Celebrating the critic Critics are not among the most liked in society. Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Benjamin Disraeli once described critics as "those who have failed in literature and art." 18th century British poet and playwright, Samuel Johnson was even less charitable in describing the critic. He said,...
PZ Cussons, as part of the Global Handwashing Day celebrations, has donated handwashing stations and Carex and Camel products worth GH¢50,000 to some orphanages across the country. The products donated included hand sanitisers, antibacterial soap and hand wash. Global Handwashing Day is a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness...
AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi Mine has said its effort to enhance agriculture development in the Obuasi municipality is being undermined by illegal mining activities, or galamsey, despite committing US$620,000 into local agricultural programmes. Senior Sustainability Manager, of AngloGold Ashanti-Obuasi Mine, Emmanuel Baidoo, said the galamsey activities are happening close to the...
KEK Insurance Brokers Group made history again a fortnight ago when the company topped at the Enterprise Life Planners, Conference and Awards ceremony held in Accra. It is an annual performance awards to recognize hardworking life planners in the broker channel of selling life products for Enterprise Life Insurance. KEK’s...
Urbanisation of Accra inter alia has led to criminal acts of land grabbing which has gained the notorious name ‘land guards’. Anybody who has suffered the activities of land guards knows that it is something that no government should tolerate not to the extent of which it has almost...
There are different kinds of people in your life. All these classes of people add value to your life on different levels and in different forms. The first category of people, ‘SEERS’ add value to our lives by adding to our numbers. They are a numerical account of the people...
A 39-year old Ghanaian farmer has broken a record by becoming the first indigenous commercial farmer with over 425 hectares of farmland in a single location of the country’s northern savannah ecological zone. Isaac Papanko, CEO of Idan Agro Ventures Papanko, started off by farming maize on 8 hectares and...
World Bank Chief Economist Carmen Reinhart has said the coronavirus pandemic is turning into a major economic crisis, and warned of the possibility of a financial crisis emerging. “This did not start as a financial crisis, but it is morphing into a major economic crisis with very serious financial consequences,”...
Dear readers, I have decided to give a new twist to the Risk Watch by sharing sober reflections about some general life events which shows that it is indeed a small world. Far from being a preacher, it is these reflections that makes us sit up and think again...
Executive Director of the Association of Rural Banks-Ghana, Mrs. Comfort Owusu, has advised rural banks’ General Managers and CEOs to quickly adapt to change - particularly in the business environment. According to her, the external business environment and government regulatory policies have direct impacts on their activities as bankers, and...