Insights into Directorships and the Boardroom
An organisation's board of directors' oversight role is becoming increasingly important in today's ever-changing global business environment. Heightened shareholder expectations in both the long and short terms have led to calls for shareholder value maximisation.
Besides, growing CEO demands around strategic issues facing organisations...
Egypt is on the brink of a financial and economic abyss. The portfolio inflows that fuelled its sovereign debt market have dried up, repeated currency devaluations have driven the Egyptian pound off a cliff, and inflation is at 21% following the rapid erosion of the country’s foreign-exchange reserves.
After initially...
In an insightful three-part article, Lionel Marumahoko – an Executive Coach, Leadership Speaker and Business Advisor who specialises in complex transformation growth and new market entry in Africa, discusses some essential lessons every CEO can benefit from through coaching.
Lionel is a former C-Suite executive in a Fortune 500 company,...
By Hayford DANSO
As Ghana gears up for another election season, the two major political parties have made competing pledges to establish new development banks. The opposition NDC promised a Women's Development Bank to support female entrepreneurs, whereas the incumbent NPP vowed to create a Minerals Development Bank to finance...
…Leveraging books and reading for national development
More than ever, the circumstances of today and our recent history require that the book industry is strengthened to play its role effectively, and the efforts put in promoting reading doubled to ensure national development. The health of every nation is dependent on...
According to the World Economic Forum, artificial intelligence (AI) can contribute up to USD 15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030. However, in Africa, AI market growth has stagnated. Estimated at USD 870 million in 2021, with marginal growth forecasted until 2024. It has been argued that continents...
Two thousand years ago
In the year of our Lord
You used to be
Now you are sitting here
Sighing
Crying
Regressing
As your peers are
Climbing
Flying
Progressing
Could this be you?
You used to be
Now you are lingering about
Whining
Idling
As your peers are
Dinning
Grinning
Winning
Could this be you?
You used to be
Now you are gnashing your teeth
Lamenting
Wishing
As your peers are
Walking the streets
Complete
Could this...
It is difficult to believe when an Insurance salesman tells you ‘we will pay everything’ right? especially for those who have experienced a loss and gone through a claims process. So, is it true when an Insurance Salesman tells you ‘we will pay everything’?
My answer is yes and no,...