The onset of a coronavirus-induced global recession has affected both labour markets and financial flows across the world. At the confluence of these two are remittances, which have increasingly been among the top contributors to GDP in many emerging markets over recent decades.
The issue is particularly pertinent for those...
Last week I commenced a series entitled “without decisive action Ghana will be sleepwalking into a world that widens existing inequalities and uncertainties - which was addressing amongst other things the ten recommendations put forward by the ILO’s Global Commission on the Future of Work. According to the report,...
"Challenges are what makes life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful" -- Joshua J. Marine
In this era of pandemics, all banks are reminding their customers to go digital. This is a very good advice to give, but how is this being implemented? Let us look at some feedback...
The UN labour agency is predicting that more than 430 million enterprises in hard-hit sectors such as retail and manufacturing “risk serious disruption owing to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic”.
For millions of workers, no income means no food, no security and no future. Millions of businesses around the...
With technology becoming an integral part of today’s business, the various components of your pack can interact among themselves to achieve your objectives only via a carefully selected electronic channel.
A good e-business strategy model must be carefully planned with clear-cut vision. You cannot leave the objectives vague. Most...
My last column commented on the huge changes that societies all over the world have found themselves able to make, to fend off the covid-19 virus pandemic. Until very recently, these changes would have seemed quite inconceivable (for example, who would have thought it possible to shut down every...
There has been an increase in demand for reusable, non-medical face masks made from African print, as the nation intensifies efforts to curtail the spread of the deadly Covid-19 virus.
This comes as the President issued a directive requiring the mandatory use of face masks by all individuals in public...
A few weeks ago, about 10 of the world’s biggest and greatest nations had to shut down. Life had come to a standstill. The news of uncertain times was all over the air waves and businesses started falling apart. How does one operate anything successfully without close human contact?...