In 1998, when President Bill Clinton's infamous dalliance with Monica Lewinsky became a public scandal and resulted in him facing charges of perjury, I recall Africans and African comedians cracking jokes and having serious conversations saying "What's all the furor about? What's the big deal? So the President had a...
As I end the series on Planning for a Fulfilled Life, what have you learnt so far? Remember, we have looked at building a relationship with our Maker, building a lasting relationship with our spouse, making time to shape the thoughts and behavioural patterns of our children and learning...
Negotiations happen all around us. They occur every day in business, in the workplace, in politics and in any general situation where more than one outcome is possible and different parties have interests in those outcomes. Hence the need for negotiations to become a core competence among emerging world...
It's an undisputed fact that BWIs remain very influential in shaping the structure of the world’s development and financial order.
Like many, I authored an article - a very scathing one - criticising the Institutions as a surrogate of western imperialism only meant to defend or expand the reach of...
Russia’s war against Ukraine threatens to create a global wave of hunger. We must urgently enable Ukraine to export its grains through the Black Sea. We also see a “battle of narratives” around Russian grains and fertilizer exports. While our sanctions do not target these exports, we are ready to work...
Last week, I highlighted a series of concerns currently being expressed among some bank staff working in the digital banking era. Their concerns mostly harbour around the positive but intrusive 4th Industrial Revolution where most transactions are powered by artificial intelligence, and the power of collaboration with fin-techs is...
The African continent has made steady progress over the last four decades - surviving high levels of poverty, various natural disasters (such as drought and floods), diseases, political instability and high levels of migration. And when the health pandemic struck, Africa’s resilience was tested yet again.
COVID-19 pushed millions of...
I have been following expositions by Minister for Trade and Industries, Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen about his vision to industrialize Ghana through the NPP’s One District One Factory (1D1F) policy as well as his role in drawing up and seeing to the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade...
VAT constitutes one of the great sources of tax revenues, yet it’s the most abused or evaded by taxpayers. An analysis by the Africa Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) on VAT Fraud Manifestation and Typologies in Africa established, among others, how the African VAT system is under threat as a...