Time and time again we hear of, or witness, start-up businesses’ failures; or even worse, huge companies or projects crashing after cruising in ‘business paradise’. Like first-time walking toddlers, it is natural that all entities or initiatives have their fair share of ground-tasting. Just as some valley-of-death scenarios can...
On the back of the successful ruling in September 2017 at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas to define Ghana's maritime boundaries with the Ivory Coast, more news. Subject to Parliamentary approval, this is virtually assured (the government has a majority in the House, the Legislature generally...
I came back from Italy a few days ago. It was the third country I visited in January 2018. I know, it is only the second week in January, but my travel life is really looking up this year and for that, I am grateful and that also means...
I have never screamed till I’m hoarse before, throat patched, voice cracked yet I still screamed, because today was different; I laughed hard till happy tears dripped down my face. I held my sides and still laughed till they hurt but I didn’t mind, I could not rid my...
…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...