The debt-to-GDP ratio is a measure of a country's debt in relation to its economic output. A high debt-to-GDP ratio indicates that a country may have difficulty paying back its debt and may be at risk of default. In the case of Ghana, the IMF is projecting that the...
…a tailored approach to leading your team I recently had the opportunity to attend a leadership training organised by the company I work for, and believe you me, I had a lot I wished I could share but decided to put it into writing instead because that’s what I do...
 Three weeks ago, Agrihouse Foundation launched its third edition of the Ghana Chicken Festival (National Poultry Day). Since then, there has been ongoing discussions, deliberations and debates about disparities in attention and investment between the sectors. Livestock industry experts and stakeholders are advocating a more balanced approach, recognising the importance...
It is emerging that not only is good corporate governance necessary in promoting corporate brand and performance, but it is also becoming critical to how corporations integrate environmental social governance into their operations.  Therefore, the future success of a business is now more than ever based on embracing and...
Fixed deposits, also known as term deposits, are similar to certificates of deposit in that they are a combination of a savings account and an investment vehicle. When a person purchases a fixed deposit, they deposit money into a bank and receive interest payments in return. The interest rates...
“Money in the bank is like toothpaste in the tube. Easy to take out, hard to put back.” – Earl Wilson. Ghana is still recovering from the shock of the recent armed attack on a cash van (not a bullion van) which ended up with the killing of the Police...
In today's digital age, public relations (PR) has undergone a significant transformation. The traditional methods of media outreach, press releases and event sponsorships have now merged with the online world to give rise to a more powerful and comprehensive approach - Digital PR. As the digital landscape continues to...
“Let’s make the African market the market of Africans. Produce in Africa, transform in Africa and consume in Africa. Let’s produce what we need and let’s consume what we produce instead of importing” - Thomas Sankara, former president of Burkina Faso. In 2020 the World Bank stated that implementing the...
Multi-asset specialist manager, Stanbic Investment Management Services (SIMS), has announced measures that ring-fence new deposits from the mark-to-market valuation by setting up sub-class funds under the existing Stanbic Cash Trust and Stanbic Income Fund Trust. This was announced at the 2023 virtual Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on August...
Chapter 1 – Rewards and punishments Oh, examinations, what can I say? To spend months upon months trapped in terms or semesters, learning as the teacher teaches, and finding yourself subsequently given mere days—perhaps a week—to prove what you have learnt, in what English speakers have long since termed ‘examinations’… Indeed,...