Street lighting is a vital social amenity that brings about several benefits to both pedestrians and drivers including improving road safety, reducing criminal activities and increasing the general business and living climate of urban and peri urban areas. The significance of street lightening cannot be underestimated because of the...
In one of my school garden interactions, a student asked a question on pest control, and I genuinely think though this is a specialty area it’s one of the common challenges for gardeners.
Let me expand on the answer I provided to our young school gardener. Every organic garden suffers...
It appears that the international community is moving toward what many are calling a historic agreement to set a global minimum tax rate on multinational corporations (MNCs). It’s about time – but it may not be enough.
Under the existing rules, firms can escape paying their fair share of taxes...
Any intervention/prescription without a diagnosis is a malpractice in any profession. How can a medical doctor treat a patient without letting the patient undergo a diagnostic or laboratory test, to know what is actually wrong with the person to administer the right drug to cure the ailment? Before a...
…what today’s banking sector leader needs to thrive
“One of the greatest failures of every generation is that it fails to read the minutes of the last meeting”. I find this quote from David A. Noebel very interesting because it summarises how seemingly simple, and let’s face it…often mundane, practices...
Across the globe, National Development Banks (NDBs) have huge potential to support their country’s development strategies and the transition to low-carbon, climate-resilient economies. However, a perception of problematic governance and weak performance means that these banks may be overlooked, both in terms of their potential role in supporting national...
Regional integration, security, macroeconomic stability and others formed the major issues discussed when Southern African leaders gathered late June in Maputo, Mozambique.
They were in the country for the extraordinary summit of Heads of State and Government organized by the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
The event was primarily called to...
DISCOVERY LEADERSHIP MASTERCLASS SERIES
The general phenomenon that the buck stops at the leader, where demands for accountability for non-performance, failed decisions, plans and strategies, delivery of excellent results and the provision of solutions become the prerequisite base for leadership judgement and assessment is an argument not in dispute....
“Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. The best is yet to come.”------Zig Ziglar
Business turns a social problem into economic opportunity and economic benefit into productive capacity, human competence, well-paid jobs, and wealth (Peter. Drucker,1984). More than ever, companies on the African continent need to focus on Corporate Social...