Mining of minerals resources in Ghana started before the arrival of the Portuguese in 1471. So, the abundance of gold and the extraction and trading of gold in the open, during their arrival that they named the Coastal Areas as Gold Coast. They also gave the name Elmina, the...
Smart lookup The real intention of early childhood discipline is to inculcate appropriate behaviour. Respect, Consistency and Fairness are the underlining principles that help to guide caregivers or facilitator in giving discipline. The ‘cold room’ referred to in this article is a place where the child is totally isolated...
Inflation is one of the key factors that affect the direction of your investments as they go to the core of the returns you earn on your investments. Inflation being the rate of depreciation of a currency leads to an increase in the prices of goods and services. Headline...
The development of the human resource capital is a critical issue in all organisations and institutions. Today’s Information and Communication Technology has changed the pace of business development and transactions. The competition in the business market calls for employees with the required professional profile and constant updating of knowledge,...
The old cliché, “What gets measured get done” and “if you can measure it, you can manage it” speak to the strategic principles underpinning execution management. Measuring it gives a leader the insight needed to stay on course to achieve objectives. Once the leader has developed the strategy’s key performance measures (KPI),...
After an intensive peer-review of the manuscript of the much-anticipated book entitled; Actualising the African Economic Vision; A Practical Handbook on the AfCFTA – a book composed by the Ghana International Trade & Finance Conference – GITFiC by the Africa Export Import Bank – AfreximBank; the President and Chairman...
Be deliberate about how you engage your customers to earn and retain their loyalty The purpose of today’s article is to introduce approaches to help us sustainably drive the customer-centric agenda. Customer retention and loyalty are now pivotal for businesses globally. In the previous decade (2000 – 2010) it...
This September 16 will mark 30 years since ‘Black Wednesday’, when the British pound was ignominiously ejected from the exchange rate mechanism (ERM) of the European Monetary System. Not all anniversaries are occasions for celebration. This one certainly is not. Black Wednesday was ‘a day of disaster’ from which Prime...
History of the Chamber The Chamber of Corporate Trustees of Ghana was incorporated in the year 2015. The Chamber appointed its first Executive Secretary, Mrs. Clara Kasser-Tee in September 2018 when it commenced full operations. The Promoters of the Chamber saw the need to have a trade and professional business...
In 2017, a German investor who initially came to Ghana to explore the viability of a solar business ended up establishing the first cocoa-pulp manufacturing factory in Ghana. They recently also launched their blockchain-based transparency system to demonstrate to their customers how much they pay their partner farmers. While...