The Sales and Marketing Function Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain. Use it to help others….Rick Warren Sober reflections These days, no week passes by without mention of negative issues in our financial institutions, businesses, government departments...
There is talk of a potential source of Ghc 9 billion from institutional investors including private pension funds that could bridge the gap of the national budget.  Required if African countries like Ghana seek to fund the critical infrastructure projects they need.  The headline ambition around these parts,  is...
Crowd funding is an innovation in entrepreneurial finance that can fuel risk globally. This new form of capital formation emerged in an organized way in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis largely because of the difficulties faced by entrepreneurs and early-stage enterprises in raising funds. With traditional banks less...
In the investment industry, it is seen that investors have the tendency of accumulating investments at the top and selling at the bottom. Many Ghanaian investors buy high when everybody is making so much noise about how good a security is and rather sell when there is a downturn...
Finally. The President’s silence was broken. He addressed the Nation. He stepped into the furor that had gripped millions. The Nation got a presidential statement regarding the US military Agreement – or rather the DCA (Defence Co-operation Agreement). Is that the end of the controversy and the issues arising? Sadly, no. What...
There is the popular saying in business that “cash is king” and if that is anything to go by, then cashflow will be considered as the oil that keeps the vehicle engine (i.e. business) running. To grow and sustain business, cashflow is one of the integral tool which cannot...
Report of some so called Ghanaian journalists having been deported from Australia has led to a probe by the Government. At least 50 Ghanaians who form part of that contingency are to face the national security lead probe. This is not the first time sports men have tarnished the...
I wish to react to your publication on Thursday, 29th March, 2018 on the headline “Banking Crisis Reflects Challenges in Economy” attributed to me, which is not entirely accurate. I was out on a business trip when I received urgent calls from several people asking whether the publication on the...
Headline news announced by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta in his budget statement, is that Ghana expects to earn some $670 million from exporting crude oil in 2018 from its 3 major producing fields.  There may well be other tangible benefits. The 2018 budget was themed 'Putting Ghana back...
As water-related challenges, including limited access to safe water and sanitation, increasing pressure on water resources and ecosystems, and an intensified risk of droughts and floods, continue to confront nations; the UN System is also relentlessly pursuing measures to address these problems. Its latest efforts to handle global water issues,...