-The Joseph model
Over the years, businesses and organisations which have paid due attention to record-keeping, accountability and integrity have become progressive and successful institutions with enviable brand names and trademarks.
‘Accountability and integrity’ is a subject that preoccupies the leadership of organisations and business entities in several areas of their...
The World Investment Report released in June 2022 showed foreign direct investment (FDI) into Africa reached a record US$83billion in 2021. The continent's improved investment scorecard continues to drive capital flows to the region. However, irrespective of the upward flow of capital, Africa received only 5.2% of global FDI...
How should your brand behave during public health and other emergencies when consumers are facing a threat to their lives and therefore have bigger priorities that listening to you? Should you continue to advertise as though everything is ‘normal’, knowing well that your brand risks sounding rather insensitive. You...
Her fascination with the content of her grandmother’s standing wardrobe drove her into a career in investment banking, and her curiosity grew each time she went through the stories of each item displayed. Her first lessons in wealth creation and giving generously was instilled by “this remarkable woman”, to...
The diversity of different cultures and ethnic groups in Canada allows for a vast variety of taste buds to be satisfied. With immigrants coming from all over the world, including Africa and Asia, one will not go hungry as there are many cuisines to choose from. From the fast-food...
The Government has given indications of an impending debt restructuring that will involve Bond Swaps including zero coupon bonds for domestic bondholders with possible “haircut” for institutional investors which includes the banks. The Government has however assured individual Treasury Bill holders that their investments are safe and this is...
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...