Different research studies have shown that, the best performing corporates, individuals and groups are the ones who have been able to combine hard and soft skills effectively. It is key that as individuals who want to grow our careers, entrepreneurs who want to grow ourselves, and our businesses and...
“It is not the absence of risk that determines a program’s success but the manner in which risk is identified and managed”
Dear readers, last week, I looked at the need to get the image of the risk personnel rebranded. I always observe the usual banter between the compliance/risk staff,...
Africa is blessed with abundant solar power due to the scorching sun. Solar power should be the alternative energy source to power vehicles, generating plants, and small-scale and commercial farming.
It could also be used for powering industries. For instance, during power outages, most heavy industries like Valco in Ghana...
Special Economic Zones:
…a catalyst for continental free trade
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are ringfenced industrial locations with varied economic rules compared to other areas of the same country. These modified economic laws are made to promote and draw in foreign direct investment (FDI). Beyond the purpose of supporting accelerated economic...
MANY Ghanaians have many reservations and suspicions to wholeheartedly support national tourism development as a result of ignorance, misconceptions and myths about the multi-purpose and multi-million dollar universal and dynamic modern industry; a huge national challenge which has negatively impacted and impeded Ghana’s accelerated national tourism development progress over...
Leadership by facilitation
During the industrial age, the great entrepreneurs collectively built businesses and business processes that required the minimum amount of thinking from the rank-and-file worker. The assembly line is a classic example of the model for this kind of workplace. The average worker’s work was reduced to a...
It has been over a decade since the idea of having a common currency for the countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was first proposed. The idea was that such a currency would have the following advantages: the benefits of economies of scale, free movement...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was established to ensure global economic stability. This is done by providing financial assistance to countries facing economic difficulties.
In recent years, the IMF has been involved in providing bailouts to several African countries that are struggling with their economies. The IMF bailout comes with...
“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities”…...Stephen Covey
Hello Readers, for the past two weeks, my risk binoculars has zoomed in on the beautiful and modern banking hall designs. These new designs are in line with the Central Bank’s cashlite policy of encouraging the use of more electronic-based transactions....
