Celebrating the popular beverage important to farmers, development and culture
In a world of cultural differences, is there one thing that can bind everyone together? Well, we all need to eat, and drink too. In fact, interestingly enough, the drink most often chosen around the world after water is tea....
Germany might be known for its proud culture of technological innovation, but it's not uncommon for newcomers and tourists to be caught out at cafes and small businesses that only take cash.
Although online and mobile payment systems such as Apple Pay have made inroads in recent years, for many...
The money market is a segment of the financial market in which wholesale short-term loans and deposits are exchanged, or where short-term financial instruments are traded. Activities on this market span from Treasury bills, Central Bank’s Repurchase Agreements (Repos) and Reverse Repos, Overnight Placements and Borrowings, Commercial Papers, Fixed...
“I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.” ―Maya Angelou
One can never out-give the universe. I’m yet to see someone who became poor by giving. If one wants to receive, one must first give. We more often than not hold the...
Before you click send: Email courtesy for boys and girls in the professional world – ( 1)
According to one Forbes survey, as many as 90 billion emails are sent every single day! That’s slightly higher today as the Coronavirus pandemic is forcing many businesses to go digital. Businesses are...
Managing Director of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), Dr. John Kofi Mensah believes COVID-19 presents Ghanaians with the best opportunity to localise the entire food production value chain in the country and become less reliant on import of basics such as rice and poultry.
“This is the time to be...
The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI) and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) have expressed worry over the high number of job losses in the country due the outbreak of COPVID-19.
The GNCCI is asking businesses to resort to furlough – a temporary leave of absence granted...
Stark warnings about the COVID-19 shock’s potentially devastating effects on emerging markets (EMs) have become ubiquitous. With the pandemic engulfing ever more countries, EMs face a mass exit by foreign investors seeking safe assets. As a result, capital outflows and currency depreciations have become unprecedentedly synchronized.
A first round of...
Staying at home and not living one’s normal life is not an easy situation to bear. Covid-19 has brought about a new term known as “The New Normal”. This means many things are no more normal and we have to live them.
This term was coined by El-Erian the now...
This morning I heard on radio a comment that I thought was quite profound – The thrust of the comment was that we may calculate in billions, economic losses due to COVID-19, but what we cannot calculate accurately is the social cost, the loss of mobility, interactivity with loved...