At its core, banking is not simply about profit but also about personal relationships… Felix Rohatyn
A friend recently made a very profound statement….”As for you bankers, you act so aggressively when you are selling your products to us - and then suddenly go cold and unapproachable when the deal is...
International Women’s Day is March 8th. It is a day named by the United Nations. All over the world, organizations, governments, corporations and universities celebrate women with a variety of programs. Each year has a theme.
This year’s theme is ‘Press for Progress’. The 2017 World Economic Forum Report declared...
Common Mistakes that Bankers Should Avoid
“Adventure is the life of commerce, but caution is the life of banking” …Walter Bagehot
Last week I looked at the ‘Tournier principles’ in great detail. Today, I will share some basic mistakes that bankers make which breach the duty of confidentiality. These inadvertent...
Never mind what the hard skills of the apparent qualifications are. The real requirement for the successful applicant who bags the advertised role for Government Statistician, will be his/the ability to count, backwards.
Depending on who is guesstimating, Ghana has a population of 28 million people, give or take. English...
Teachers. Every day thousands and thousands of teachers in Ghana walk into classrooms where they hold young minds in their hands to nurture, develop and build. Some teachers in Ghana have turned playgrounds into pedophile hunting grounds, They use their position, authority, power to sexually harass, extort sex for...
"You can't shake hands with a clenched fist." - Indira Gandhi
Dear Readers, based on a few requests I am repeating this two-part series first published in January 2014. It is still relevant and a guide for managers who coach new recruits on the oath of secrecy.
Banks have a ritual...
In 2017, the new management of the Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC) set for itself the ambitious target of attracting a quantum of US$5 billion into Ghana comprising of Foreign Direct Investment, (FDI) domestic and Joint Venture (JV) inflows. The deepening of existing investment was also front and center.
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Women entrepreneurs. They are a crucial part of Ghana’s economic backbone. They are job creators. Their blood, sweat and tears turn initiative into employment. That initiative is not always born of vision or passion. Sometimes it is born of necessity, hunger, lack of opportunity and a need to support...
On Monday, February 19, 2018 when this column will be published, the Petroleum Commission (PC), regulator of the upstream industry and Ghana's lucrative petroleum resources will host a meeting in Accra themed 'Local Content Procurement Conference.'
There are more than 500 companies including joint ventures registered with the PC, along...
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is fluent in 2 European languages; English and French. A useful skill, given that Ghana is surrounded by Francophone countries on 3 sides (La Cote d'Ivoire, Togo and Burkina Faso) and faced on its coastline, by the unforgiving Atlantic sea. We are also a nation,...