Squeezed between Western and European sanctions due to its "special military operation" in Ukraine since late February and its dilapidating effects on Africa's economy on one side and its decades-old desire to regain part of the Soviet-era influence despite the weak economic presence and negative perceptions at the core...
Special Economic Zones:
…a catalyst for continental free trade
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are ringfenced industrial locations with varied economic rules compared to other areas of the same country. These modified economic laws are made to promote and draw in foreign direct investment (FDI). Beyond the purpose of supporting accelerated economic...
Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and their related benefits (protection against unlawful use of one’s innovation, sale of one’s IP for extra income, safeguarding a company’s reputation for its customers etc.) are not usually part of the strategies considered by many start-ups in Ghana. This is largely due to the...
‘The more you celebrate your life the more there is in life to celebrate’. I recently heard this quote, and I thought it was very poignant, especially in a time where life seems to be so competitive now.
Meaning that people seem to be less excited about celebrating themselves because...
MANY Ghanaians have many reservations and suspicions to wholeheartedly support national tourism development as a result of ignorance, misconceptions and myths about the multi-purpose and multi-million dollar universal and dynamic modern industry; a huge national challenge which has negatively impacted and impeded Ghana’s accelerated national tourism development progress over...
Brand-building is non-negotiable to the operations of businesses which endure and resonate deeply and meaningfully with key target audiences. And for a preponderant number of business leaders and owners, branding is an activity that is jockeyed along with several other routine activities - often making it lacklustre and bereft...
…the weapon of the weak mind
A Straw Man Fallacy is a mistaken belief, especially based on unsound arguments. It therefore renders an argument invalid. A straw man fallacy occurs when someone takes another person's argument or statement, distorts or exaggerates it in some kind of extreme way and attacks...
BRICS is considering accepting several emerging markets into the grouping
High energy prices and US interest rates are encouraging expansion
Trade between Russia, China and India has grown notably since March
Food and renewable energy offer significant potential for cooperation
As emerging markets recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and...
The World Federation of Direct Selling Associations (WFDSA) published its annual report recently which showed that more than 125.4 million people are involved in the direct selling industry in over 170 countries worldwide. After more than two years of adapting to the realities of the pandemic, direct selling has...
Leadership by facilitation
During the industrial age, the great entrepreneurs collectively built businesses and business processes that required the minimum amount of thinking from the rank-and-file worker. The assembly line is a classic example of the model for this kind of workplace. The average worker’s work was reduced to a...