Thursday, June 1, 2023
…What to do when customers lose it I am sure I have ever written in this column about one of the angriest customer episodes I have ever witnessed. I recall so vividly that incident that occurred during my days at the front desk in one of this country’s banks. This...
The Russia-Ukraine crisis has thrust many countries, including those in Africa, into a geopolitical conundrum. As different global actors navigate the troubled geopolitical waters resulting from the attempted hegemonic shift in global power, it is important that neither the East, the West and its European allies nor Russia take...
In the year 2000, the US government debt was $3.5 trillion, equal to 35% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).  By 2022, the debt was $24 trillion, equal to 95% of GDP.  The US debt is soaring, hence America’s current debt crisis.  Yet both Republicans and Democrats are missing...
The word "audit" derives from the Latin word “audire” which means "to hear.” According to Wikipedia, during the days of old when manual bookkeeping was prevalent, auditors in Britain used to “hear” the accounts read out for them and checked that the organisation's personnel were not negligent or fraudulent...
As the morning rises He rises from a bed Not of roses He misses sleep He battles wakefulness And wakes from sleeplessness   As the morning progresses He jumps out of his automobile His new model And hurries into one of their rickety mini-buses Trusting to cut fuelling stress And prune running expenses   He wades through the traffic The fare he pays Makes no...
AS I hit 37 this year, I cannot help but to look back at the glorious days of my youth. It was the time of adventure, doing the things on our own steam and enjoying every moment of it. According to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation website,...
…A national call for action I feel sad seeing so many youths engaging in this shisha smoking. It is rather unfortunate that as young men and women, most of us leave life in the present and do not consider the future. I read a scientific statement from the American Heart...
I don’t understand some people oo. The meeting is over after a tiring session and you have been asked to give the closing prayer and then you start off with a song. Why? Ah! Someone did that to us yesterday and we vex roff! By the time he was...
As I sat down quietly to listen to a radio conversation about the current Finance Minister’s position over his decision to initially reject the IMF programme but subsequently accept it brought to mind how the game called poker is played. Pot committed is a term used in playing the poker...
Recent headlines seem to augur a global debt crisis. The United States is teetering on the precipice of a self-inflicted default. Egypt, Ghana, Pakistan, and many other countries are in grave financial difficulties. Italy and Japan’s debt burdens have grown heavier. And the Chinese are delaying or hampering multilateral...
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