Two years of the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated the education crisis in Western and Central Africa. The pandemic hampered efforts to increase enrollment rates: indeed, more than 101 million children could not go to school and had little access to distance learning. As countries rebuild their economies, it is urgent...
A brief incursion into the historical evolution of money is necessary to set the pace for this discussion. It is common knowledge that the inefficiencies of the barter system (the system where humans paid for and transacted for goods and services by exchanging commodities such as salt, rare metals...
Winners never quit, and Quitters never win
Quickening the Pace of Digital Banking
Last week we examined some critical training needs that financial institutions can help bridge the gap to ensure their staff fit well into the digital banking era. In the advisory role that the few branch staff left...
It is an established fact that good roads make a crucial contribution to economic development and growth, and bring important social benefits. The proper development of a transport road network reduces the cost of transportation - both in terms of money and time. Beyond that, it also helps in...
Finance and Risk are two crucial issues in the world of business that cannot be over-emphasized. Finance is the heart and soul of any business; it plays an essential role from its establishment to its growth.
I’m tempted to define ‘finance’, though most of us have an idea of what...
Investor, IT consultant and Philanthropist, BigGodwin Martey, is regarded as a street evangelist whose evangelistic approach is characterised by giving to society and a giving persistent education on Facebook, predominantly to move people from point A to point B, as he calls it.
In one of his usual Facebook live...
Critical thinking for problem-solving
We began last week with an overview of the problem-solving process, looking at the two hemispheres of the problem-solving continuum and how we need a strategic combination of a good methodology, a set of tools and techniques, and the activation of certain thinking typologies...
Ensure that you are aligned with your customer's needs by influencing an outside-in thinking culture
The quest for profitability is what motivates the average business to pay attention to well-crafted strategies ultimately leading to successful outcomes. Undoubtedly the customer is a big part of this quest, hence, the need...