Chiefs and Chieftaincy. Our traditional rulers. Their power, their history, their role, their challenges. In President Akufo-Addo’s recent speech at the National House of Chiefs, he spoke about modernization, ending discrimination, galamsey and not treating sexual violence as ‘family matters’.
The President told the Chiefs to resist the temptation of...
November or movember, you say? For a vast number of the populace movember’s significance in the calendar is still a mystery. For those mystified individuals, movember came to life 14 years ago in 2003, created by a few friends over a beer in Melbourne, Australia.
You might think, how sloshed...
On Friday 20th October, as the CEO of Ameri Energy, I testified to the Energy and Mining Parliamentary committee on our Takoradi gas plant. As a company that has conducted our affairs in Ghana to the highest levels of transparency and integrity, we welcomed this opportunity to set the...
This is an update on an article originally written 8+ months ago. Still there are plenty of articles/posts on why the HR function is or can be critical in a Startup or SME Environment. As an HR & OD (=Organizational Design/ Development) Consultancy, we (HIREghana) specialize in HR Setups...
…A re-look at bank closing times (2)
“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity” - Albert Einstein
Dear Readers, I hope you had a good week and are ready to face another week. My last article was not to create passions among bank staff, but rather generate discussions on the...
Are you familiar with the feeling? Your heart pounds, your mouth feels dry and you start sweating. In an air-conditioned room! The MC has just announced your name and the audience is clapping enthusiastically as they wait for you to get up onto the stage. Instead of getting ready...
During the middle part of this year 2017, Ecobank Ghana laid off 181 contract staff with the reason that it is part of a digital migration strategy to improve banking experience for its clients, according to the Regional Head of Corporate Communications and Marketing at Ecobank, Patricia Sappor.
She said,...
The importance of improving smallholder agricultural development has received more attention recently from development agencies and academics alike, and therefore there is consensus that improving market access and loan acquisitions for smallholders will lead to increased income and food security - which further leads to poverty alleviation.
In recognition of...