Over the last five years, Ghana has seen radical policy changes in its educational structure. Arguably, these policy changes are geared toward long-term economic and social transformation. The recent introduction of a new curriculum for KG1-Basic schools and the new Common Core Curriculum for JHS1-SHS1 attest to radical policy changes...
...how SmartPhone, Smart Business is leading the way for women-led micro enterprises There is a growing body of empirical literature that continues to confirm economically empowering women is the singlemost important driver of wider national and regional development. This has not always been the case. The uneven distribution of resources...
Patients living with Hypertension and Diabetes in Ghana are now experiencing a unique and more personalised form of care with the introduction of a mobile application with self-management tools. The app has built-in protocols that allow patients to enter their daily blood pressure (BP) and blood sugar measurements to...
For a productive and sustainable agric value chain to exist, there is need for a well-structured and integrated market system to be in place, which allows all integral units of the value chain to complement and feed into one another. What then is a market system? A marketing system is...
Powerful communication skills are an indispensable facet of any leader’s portfolio of skills and experience. The true mark of influential leadership centres on knowing how to communicate within all spaces of the organisation, internally and externally, crossing over from employees, managers, clients and investors. Each distinct stakeholder group requires...
Home to about 1.4 billion people, approximately a quarter of Africa’s population is impoverished – a staggering 460 million people in the region are living below the extreme poverty line of US$1.90 a day in 2022, an egregious situation that has characterised Africa as poverty-stricken. But the truth is that Africa is not poor – the...
Political parties rely heavily on financial assistance to sustain their activities. This has led to a situation where financiers of a party can unduly influence the outcome of elections and the policies of political parties. The question we ponder over is whether the state should sponsor political parties or whether...
Oh it still beats my imagination how our wives can go to the market with an average of GHC500 and come back with enough stuff. I wonder how they do it! You, the man would go to the same market, the same sellers and with the same GHC500 and come...
This is that funeral announcement From the Isles to the Downs From the Downing Street to Down Under Uptown to Downtown A palace down Buckingham Edinburgh through Scotland To a fallen bridge down London OH WHAT A SHOCK! What a loss! A Royal loss A Royal bus set to travel out a Royal house On a blind cruise After many days...
You may find yourself reacting to situations at work more than being proactive, noting that you don’t have the time to get in front of issues. Being proactive may not eliminate all issues, but it can help you resolve issues more effectively and efficiently and, in turn, better manage...