On Monday, the B&FT published a story that showed that the second-largest sea port in the country, Takoradi Port, since April 1 has been struggling to electronically clear goods coming through due to technical challenges facing the UNIPASS/Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS). Sources at the port say that valuation is...
COVID 19 has brought to limelight two significant things in the management of our economy. The first is the sudden realization that our health delivery system is not as weak as we thought; judging from the management of COVID 19 this far. The second is the competent way the...
Coronavirus disease or COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a new virus.  It has been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO), with a call on all governments to tackle it with utmost seriousness. Governments across the world have taken and continue to take various public...
Declining coronavirus infection rates and plans to begin easing lockdown measures in some parts of the developed world have provided a ray of hope after weeks of unrelenting gloom. But, for many developing countries, the crisis may barely have begun, and the human toll of a major COVID-19 outbreak...
The Covid-19 pandemic has really exposed loopholes that exists in various sectors of life and the insurance industry together with their stakeholders, have not been left out of the show. I have heard and read about failed attempts by various companies and businesses who have taken strides in making...
A  vegetable farmer sits on his land. Vrinda Khushu/Wikimedia Commons The Green Revolution – the introduction of new higher yielding seed varieties, increased use of fertiliser, irrigation and other mechanisation introduced since the 1960s – brought about a great increase in crop yields in some countries in the Global...
Media’s ire is focused on the slap meted out by NPP party faithful Hajia Fati to Adom FM journalist Sakyiwaa Ahwenepa  as she was reporting at NPP party headquarters. Hajia Fati would then go on air; admit she had slapped the journalist, claim she had mistaken her for an onion...
This week, I am starting a series that reflects many bankers’ headaches: Losing customers. It is important to reflect on what a bank is doing or not doing right. Sometimes more than half of some banks’ account holding can be classified as inactive or dormant. Despite the beautiful edifices,...
The announcement made last week by the Minister of Energy, Mr. Boakye Agyarko, of the impending allocation of 9 new offshore oil blocks, quite rightly made the news.  The Minister also stated, that in anticipation of improved production and revenue from oil, the government will more than double the...
So, you remember how it was back in the day, when you’d be bullied in school by a guy 4 times your size (and height) and you’d cry home to go call reinforcements in the shape of your “bigger” brothers, sisters and sometimes even your parents to come teach...