Disruption within the once-staid insurance industry is creating a major buzz. The activity has been labelled, among other things, a digital transformation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Regardless of what you call it, disruption is occurring because consumers are quickly gravitating toward customer experiences that are on par with...
We recently heard of Ghana and Ivory Coast allegedly noticing Hershey's invasion of the $400/t Living Income Differential agreed by the industry to pay to help improve cocoa farmers livelihoods. This realisation led to both countries cancelling the sustainability schemes run by Hershey's, leaving the Cocoa Merchants Association of...
Powerful communication skills are an indispensable facet of any leader’s portfolio of skills and experience. The true mark of influential leadership centres on knowing how to communicate within all spaces of the organisation, internally and externally, crossing over from employees, managers, clients and investors. Each distinct stakeholder group requires...
Last year, President Akufo-Addo inaugurated the Ghana Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA) to develop and promote tree crops other than cocoa to diversify the country’s agriculture.
However, the Bono Regional Minister-designate, Justina Owusu-Banahene, taking her turn at the vetting of the Appointments Committee of Parliament last week stated that the...
The prestigious industry association, The Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA), has paid tribute to Owusu A. Akoto, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of FreezeLink, for supporting Ghana with pharmaceutical-grade cold chain transport, alongside the Ghana Health Service and other partners, for 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines, submitted through...
Goldridge Ghana Limited and the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) have signed an agreement that seeks to give the mining sector a major facelift by discouraging illegal mining activities.
The agreement will see one of the leading gold exporters in the country, Goldridge Ghana, provide GNASSM and...
Economists have never been shy about taking on the big questions that disciplines such as history, sociology, or political science consider their own province. What have been slavery’s long-run implications for contemporary American society? Why do some communities exhibit higher levels of social trust than others? What explains the...
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...
Ghana’s most innovative urban radio, YFM, brought Ghana to a standstill with the second edition of its Y Clash of the DJs, which saw Y-Takoradi (97.9FM) totally dismantling their colleagues from Y-Accra (107.9FM), and Y-Kumasi (102.5 FM) to be crowned supreme on the turntables.
YFM-Takoradi proved they are indeed the...
The COVID-19 pandemic’s advent altered every human experience in significant ways. The experience of working remotely was not exciting in the early stages of the pandemic. Many of us had to adjust to new ways of working.
Adjusting to the new demands of remote working and its challenges was a...