Africa’s crop yields are only about 40% of the world average. This is despite more than half of Africa’s workforce being in agriculture, twice as high as the world average. This means the productivity in Africa’s agricultural sector is only about a fifth of the world average, an enormous...
As economic stability and purchasing power deteriorate, inflation has emerged as a critical challenge for emerging economies, necessitating a delicate balancing act between government spending cuts and supply-side reforms. Reducing government expenditures can contribute to inflation mitigation through a simultaneous decrease in aggregate demand within the economy. Inflation can...
Mr Paul Frimpong, the Executive Director of the Africa-China Centre for Policy and Advisory (ACCPA), has said the world, and especially developing countries, including Africa, should be vigilant to avoid being forced into accepting narratives around China’s Belt and Road Initiative as the main cause of their debt-related crisis.
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Retail banking, also known as consumer banking or personal banking, refers to the provision of banking services directly to individual customers and small businesses. In retail banking, financial institutions offer a wide range of banking products and services tailored to meet the everyday financial needs of individuals and small...
…A Spotlight on China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Visualize a modern highway active with trade, not just spanning a single nation but stretching and winding across continents, over rugged mountains, through cities, and across oceans. This is perhaps the most straightforward illustration to describe the vision of China’s Belt and...
Non-governmental organisations in Ghana, under the banner of Ghana CSO Networks and partners, have put forward this position paper expressing "concern over taxation on sanitary pads in Ghana” ahead of the 2024 National Budget reading; and are embarking on a series of advocacy initiatives - including the #Don’tTaxMyPad initiative...
In the vibrant political landscape of Ghana, the art of political branding plays a pivotal role in shaping public perception – building trust and ultimately clinching electoral victories. Just as in many other countries, Ghanaian politicians employ a wide array of strategies and tactics to connect with the electorate,...
Things change when the company changes, and as the business grows and expands it’s easy to see how alignment issues become problematic within the organisation. This may result because it obviously takes a lot of intentional effort to keep a growing or large company aligned.
There’s a reason that the...