“The mind is like palm oil, when it lies still, we heat it up.” – Akan proverb Have we hit a wall, or have we hit rock bottom? We might disagree about the degree of failings in our society, but wherever you stand the situation continues to worsen with each...
…responsible debt management for businesses and households Debt, a double-edged sword with the potential to propel or cripple financial health, is a crucial aspect of economic well-being, whether at the national, corporate or household level. In Ghana, as in other nations, responsible debt management is the key to sustainable...
Anytime, the topics of low income and worsening livelihood of cocoa farmers are raised in Ghana, people mistakenly assume Ghana to be the cocoa farmer and they argue in their response that Ghana needs to add value to its cocoa beans to improve its farmers’ livelihoods. However, what is...
International Women’s Day: #ChooseToChallenge Ayekoo to all women as we shine the spotlight on the remarkable women achieving great heights! Why is 8th March so special for women? Because the world gets to celebrate women’s feats, raise awareness about women’s equality and advocate for gender parity. International Women's Day (IWD) is...
Mobilizing domestic financial resources like savings is crucial for Africa’s developing economies. Savings are important because they permit investment, which in turn increases the productive capacity of an economy. They also play a significant role in financial intermediation in a sense that savings funds intermediated by the banking system can...
My deep condolences to the family of the police officer and the lady who fell victim to the fatal daylight robbery incident in Accra on 14th June 2021, involving a ‘bullion-van’ carrying cash for a bank. The sad part about the whole thing is the recurrence of the same...
Trade promotion agencies can tip the balance toward business resilience and ‘good trade’. Businesses everywhere are facing supply chain woes, while feeling impacts from the pandemic in their lives. The supply chain crisis is sparking a rise of inflation in many countries, as firms seek new supply sources and...
The exponential growth in goods and commodities transported by sea cannot be over-emphasised.  Such goods and commodities include dry bulk cargoes, liquid bulk cargoes, containerized cargoes and break-bulk cargoes.  Surely, an international regime to regulate the transportation of such goods and commodities carried by sea is a sine qua...
 The ILO called on governments to commit to a set of measures to address the challenges caused by unprecedented transformational change in the world of work In researching about how work will be for us all in the future, I am gathering people’s views and ideas about work for the...
Minerals-rich Africa has, for decades, found it arduous to pull off efficient management of mineral resources to create non-resource wealth and to ensure a more sustainable development. The ‘manufactured’ culprit has been lack of risk capital and technology, thus, inviting international skills and material capital to extract and drive away...