The augmentation of the global digital economy has created new economic opportunities, making data an indispensable component in the provision of an efficacious panacea to the challenges associated with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Digitization of the economy has proved to be a force for innovation, unrestrained growth in productivity...
Africa remains one of the regions least affected by COVID-19, although evidence suggests it is an evolving and growing pandemic. It is now present in all African countries and territories. From the start, the responses across many African countries have mirrored those of other countries where the pandemic has been...
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) reared its ugly head into the whole world commencing from the latter end of the year 2019, and is currently impacting negatively on all aspects of human and business activities. Operators in the SMEs space in Ghana face a series of challenges year-in-year out. These impediments...
Certainly, you must love the taste of real and natural honey squeezed directly from a bee-hive. Right! Then, you’re among the everybodies who are crazy about honey - except the few ones allergic to it. And whether it is splashed on a slice of bread, spread on pancake, added...
As noted by these writers, everything in business can be copied except the talent; yes a talent with a renewed mindset to face the digital world of  business will be a winning formula today!  Drive change from the top: The idea of bottom-up or grassroots change is both romantic and intuitive,...
What’s next? This is a question I have been pondering over all week. Before COVID-19, there had been many terrible things that had happened. And still, I would wake up to prepare for the future. But with the disruption of normalcy and routine in our world today, not many...
The new coronavirus, the disease known as COVID-19, is a reality staring us in the face. It has disrupted how we live, how we work and even how we close a business deal – try shaking a business partner’s hand. According to Johns Hopkins coronavirus resource center, COVID-19 has...
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I'm possible"! -Audrey Hepburn It seems heart-warming to see how opportunities are being taken amidst the COVID 19 crisis. Living in this era brings with it, mixed emotions- the good, the bad and the ugly. For every venture that institutions are undertaking, it has...
Outbreaks create fear, and fear is a key ingredient for racism and xenophobia to thrive. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has uncovered social and political fractures within communities, with racialized and discriminatory responses to fear, disproportionately affecting marginalized group. This time is no exception, with many examples of...
We are living in unprecedented times. COVID-19 has swept throughout the world, and governments globally have taken drastic measures to stop the spread in an attempt to save lives. In February 2020, as African countries watched Asia and Europe begin the implementation of lockdown, a study by Survey54, an automated...