While the earlier article in this series set the strategic context for governance of risk management in the COVID era, this article looks at how to improve the governance of risk management in development finance institutions (DFIs) and financial institutions () like commercial and investment banks, non-bank finance institutions...
How can one make wise decisions about a perpetually unknowable future? This question is as old as humankind, but it has become existential in light of climate change. Although there is sufficient evidence that anthropogenic climate change is already here, we cannot possibly know all the ways that it...
COVID-19, and more importantly, steps taken to recover from its adverse socioeconomic effect has provided a rare opportunity to close work-based gender-gaps at a faster pace than the more than 200 year projections given pre-pandemic.
This is according to Moez Miaoui, the Head of Environment, Social & Governance Advisory, West...
Thursday, the 11th of March 2021, marked the tenth anniversary of the devastation that befell the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power station in Japan. The immediate cause of this unfortunate accident was the unprecedented 17 meters high tsunami waves that easily overwhelmed the seawalls outside of the facility that stood...
“Vaccines are safe, effective and lifesaving”- Alex Azar.
Vaccines work by training and preparing the body’s natural defenses (immune system) to recognize and fight off viruses and bacteria they target (World Health Organization, WHO). However, depending on the type of vaccine, immunity may be built immediately or it can take...
As part of its commitment to support the country’s youth development and reinforce its position as an employer of choice, Allianz Insurance participated in the first-ever virtual career fair organised by Ashesi University.
The career fair was aimed at providing a platform for corporate organisations and members of the Ashesi community...
Civic-Tech Non-Governmental Organizations, BudgIT Ghana and Connected Development (CODE), have launched a project to track how funds earmarked for COVID-19 response were allocated and disbursed in Ghana.
In collaboration with SEND Ghana, the Covid-19 Transparency and Accountability Project (CTAP) will lend insight into government expenditure to mitigate against the impact...
As a child, she was curious about engineering and that led her to want to take up a course in the sciences to add some real meaning to her engineering instincts. But when she entered the KNUST mechanical engineering department and realized that there were only two females including...
Marketing Manager for SES HD PLUS Ghana Limited, Adelaide Abbiw-Williams, has called for a new multi-dimensional leadership to tackle the challenges confronting today’s world. Adelaide Abbiw-Williams was speaking at a virtual summit organized by Touchpoint Magna Carta as part of activities to mark this year’s International Women’s Day.
According to...
It is easy to overlook the idea of protecting a child because there is the perception that children are vulnerable hence protecting them should come naturally. Indeed, children by their very nature are still in their formative years and the slightest obstruction to the formative process can cause a...