Mobile money is a fast, simple, convenient, secure and affordable way of transferring money, making payments and initiating other transactions using a mobile phone and other mobile devices. It is seen as an opportunity to cross-sell financial products, playing an important role in extending financial services to the unbanked...
Are you familiar with the feeling? Your heart pounds, your mouth feels dry and you start sweating. In an air-conditioned room! The MC has just announced your name and the audience is clapping enthusiastically as they wait for you to get up onto the stage. Instead of getting ready...
Although Ghana’s economy has gone through some rough patches, successive governments have in recent years introduced new reforms. These are aimed at improving the macroeconomic and business environment to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The reforms have also laid the foundation for further diversification of the economy.
They have created...
This is an update on an article originally written 8+ months ago. Still there are plenty of articles/posts on why the HR function is or can be critical in a Startup or SME Environment. As an HR & OD (=Organizational Design/ Development) Consultancy, we (HIREghana) specialize in HR Setups...
The global financial landscape has witnessed increased regulations and legislations following the 2008 financial crisis. Regulatory compliance in the financial sector implies strict adherence to policies and regulations surrounding the regulatory and supervisory environment of financial institutions.
This includes, but not limited to compliance with Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Anti-Terrorist Financing...
I spent the last week of August and first week of October 2017 in Johannesburg and Pretoria working on a cultural event organized by a group of Ghanaians and South African nationals in partnership with the Ghanaian High Commission in Pretoria. It was a platform to showcase the rich...
We are all living nowadays in a more environmentally friendly world and we are all aware of our duty to contribute as much as possible to the welfare/ the well-being of our environment.
Green IT (ISO 50.000) is maturing as a standard (think of Green Data Centers, green UPSes, etc),...
