Empirical studies show that SMEs contribute over 55 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and over 65 percent of total employment in high-income countries. In the developed economies, small businesses are recognised as the main engines for growth and development because of their significant contributions to economic growth and...
Ghana’s leading television station, TV3 Network, has introduced a new telenovela to take over from the very popular Naagin which ended last week. ‘Chasing My Heart’ is an Indian soap that started airing from Tuesday, August 18, 2020 and would air from Tuesdays to Fridays at 6pm.
‘Chasing My Heart’...
Just like building a business, building a career requires effort, dedication and persistence over a period of time. It involves a combination of jobs, skills, experiences, relationships, and qualifications acquired over a certain period of time. Whether you decide to build your career as an entrepreneur or employee, it...
After almost a whole year hiatus from mainstream media, broadcast Journalist, Pamela Boateng, is set to make a comeback.
Ms. Boateng who is now into Corporate media/Public Relations will, on Sunday August 22, debut a new show dubbed ‘31 Status’ on the newly launched online Christian channel, The Christian Avenue...
Pandemic-related lockdowns, flight cancellations, and border closures may be putting a crimp on summer vacation plans. However, the precipitous drop in tourism will have an outsized impact on countries that rely on foreign travelers—with potentially large-scale effects on their economies’ national accounts.
Costa Rica, Greece, Morocco, Portugal, and Thailand could...
The United States today not only looks ill, but dead broke. To offset the pandemic-induced “Great Cessation,” the US Federal Reserve and Congress have marshaled staggering sums of stimulus spending out of fear that the economy would otherwise plunge to 1930s soup-kitchen levels. The 2020 federal budget deficit will...
Amid global travel restrictions, social distancing protocols and prohibitions on mass gatherings, the world’s meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) segment has been forced to adapt to the coronavirus context, with some events shifting online and others being deferred.
Before the outbreak of the virus – and the subsequent introduction...
If players in the aviation, immigration and health sector firm up government’s decision to re-opening of the borders - hopefully by September 1 as the President stated - any person who tests positive on arrival into Ghana and asked to self-quarantine may be required to wear a tracking device....
Can a ban on ‘smartphone-walking’ work if no penalties are attached? Officials in Japan’s Yamato City are optimistic.
When travellers get off the train at Yamato City, a commuter suburb popular with families about 30km from Tokyo, their eyes might be drawn to a few white cloth signs fluttering in...