Health Perception:
In recent years, the practice of self-medication has become very normal to all people especially in Ghana. People from all age groups, whether adolescents, teenagers, youth, adults and the vulnerable aged, all purchase over-the-counter drugs to treat their health complications without resorting to expert advice or prescriptions from...
Happy or not, the phrase “new normal” has found its comfort within our business settings and activities – it’s the new world of business. The business world has drastically been impacted by the COVID-19, and many business owners and professionals, even the customers may need to understand the importance...
The unfolding US-China power rivalry bears a striking resemblance to the tensions between the US and the Soviet bloc during the Cold War years. Back then, African countries were positioned like pawns on a grand chessboard. Their social and economic progress was hampered because they expended energy aligning themselves...
It is an undisputable fact that competition exists in every field, and remains an important tool in many industries. Competition leads to innovation, product quality, and improved customer experience among others.
Every company in their respective industry is usually compelled to compete for customers and subsequently turn them into loyal...
Many a time, people tend to fault government on many of its decisions due to propaganda rather than appreciating its genuineness to create as much as possible an equitable advantage to the entire populace. Who knows, most decisions may be for the good of the country after all; which...
An opportunity has presented itself for the country’s large informal sector to be formalised. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is urging the state to use the database it is collating for SMEs to access the stimulus package it recently pledged the micro, small and medium enterprises, to formalise the...
Have you ever wondered why the world is full of so many people who are incredibly incompetent at the very thing are paid to do? If so, a crotchety educationalist called Laurence J Peter may have the answer.
Working as a teacher in Canada the 1940s, Peter had been puzzled...
Around the world, national and municipal governments have been deploying smart city technology in the fight against the coronavirus, using it to track the spread of the pandemic and support the implementation of medical strategies. As well as demonstrating the value of smart technologies, these new applications are helping shape the future of...
In the second week of December last year, one issue that emerged at the energy sector front, particularly the downstream sector in Ghana and was discussed in the media was the increment of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited’s margin.
The government, through the downstream regulator, National Petroleum...
“What is death to a frog is fun to a child.” – African proverb
“Everyone is crying out for peace, yes, none is crying out for justice. I don't want no peace, I need equal rights and justice,” Peter Tosh voiced in his 1977 hit ‘Equal Rights’. It is his...