Business resilience remains one of the most important and relevant ways for organisations to bypass legacy challenges and explore new opportunities
The recent months have likely been the biggest challenge for all organisations across the continent. With almost no warning, millions of businesses – indiscriminate of size or stature –...
When I set out as a student of communication, one of the many acronyms I quickly learnt was K.I.S.S. For the purpose of this discussion, we expand K.I.S.S. to mean Keep It Simple and Sweet, with other variations that substitute simple for ‘short’.
Given that you are talking with a...
Economic activity this year will be significantly lower than projected in the April 2020 Regional Economic Outlook for sub-Saharan Africa. Real GDP is now forecast to contract by 3.2 percent in sub-Saharan Africa, double the contraction envisaged in April.
The downward revision of the growth projections reflects the impact of...
‘Sustainable Energy for All’ sets out clear, practical steps for African countries to recover better from COVID-19 and close energy access gaps
As countries continue to rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic, a new guide by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) shows how clean energy investment can support countries to ‘Recover...
Africa's artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector has development potential. At their peak in 2017 these mines in Niger employed as many as 600 000 people and created opportunities for local infrastructural development. But these prospects are undermined by criminals who profiteer from the sector at the expense of...
It is estimated that over 640 million Africans have no access to energy, corresponding to an electricity access rate for African countries at just over 40 percent - the lowest in the world.
Access to energy is crucial not only for the attainment of health and education outcomes, but also...
Tasked with the mandate to distribute the GH₵600million stimulus package to MSMEs in the country, the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) has decried the lack of adequate data from several micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to access the loan.
We are happy that the NBSSI is resolved to...
Almost six months into the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the world is still struggling to deal with the economic cracks and imbalances created by the emergence of COVID-19.
The virus has exposed the non-resilience or otherwise of economies across the globe. Indeed, the world’s most powerful economies...
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has wreaked havoc the world over. Its effects range from social consequences and political ramifications to economic and financial costs. By the end of April 2020, more than 65% of the world’s economy had gone under quarantine or some form of a lockdown....