to battle with...
Parties go to court or resort to any other dispute resolution mechanism with the hope of getting a favourable determination and enforcing same. When the dispute comes to an end, whether after a full blown trial, summary or default judgment, the court gives a decision which is either a...
The workplace holds a central role in many people’s lives. The average person spends more time at work than on any other daily activity. This makes it important for individuals within any organization to feel connected and supported by their peers, subordinates, and leaders. Psychologists have long identified the desire...
When a company, a syndicate, a government, or any entity needs to borrow money, to, let’s say, keep the business running, to embark on new projects, to pay back old loans, for aggressive expansion, or for whatever reason, they may issue out what is called “bonds” to interested parties....
Dear Mr. President, I wish to extend my warm regards to you Sir. I know by the grace of God, the pressure is easing and progressively things would be normal again. Please as I said in my first letter to you Sir, you may not know me but it is...
On 9th July, 1976, the Rural Banking subsector of Ghana’s financial sector was born with the establishment of Nyakrom Rural Bank in the Central Region. This implies that the sector has been in operation for 44 years. According to data from the ARB Apex Bank Limited, presently, there are 144...
Cocoa farmers are clamouring for an increase in producer price of the commodity for the 2020/2021 season, claiming the cost of production has skyrocketed. In fact, they want the increase to be of a significant margin because inputs like insecticides and pesticides have seen their prices soar, and they cannot...
Today, President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo will inaugurate and hand over the secretariat for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to the African Union Commission. This is another momentous occasion in the annals of Africa’s economic emancipation, and is indeed a moment to be proud of. Ghana committed to donate...
COVID-19 has had devastating effects on businesses of all shapes and sizes around the world. This has caused a drastic shift in conduct and behaviour at work. It is affecting organisational culture, human interactions at work among others. Various measures have been put in place to contain and curb...