We are going to have to begin these next chapters of the series from the 19th century. By that period, the British—after centuries of battles and quarrels with fellow Europeans like the Portuguese, the Dutch, Danes, and Swedes—had successfully laid full claim over the Gold Coast. The country was...
The Chinese Hot and Sour Soup is a traditional Northern Chinese dish usually meat-based, served warm and packed with the goodness of healthy veggies, vitamins and minerals that can benefit your overall well-being in many ways, such as increasing the strength of your body. Eating this soup can also help...
Ghana is currently facing what may arguably be her worst economic crisis in the 4th Republic against the construct of a challenging global environment of a strong US dollar, inflation, supply chain disruptions, interest rate hikes to fight global inflation, and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
Using the official Bank of...
At the Communist Party of China’s 20th National Congress last month, the country’s one-man rule under Xi Jinping became fully entrenched. Though communist China has never been a democracy, its post-Mao leaders kept their ears to the ground, paid attention to voices from below, and thus were able to...
Population aging is the top global demographic trend; the pandemic can teach us how to prepare for it
Total world population passed the 8 billion milestone on November 15, 2022. The progression from 7 to 8 billion people took a mere 12 years, conjuring up long-standing fears associated with rapid...
“The chicken is never declared innocent in the court of hawks.” – Ghanaian proverb
Thanks to our senses, we can detect and understand all the stimuli around us. They allow us to feel and receive information about what goes on around us; and then we are able to process that information...
Private companies are the creation of laws – permitting their legal status, existence, nature of operation and management. In the process, regulatory compliance demands are imposed on companies to facilitate their continuous legal approval and operations.
Generally, all private companies are required to perform some regulatory obligations only varying in...
…Dealing with customer incivility
Sometimes. Just sometimes, you wonder if all is well with some people. You sometimes witness the behaviour of certain people and you cannot help but wonder if all is well with them. There have been a couple of times, during my days at the front line...
One of the strategies of most tax organisations - including OECD, ATAF, WATAF and Oxfam - has been to proffer best practices for reducing tax evasion and abuse of tax incentives to the barest minimum. This has necessitated most of these organisations to offer technical support to countries -...
General Liability (GL) which is also called Commercial General Liability (CGL) insurance is not a bundled or an Umbrella Liability cover. GL or CGL provides coverage to a business for bodily injury, property damage, personal and advertising injury against third parties, as a result of the business operations of...