…lessons from the dissolution of UT Bank and Capital Bank 2 (i) Financial Distress Financial distress is the situation when a bank cannot meet or face difficulty to repay off its financial obligations to the creditors. The chances of causing financial distress increases when fixed costs are high, assets are illiquid,...
Even as we tackle the Fulani menace in parts of the Ashanti Region, a security analyst, Dr. Kwesi Aning, is calling for a revision of the strategy. “Operation Cow Leg, driven by the shoot the cattle strategy, is confrontational, is dangerous, is aggravating the problem,” Aning notes. Corroborating this stance...
For start-ups looking for sustained funding, the best way to access the right funding is to look out for investors who have experience in their field of business, Dr. Belinda Gail Quarterman Noah, Executive Director of the Founder Institute, a world premier idea-stage accelerator and start-up launch programme, has...
A number of things will happen in 2018: Russia will be hosting the football/soccer world cup.  It will be a century since the end of World War I.   For banks in Ghana, in my lifetime, it will be the busiest year due to the following ten (10) key...
Your Corporate Doctor is back in full gear in the year 2018. I am very sure you have been looking forward to seeing me, and probably asking where is Corporate Doctor? Well, for your information, I went to “mount up with more wings” to be able to fly to...
“Never mind if your nose is ugly, as long as you can breathe through it.” – Zairian proverb Our Creator made each of us intrinsically different, and imbued us with freewill so that we could live, and not simply function like robots. All things being equal, our uniqueness should not...
Reading is good, but action is better.  As a startup, you will be carried away by the loads of work to be done and get lost most of the times in them. An excuse to not get some knowledge and inspirations from others who have thrived and been successful,...
Christmas has ended, with all the fun and excitement it brings. I sometimes have to pinch myself to accept the reality that the season has gone by so quickly. For retailers, it’s always been a peak period for sales; and, certainly, Christmas just gone by was no exception. The...
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” …Nelson Mandela. As Ghanaians, we must make the education of the youth our ‘Core Value’ to develop the fundamental human capacity base of our country. The ‘Free SHS’ policy is laudable and acceptable, but its funding...
The youth turned out massively on the streets to vote for the NPP government in 2016. They helped offer President Nana Akufo-Addo a highly historical voting percentage for his job-creation campaign promise. Nana Addo's government now finds itself under huge pressure to reciprocate the effort of the masses by...