“Learn everyday, especially from the experiences of others. It is cheaper’… Jim Bogle
Dear Reader, I hope my last article refreshed your memory of some basic banking concepts which can never be replaced or done away with. The fraud case involving the American banking officer happened in a traditional...
The human was born free and has been free to do business to make a living. However, during this process, society expects compliance with certain standards and regulations to ensure the smooth flow of usual activities and socio-economic norms. The society also expects a certain kickback from the people...
“Killing a rat that is holed up inside an earthen pot requires wisdom.” – Nigerian proverb
A darkened moon hung over the horizon as the evening gave way to night. The glare of headlamps reflecting off roads leading out of the city centre increased with excitement. Hawkers and beggars, sliding...
“...I say, that Power must never be trusted without a check.”
― John Adams, Adams-Jefferson Letters
This article is an extract from one of the chapters in my book- “The Modern Branch Manager’s Companion” published in March, 2021. Segregation of duties is an ever-ready principle in banking that sometimes get under-rated. Please...
“Self-reflection is the school of wisdom” - Baltasar Gracian
“Ambitious New Year’s resolutions often end in disappointment. So instead of setting unrealistic goals in 2022, business leaders should consider making smaller, simpler changes—and they just might see better results”, says Harvard Business School Professor Hirotaka Takeuchi.
Even before changes...
More than 20,000 Africans were killed in violent conflicts in 2020, an almost tenfold increase from a decade ago. Concurrently, and perhaps not coincidentally, Sino-American rivalry has escalated sharply. A new cold war, this time between the United States and China, along with other regional security threats, could be...
When government-issued Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) licences to Ghanaian companies in 2012, they were directed to use existing co-location towers rather than mounting their own. But now some of them are regretting following that directive, because the cost of towers under the co-location arrangement is practically suffocating them.
Meanwhile, the...