The Doing Business (DB) survey is an annual report issued by the World Bank Group (WBG). It ranks economies across the world on the time, ease and procedures required for a small to middle size domestic business, in the most populous city, to complete critical transactions.
The first DB survey...
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...
