The relationship between free trade and poverty reduction is an inverse one. The higher the level of free trade, the higher the poverty reduction. Free trade has reduced global poverty by accelerating the quantity and quality of employment opportunities in developing countries by stimulating economic growth. Developing countries now...
To start with, I would like to give thanks to you, readers of this column for your tons of feedback. I value your feedback and consider them as fresh piece of ideas from which I am at your service. In fact, Jim Trinka and Les Wallace, the authors of...
There are many skills one has to employ in their work to achieve the productivity needed to succeed. There are many hard skills as well as soft skills and today I want us to consider one of the soft skills that we normally leave behind in our career journey...
Just like the crocodile, a lion ceases to be a lion when you can sit on its back and be taking pictures. The last time I tried sitting on a crocodile, the scorn with which it turned and looked at me tells me my hometown people were at work....
Every social development project involves communication: Communication between members of a community and a group; communication between development workers and the people among whom they work; communication between funding agencies and field workers and so on. Communication involves the sharing of ideas – information, of emotions, of hopes and...
Paramount Chief & President of Avenor Traditional Area, Member of Volta Regional & National House of Chiefs, who’s redefining the relevance & obligations of modern traditional leadership with dynamism, pragmatism & more  The Ghanaian society, as part of the African society, has unwavering and impeccable cultural heritage, well-preserved generational...
Chapter 1 The world is a playing field. It’s a serious game we have going on here—but still, playing field. In the precursor to this piece, we took a very nostalgic journey down the memory lane that is our childhood and found this fact to be true. The rules guiding...
…the story behind Maku Foods Among other factors, we eat three or more times a day in order to survive. However, given how crucial it is to maintain a healthy diet and keep track of what you put into the body, Maku Foods - a food business that sprouted during...
The Africa we want is possible. Let’s face neither east nor west, but face forward. “I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me”. “It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can...
As part of effort to strengthen working relationships and collaborative efforts among queen mothers, traditional leaders and stakeholders in the agribusiness community, Agrihouse Foundation, last week, held the 5th edition of its annual ‘Gathering of the Royals and Stakeholders Meeting’ in Accra. This year’s event was on the theme: ‘Championing...