The Sales and Marketing Function
Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain. Use it to help others….Rick Warren
Sober reflections
These days, no week passes by without mention of negative issues in our financial institutions, businesses, government departments...
There is talk of a potential source of Ghc 9 billion from institutional investors including private pension funds that could bridge the gap of the national budget. Required if African countries like Ghana seek to fund the critical infrastructure projects they need. The headline ambition around these parts, is...
Finally. The President’s silence was broken. He addressed the Nation. He stepped into the furor that had gripped millions. The Nation got a presidential statement regarding the US military Agreement – or rather the DCA (Defence Co-operation Agreement).
Is that the end of the controversy and the issues arising?
Sadly, no.
What...
Headline news announced by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta in his budget statement, is that Ghana expects to earn some $670 million from exporting crude oil in 2018 from its 3 major producing fields. There may well be other tangible benefits.
The 2018 budget was themed 'Putting Ghana back...
Winnie Madikizela Mandela. 81 years old. Gone, grieved, honoured, glorified and demonized. Remembering icons of Black liberation struggles against white supremacist power structures is a wade through contested territory of terrifying histories.
Those histories are in Black and white. They are gendered. And they are reminders that Black women liberation...
“Treat your customer as you want to be treated as a customer" - Catherine Pulsifer
Dear Readers, welcome to the concluding part of my take on how we can partner security guards in risk management, especially in financial institutions.
Unexpected Feedbacks - The Telephone Call
Guess what? I received a telephone call from...
The 2018 US military Agreement with Ghana. Ratified by this government. Source of ire, protest and party political recklessness. On Wednesday, Ghana was in a state of anger and turmoil after NDC Deputy General Secretary, Mr. Koku Anyidoho issued threats that have landed him in jail and charged with...
“Too many security officers live day to day. They just want to be treated with dignity” ---John Wilson
Dear Readers, please read this post carefully. It went viral on social media recently, but after reading it, I started feeling guilty about some of the issues involved because most of us...
Africa, a market of more than 1 billion people banks a collective Gross Domestic Product of $3.4 trillion a year. By doing business with anyone other than itself.
In 2016, the World Bank listed the top 5 products exported from Africa as gold in semi manufactured form ($9 billion); non...
"Commitment in the face of conflict produces character." - Mark Twain
Dear readers, last week I shared some sentiments about how relationship banking can be optimised as a risk management tool. I concentrated on how customer visits and face to face meetings with borrowing customers could reduce loan defaults to...