An objective perspective
Growing up, I watched the Western media like CNN and BBC give their rendition on the Taiwan question. The rhetoric had always been “Taiwan is an independent island and has never been part of or ruled by China”. For years, I believed this to be the truth...
Agriculture, both crop and animal-rearing, has long been done with primitive methods - thereby affecting productivity and making it unattractive to the modern youth. But someone - Wisdom Mahami - is changing the narrative. This week’s Inspiring Start-ups shares the story of Crosslinksfarms, an agri-tech start-up making laudable progress...
This September 16 will mark 30 years since ‘Black Wednesday’, when the British pound was ignominiously ejected from the exchange rate mechanism (ERM) of the European Monetary System. Not all anniversaries are occasions for celebration. This one certainly is not.
Black Wednesday was ‘a day of disaster’ from which Prime...
“If the townspeople are happy, look for the chief.” – Liberian proverb
A career coming to a standstill, economic privation, fear of unemployment, and a competitor who is determined to take the market share of your organisation; these are some of the challenges employees face day in, day out. Whether...
Indebtedness within the Ghanaian market poses a severe challenge to creditors/lenders and businesses trying to grow their investment portfolios.
Debt recovery has always been challenging for individual lenders, financial institutions and other businesses alike. Notwithstanding the challenges in recovery of debt, businesses cannot do away with credit finance and other...
About a year ago, having been persistently shocked by a series of unprecedented adverse climate change events from all parts of the world, I was increasingly drawn to the question “Are We Close to the Line of No-Return?” As heavy rains caused severe land-slides in many countries, including Australia...
…The AfCFTA and state interest
Economic integration and globalisation are prominent features of the modern world. Principally, the increase of division of labour and splitting up of supply chains have led to globalisation of production and shipping for several goods and services. Such important strides have further improved international economic...
