Any business that provides customer service relies on good first impressions. When a guest enters your restaurant or food service establishment, the guest makes judgments about the business based on the appearance, grooming, posture, and courtesy of the staff, and the appearance of the business. In other words, these...
Productivity growth changes everything. In advanced economies with a slowly growing labor force and already-large capital stock, it typically accounts for the majority of output growth. This means that boosting productivity is the most direct and immediate way to improve economic performance. For example, were annual growth in total factor...
Harith General Partners, one of the largest investors in African Infrastructure, has announced a US$200 million capital raise in a follow-up fund to its Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund (PAIDF) 2 that is open to existing and new investors. The PAIDF 2 Infrastructure Top Up Fund is a shorter term...
The authors Adedeji Adeniran, Chukwuka Onyekwena, Sone Osakwe, and Chimere Iheonu discuss how the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) can be used to strengthen the energy sector, and make better use of Africa's abundant renewable energy resources to meet its vast demand. The AfCFTA can help resolve the limitations...
 Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited successfully held its 22nd Annual General Meeting on Friday May 7, 2021. Shareholders met to conduct the necessary statutory business after a 10- day injunction placed on the AGM by a minority shareholder elapsed on Wednesday May 5. Stanbic Bank reaffirms its dedication to its primary business of...
The Mechanized Agricultural Service Providers Association (MASPA), providers of tractor-hire services to small-scale farmers for land preparation in the Northern Region, has announced a new price index for this year’s farming activities following the hikes in prices of goods and services. According to them, the increase in their prices will...
The Vodafone Ghana Foundation has climaxed its 4-Kindred projects with the commissioning of a Computer Laboratory for the Ofankor M/A 3 JHS pupils at Ofankor in the Greater Accra Region. The Computer Laboratory project was the fourth and final of the Vodafone Kindred initiative to aid pupils of Ofankor M/A...
Whether someone is tired of their nine-to-five job or they’re looking for a way to save up for retirement, real estate investing can help fulfill their financial goals much sooner than most would imagine. It takes only one rental property to start a real estate business and ensure a...
Emirates launches India humanitarian airbridge to transport urgent COVID-19 relief items Emirates will offer cargo capacity free of charge to NGOs, to ship relief items on all its flights from Dubai to nine cities in India Airbridge initiative is a major boost from Emirates, supporting the various relief...
The Internal Audit Agency (IAA), as a Public Service institution established by the Internal Audit Agency Act, 2003 (Act 658), among others, co-ordinates, facilitates and provides quality assurance for internal audit activities within the Ministries, Departments and Agencies and the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies, and is crucial for...