urges Ghanaian enterprises to be frontline actors President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) secretariat to address all complexities that will come with implementation of the trade bloc, in order to ensure that all on the continent get their fair share of the deal. Speaking...
A fool changeth not his path   Sampling Cocktailing Binging Partying All from a pocket bereft of starving holes   Bread he orders And tables are filled Food he eats For they eat All sorts spread Assorted choices Assorted options Apportioned portions Buffeting in sorts All from a pocket bereft of starving holes   Sampling Designs Colours Designing to fit Wearing to match multiple colours All from a pocket bereft of starving holes   Posing...
“One cannot both feast and become rich.” – Asante proverb As a people, we have forged our own fetters. Our current state of affairs is but the reaping of a harvest we sowed in the years past. Our challenges are the result of our unwillingness to promote honest individuals,...
By Emmanuel ACQUAH-SAM (Ph.D.) I write this article about a national cathedral for the God of Heaven and Earth with deep solemnity and humility. Since President Nana Akufo-Addo Danquah announced his intention to build it, the cathedral has been the subject of sacrilegious discussions domestically and internationally. For many, the point of...
Africa. The lens through which we see and are taught about our continent shapes our understanding of, our treatment of and our relationship to it. Of course, it does. That is why history is taught through the lens of white supremacy. That teaching shapes how we think, and that...
Ghana’s expenditure has been driven by interest expenditure and the only option would be to restructure both its external debt as well as the huge and expensive domestic debt. Also, the persistent depreciation of the local currency against the US $ has contributed the unsustainable debt levels It can...
Equitable access to leadership roles in the financial services sector remains a passionately debated issue. Organisational culture and history seem to have contributed significantly to the current state of affairs. In 2019, the proportion of women in leadership roles within financial services firms was 21.9 percent, which is projected...
By Robert M. BENNIN “People of Africa, we were created in the image of God, but men have made us think that we are chickens, and we still think we are; but we are eagles.” – Kwame Nkrumah. The month of March is for celebrating our independence and our journey as...
Kenneth Ashigbey, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, has graced the Y Leaderboard Series on Y 107.9 to share insights on his leadership journey. From his upbringing, career, family life and learnings in life, Kenneth dropped bits of inspiration to the avid listeners of the show....
The government, through the Financial Stability Council (FSC), has announced plans to establish a Ghana Financial Stability Fund (GFSF) to provide liquidity support to financial institutions that fully participate in Ghana's Domestic Debt Exchange Programme. The fund is expected to have a target size of GH¢15billion and will benefit...