The atmosphere at the end of last month’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt was rather sobering. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced countries to turn to thermal coal and other fossil fuels to meet their energy needs, likely postponing the transition to a net-zero economy. But...
…the IMF Must include a conditionality which commits the government to ensure timely and adequate release of funds for social protection
Ghana Seeks an IMF Bailout
Ghana’s economy took a nosedive just a year after it came out of the 16th International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme in 2019. Real GDP growth slowed...
What is the purpose of digitisation? What is the purpose of digitalisation? What is the purpose of capturing user-biometrics? What is the purpose of SIM registration? There can be so many textbook answers to these questions, but the simple and ultimate goal is for Consumer protection and convenience as...
- An effective leader delegates effectively (2)
Last week, I started with some excerpts from my book “THE MODERN BRANCH MANAGER’S COMPANION”, and will finish with the second part, as I sign off my contributions in 2022.
The year has been with mixed feelings, the highs and the low moments, but...
Sport in Ghana has grown rapidly since the colonial era when there was little consideration for an organised schedule of activity other than the daily drill known as physical training (PT). After gaining independence from British Colonial Rule in 1957, the Gold Coast began a course of rapid development...
Today’s workplace is more demanding than it used to, and it keeps evolving faster each second. The typical traditional workplace where hard skills were all that mattered has started adding to it the soft or human skills and this is producing great results. There are many types of human...
Cocoa Diaries interview with CFAN President continues.
Continued from Part One:
Further in the conversation, I asked about their overarching goals with this revival. I wanted to understand where their focus was. On whether they were going to repeat Ghana’s mistakes of prioritising the political benefits and any benefit to the...
…Dealing with customer incivility
Sometimes. Just sometimes, you wonder if all is well with some people. You sometimes witness the behaviour of certain people and you cannot help but wonder if all is well with them. There have been a couple of times, during my days at the front line...