What has being grateful got to do with standing up and speaking in public? My response is one word - everything. From the time you are invited to give a talk to the end of your address, gratitude permeates the practice of public speaking. Here is how. Be grateful for...
What a beginning! A republic’s anniversary, an immigration service professing medical expertise while practicing discrimination and a media house DG declaring new courts of prosecution. Happy New Year. Although January’s beginnings in the world of news in Ghana revealed we are off to a troubling start. The above stories signify...
There are many ways to measure development in a region, a country or even a continent. Freedom, prosperity, health and stability are all pillars of progress, and opportunity is the foundation. But this week as I return to Africa for the first time in ten years, I am reminded that...
For a large number of people around the globe, alcohol is an integral part of their lives. People consume alcohol when they are joyful, gloomy, infuriated, disheartened, and sometimes without any reason. Though moderate alcohol consumption may have substantial health benefits, there’s a definite responsibility attached to its ingestion....
Ghana’s Logistics industry continues to suffer many setbacks largely because of the disorganized and fragmented nature of the industry. An industry dominated by large number of informal and unorganized trucks and truck owners. With Logistics regarded as the backbone of the economy, providing efficient and cost effective flow of goods...
Technology is an essential part of our lives today and only few people can imagine living without it. In the era of rapidly changing technology nearly every business has been affected in various ways. HR has always been the most crucial part of any business, as finding the right...
What would Jesus say to these Bantama boys? What words would He articulate had He watched that video? This now viral video where up to seven boys watched, laughed as they took turns to rape a teenage girl. Throughout the video, she is held down, boys arms pressed around her...
“The kinds of errors that cause plane crashes are invariably errors of teamwork and communication.” Malcolm Gladwell  How time flies. Last October, 2017 marked my fourth year of writing articles for The Risk Watch column of the Business and Financial Times newspaper. I will call it a journey of mixed...
Headline news.  Ghana's big push to attract investment from Asia - Japan, Singapore and China - is well underway. At a breakfast meeting held in Accra on Friday, December 15th, 2017, the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, announced that "we are today examining the possibilities of arranging for a total...
He For She. Two million Ghanaian boys and men mobilized to pledge support in the fight for gender equality. That’s this campaign’s aim. It was launched on the 2nd day of a High Level Africa Roundtable on Mobilizing Support and Accelerating Implementation of the SDGs. It comes in the week...