Thoughts of a Nima Boy: Last week, I wrote on how reading can open the eyes of a person to many things happening around him or her. I touched on how reading opens the lens through which we focus on the world. And we discussed some women whose actions...
The prevailing COVID-19 pandemic has exposed scrawny community delivery services and infrastructure undertakings, and in specific nonexistence of PPP projects, at all stages and all sectors in the Ghanaian Economy—with implications for governments, public service providers, and end-users. While all germane stakeholders appreciate the significance of PPP agreed projects in...
The statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb coined the term “black swan” to describe improbable, hard-to-predict events that can have a massive impact on the economy. The authors of a recent report have now introduced into the taxonomy of finance the phrase “green swans”: events caused by climate change and biodiversity...
Using jobs, gates, and mark Prequel So, in the United States of America there is a vote ongoing as we speak. Close to 100,000 people have (and still are) signing a petition to keep Jeff Bezos from re-entering the earth after his trip to space next month. Yep, someone (the world’s...
“When you throw a stone at God, it lands right on top of your head.” – African proverb Oftentimes, we are quick to criticise others without making any kind of effort to understand them, or even pause to reflect on how our criticism of them will affect them. Interestingly, and...
It doesn't matter whether you work from home or commute to work every day, workplace ethics is required to build a successful career. Organizations are known to embrace ethical practices and behaviors to increase productivity and uphold integrity—while sanctioning workers who default workplace ethics. These ethics are implemented by employers...
Ghana’s current place as the largest producer of gold in Africa pales into insignificance when one considers that the country continues to experience disappointing results in translating this mineral wealth into broad economic development for the benefit of its citizenry - especially mining communities. Host communities of these deposits are...
The increase in unemployment indices among the youth and graduates should not be solely blamed on lack of Jobs, but also lack of commitment, interest and job-readiness on the part of the unemployed. Some of those already employed keep working their way out of work to join the unemployed...
A fundamental human right is a right every person as a human being is supposed to enjoy as a form of basic needs whether rich or poor. This is inalienable and should not ordinarily be violated. So everybody once born in any part of the world starts on ground...
The statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb coined the term “black swan” to describe improbable, hard-to-predict events that can have a massive impact on the economy. The authors of a recent report have now introduced into the taxonomy of finance the phrase “green swans”: events caused by climate change and biodiversity...