Peer-reviewed research publications from among others UCL’s Genetics Institute, are increasingly supporting the hypothesis that SAR-COV-2 (i.e. Coronavirus) may have been with us since the last quarter of 2019.
According Professor Francios Balloux, director of the institute, genetic evidence supports suspicions that the virus was most likely infecting people in...
The origin of the phrase ‘innovate or die’ is a matter of some dispute. Peter Drucker famously declared it, though others may have shared in its coinage. But whatever its genesis, the sentiment is now widespread: stay ahead of the pace of change, or you're toast!
Organisations in African that...
The Centre for Africa Development and progress (CADeP) has come to the realisation that change can come within a very short time. The COVID-19 pandemic has made the world more level for all kinds of people, whether rich or poor. The responses to the COVID-19 pandemic are simply amplifications of...
“Leadership without effective communication, accountability, integrity, self-confidence and empathy is poor leadership.” – Irene Asare
What makes someone a great leader as opposed to a good one? During the last quarter of 2019, I spent time ruminating and sharing content across my platforms on leadership; and I ask, is being...
Credit: This is Africa
Highlights from the Economic Development in Africa report for 2018 of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), indicates that after the 1960s, Africa recorded one of its longest periods of sustained economic growth between 2004 and 2014 with a growth rate of more...
Women are self-selecting out of the African credit market
As a girl, I was taught to believe that personal agency prevails over societal biases. I was told that I could accomplish anything if I believed in myself and that sexism was not insurmountable. Later, as a woman, I found out...
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection was instrumental in distributing food items to vulnerable groups in the country, like the poor and needy, during the partial lockdown that was in place at the onset of coronavirus.
However, the Ghana Blind Union (GBU) has bemoaned being left out of...
The industry that is suffering the most immediate repercussions in view of COVID-19 is hospitality and leisure.
Hospitality is among the hardest hit due to fears of community spread through travel and group environments.
No doubt, the global trend in cancellation of flights, closure of borders (land, sea and air), and...
“If the wind does not come, the long grass is motionless.” – Akan proverb
In all things, some people are better at them than others. Excelling in an activity or venture invigorates us with good feelings about ourselves. It makes us aware that we are good at something, which contributes...
Several countries in Asia and Europe, where the COVID-19 outbreak appears to have peaked, are gradually reopening their economies. Without a vaccine or effective treatment, policymakers will be balancing the benefits of resuming economic activity against the potential cost of another increase in infection rates. They face difficult choices,...