Sport is a useful prism through which to explore aspects of national identity. This is particularly so with football, given its popularity and global reach. International teams are often portrayed as the embodiment of the nation for the duration of a match. They carry the nation’s hopes and dreams.
Yet...
Fiscal Gap Created by the COVID-19 Pandemic
In his fourth address to update Ghanaians on the country’s responses to the Coronavirus pandemic the President directed the Finance Minister to prepare for approval by Parliament, a Coronavirus Alleviation Program (CAP) to address the disruption of economic activities, hardship of the...
The push for renewable energy to dominate the future energy architecture on a global level, to supplement and eventually substitute the more polluting traditional energy sources known as fossil fuels, have always been met with stiff opposition and some challenges. In spite of the drawbacks which includes intermittency, costs,...
“He who desires to create wealth to benefit his kith and kin should not be undermined”. Typically, in Akan parlance, it is stated unequivocally that “he who attempts to bring honour or wealth into Kotoko (the community) must be applauded, not maligned or hindered.”
Ordinarily, one may construe the above...
Everyone is talking about the New Normal. Presumably, this New Normal will be our new way of life after several periods of lockdown and other uncomfortable restrictions have been lifted. The New Normal will determine how we eat, how we fly, how we attend funerals and weddings…and even how...
“When the digital transformation is done right, it`s like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, but when done wrong, all you have really is a fast caterpillar.” ----George Westerman, Principal Research Scientist with MIT Sloan Initiative on the Digital Economy.
The novel coronavirus pandemic takes every sphere of human activity...
OPEC, Russia and allies agreed on Saturday to extend record oil production cuts until the end of July, prolonging a deal that has helped crude prices double in the past two months by withdrawing almost 10% of global supplies from the market.
The group, known as OPEC+, also demanded countries...
The number of nations that committed to the Maya Declaration and the G-20 Financial Inclusion Action Plan, as well as strategies and targets set by individual governments, attest to the renewed interest in promoting financial inclusion in recent years.
The Centre for Financial Inclusion at Accion (CFI) defines full financial...
As a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the JA Company Programme and COY Competition will be hosted online for the first time this year. It will bring together student companies from senior high schools from across Ghana in a virtual competition.
The Company of the Year (COY) Competition is JA Ghana’s annual...