The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), a UN specialist agency headquartered in Madrid, Spain, has the mandate to champion and promote sustainable and responsible tourism development and evolution around the world. It demarcates the world into five tourism regions, namely: Africa, America, Asia-Pacific and the America’s. The UNWTO is...
As we mark International Customer Service Week, I would want to take it as an opportunity to illustrate the difference between customer experience and customer service. Customer experience refers to the experience customers have with a business and the impact that is left across the value chain or customers journey,...
This week, tens of thousands of people in Kenya cheered as William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya's president at a ceremony in the capital Nairobi following his narrow election win last month. Mr Ruto hailed it as "a moment like no other", adding that a "village boy" had...
…a critical analysis of a typecast mindset Many years ago, a friend introduced a life-changing book to me. His recommendation inspired me to enter the same bookstore to grab a copy of that book. Interestingly, it was a small book but with an 'elephant' price tag... hahaha. How? Why should...
By divine arrangement, every human being bears a name. A name is an important identification and a critical asset which opens the door to meaningful inter-personal communication and group interaction. In some West African countries, such as Sierra Leone, the names given to babies at birth in some local communities,...
“A person is like the long grass. If you treat it well, it grows well. If you do not, it withers.” – Akan proverb The greater challenge of businesses is how to win and keep customers. Every business caters to and for some type of customer. The question is, how...
US$14trn in grid investment needed globally by 2050 Solar power generation to surge in the near to medium term Rural areas have the greatest shortfall in grid coverage Aluminium and smart-grid technologies key to expansion As the capacity to generate wind and solar power continues to expand around the...
In Akan folklore, hypocrisy is profoundly expressed in the conduct of a bird called kokone kone which habitually goes upstream to muddy the stream only to quickly dash downstream to ask who caused the mess. It beats my imagination how various levels of traditional and political authority pretend to be...
Sports betting is the activity of predicting sports results and placing money on the outcome. These bets are normally small sums of money and can be made with either bookmakers or online sports betting sites. Online sports betting in Ghana is any type of sports prediction done on the...
This galamsey menace and naked hypocrisy In Akan folklore, hypocrisy is profoundly expressed in the conduct of a bird called kokone kone which habitually goes upstream to muddy the stream only to quickly dash downstream to ask who caused the mess. It beats my imagination how various levels of traditional and...