The perennial budget deficit is a common financing challenge that Ghana faces as a result of the annual shortfalls in domestic revenue mobilisation. Based on the recent mid-year budget review, the overall fiscal deficit stood at 6.3% of GDP and projected at 11.4% of GDP at the year end.
Confronted...
What do you say: King Already? Traits of Outstanding Personal Brands
In our personal branding session today, let me share with you one of the traits of successful Brands using a Ghanaian artist.
If you've been a follower of my branding lessons from any of the platforms, be it radio, TV,...
The acronym MSMEs denotes Micro, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises.
According to the World Bank, MSMEs play a major role in most economics particularly in developing countries. It further said that MSMEs account for majority of businesses worldwide and are important contributors to job creation and global economic development.
In Ghana,...
The banking industry in Ghana has had both good and bad times as far as profit is concerned. The sector serves as a financial intermediary, which makes use of loan and deposit services to effectively channel the idle funds of the general public into valuable production and other investment...
Today’s business must invest a significant amount of its resources to plan, develop and deploy well thought-out engagement strategies to enhance the customer’s experience and trigger in them a desire to transition from buyers into advocates. To achieve this effectively, we must ensure that our quest to keep the...
In my last coaching session, I struck a realization as my client and I were having a conversation. The entire year, globally has been a wild roller coaster ride. Leaders who were previously not familiar with remote working styles have had to learn quickly. Employees have also been encouraged...
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, as per Section 28 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921), presented the 2020 mid-year budget review and supplementary estimates for the financial year in Parliament on Thursday, July 23. The budget review presentation by Mr. Ofori-Atta touched on key economic indicators such...
The proliferation of digital innovations that allow people to work from home and make transactions online has been key to mitigating some challenges of the coronavirus. However, this digital shift has also heightened the threat of cyberattacks, particularly in emerging markets.
As lockdowns and curfews were introduced around the world to protect citizens...