The Cedi has persistent suffered a very high levels of depreciation.  According to Bloomberg the Cedi has lost about 60% 0f its value against the US$ this year, making it the second worst performing currency in the world after the Sri Lankan Rupees. The country has been burdened by...
Many of those who attended this year’s meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos were struck by the jubilant mood of the CEOs in attendance. It was hard to reconcile the optimism of these business leaders with the short-term and long-term economic uncertainty caused by the war in...
Last week, I shared thoughts on the 5 C’s for a great employee (Competence, Character, Culture, Calling, and Chemistry). Over the next five weeks, I will be expanding on each one of the C’s, not only on what they mean, but on strategies for assessing whether the employee you...
For religious people like myself, a higher being is our dependable lifeline in any situation. However, my strong belief does not limit my faith in insurance as an essential lifeline. Permit me to tell you more from the perspective of a Christian working in insurance. Why is Insurance a LIFELINE?  Insurance...
Why is Ghana where it is now? How did we get here and why? Was our present situation caused by the rise in the rate of the almighty dollar? Did we borrow too much of it, swelling our debt to an unsustainable level? Did the lack of the Eurodollar...
I chanced upon an article online on January 24, 2023 from cedidollar.com and same repeated on myjoyonline.com captioned, ‘Private Health Insurance players unhappy with GAB activities’ - in which the report purports that there is simmering tension in the Private Health Insurance Industry over unfair business practice by a...
Why is Ghana where it is now? How did we get here and why? Was our present situation caused by the rise in the rate of the almighty dollar? Did we borrow too much of it, swelling our debt to an unsustainable level? Did the lack of the Eurodollar...
“Some also will say that inflation has remained tame precisely because central banks have signalled such resolve in fighting it. My dog Woofie might have drawn the same conclusion whenever he barked at planes flying over our house. He might have believed that he had scared them off, and...
Late January, four African countries - South Africa, Eswatini, Angola and Eritrea - officially hosted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. He went visiting these African countries, as part of laying the groundwork and testing the pulse, ahead of  the forthcoming second Russia-Africa summit set for late July in St....
It is beyond doubt at this point that Ghana Government’s efforts through the Ministry of Finance to convince holders of government bonds to buy into the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) has run into challenges and the earlier these are addressed, the better for everyone. The purpose of this...