Several attempts have been made to guide human behaviour by establishing norms and values. These norms and values constitute a significant portion of a given community’s culture. No community or organisation can exist without norms and values. Likewise, businesses cannot exist without the institution of a robust moral code...
How do you get people to talk about your business and spread the word? Word-of-mouth marketing can make all the difference in how successful your product or service becomes, and it doesn’t cost you a penny to implement.
Let me start by sharing these two stories with you to serve...
“We are all asset managers,” writes Professor Partha Dasgupta in his seminal study on the economics of biodiversity. “Whether as farmers or fishers, foresters or miners, households or companies, governments or communities,” we all influence the store of value held in our most precious asset—the natural world around us.
We...
….sine qua non of leadership effectiveness and performance
Being an effective leader of people in today’s world seems to be much more complicated than in years past. Employees are always on the lookout for more stimulating and rewarding work as well as inspiring work environments where they can make...
African currencies net losers in oil spike
Russia’s war in Ukraine has sent oil skyrocketing to more than $130 a barrel—its highest price since the global financial crisis. Elevated oil prices alongside limits on Russian oil exports are likely to benefit African crude producers including Algeria, Angola, Nigeria, Libya and...
On 6th March, 1957, Ghana became the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to gain independence from British colony. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah who led the struggle had only one thing in mind and that featured on Ghana’s Coat of Arm “Freedom and Justice’’. The Nkrumah Government in 1952 saw education...
Only operations in the new building and demolition markets, out of the four sub-markets in the shipping industry (freight, newbuilding, sales and purchase, and demolition) can affect the real fleet supply in maritime transportation.
Shipping corporations can place new orders to enhance capacity in a rising market, while in a...
Prioritise your employee engagement to grow a customer-centric culture
Most businesses attest to the pivotal role of customers in their success stories. Indeed, many invest a significant amount of resources in rewarding customers for their loyalty. This way, they are confident that the customers will stay loyal to...
Time-check, it’s time to retire traditional pedagogies. One thing is sure: we cannot go back to teaching the way we have been doing so far in teacher-based classrooms, wherby children are taught to regurgitate information designed to measure how much content they can remember.
There is a growing sense of...