A child born in Ghana today will grow up to be an adult who is only 45 percent as productive as he/she would be under a benchmark of complete education and full health, according to the World Bank's Human Capital Index (HCI) 2020 Update.
The HCI, an international metric that...
Ghana’s first ever Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM)-based educational centre for children has been officially opened for admission. The iSTEAM Academy will focus on nurturing the next generation of children’s curiosity to explore nature and test theories in everyday situations through hands-on experience.
The Academy, which uses evidence-based...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has not only disrupted the ongoing activities aimed at supporting the pharmaceutical industry in Ghana but has heightened the risk to growth outlook for the sector. Ghana’s pharmaceutical outputs is grossly estimated to be about 70 percent imports whilst the remaining 30 percent...
Fintech, the contraction of the words financial and technology, refers to the innovation that is disrupting traditional financial methods in the delivery of financial services. In Ghana, the payment space is composed primarily of companies that provide financial services to customers and merchants, which are not limited to sending...
The purpose of this piece is to tell the intellectually-stimulating, powerfully-inspiring and significantly-revealing rendezvous I had with Mr. John N. Tagoe, the then Strategy Manager of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) few years ago.
As a norm, new entrants in any organization are oriented on the structure of the...
The assault on the US Capitol by President Donald Trump’s supporters, incited by Trump himself, was the predictable outcome of his four-year-long assault on democratic institutions, aided and abetted by so many in the Republican Party. And no one can say that Trump had not warned us: he was...
We encounter numerous problems daily and some of these problems have been with us for years. In the beginning of every New Year, we feel energized and think that our problems would be solved after listening to a few motivational speeches and attending a powerful anointing service. However, soon...
“Each year technology makes the world more complex for people to understand. So, easy to use services for consumers are in particularly great demand.”
----- Alex Kreger, Founder of UXDA
The COVID-19 pandemic takes every sphere of human activity into the next level. Financial institutions are forced to move quickly to...
The crème de la crème of Ghana’s insurance chieftains gathered together last year at the corporate head office of the country’s largest insurance broking firm, KEK Group to witness the launch of a refresh corporate logo of the group.
Present at this August launch included Chief Executives, Officers and Directors...
“The earth is wide but it is God who is supreme.” – Akan proverb
The greater majority of the nation’s populace claim a belief in God. Interestingly, the attitudes we display on a daily basis are so depressing they have led to significant increases in agnosticism and atheism. While is...