Employees attach value to their job features/total job, and when they perceive threats to these and experience feelings of powerlessness, their level of job insecurity increases (Hartley et al. 1991). Working life has been subjected to dramatic change over the past decades as a result of economic recession, advances in information technology, industrial restructuring and […] The post Robert
Management of Port Takoradi has revealed that despite steady growth in import traffic, there has been a significant drop in export cargo traffic at the port for the first half of 2020 as the result of an about-four-month long halt to manganese export through Port Takoradi. Speaking to the Eye on Port programme, the Human […] The post 4-month
The recent 4% reduction in Communication Service Tax (CST) may well be the middle-ground for all stakeholders. My personal view has always been that we need to strike a fair balance between generating extra revenue for the government and encouraging telecom-facilitated economic growth. ‘President Kagame says mobile phones are no longer a luxury but a […] The post Have
“The bane of entrepreneurship in Africa is access to capital.” This statement stayed with me long after my conversation with a dear friend who is an established entrepreneur. This view is held by almost every businessperson I have spoken to and is further affirmed by several researches and reports on entrepreneurship in Africa – such […] The post Naa
(A pause on ‘A Series of Knock Knock Jokes’ to contemplate a hoary joke we ought not be making) 101 I am going to attempt this gory subject without resorting to Criminal Law 101, and avoid completely the temptation of citing cases, for the burden of learning the law is something I should not casually […] The post The incomparable Dr. Benneh & the scarecrow appeared first
-Reshaping Our Educational System; Prioritising STEM Education. COVID-19 is not the first global pandemic the world has faced in recent history, but the implications and impact are unlike anything most of us have experienced in our lifetimes. It compelled each country to solely rely on its own natural and human resources to survive. It has […] The post Making
It was obvious that the chap wanted to do something about the situation. But it was equally clear that there was something preventing him from going ahead. After a few minutes, it was evident that whatever was preventing the gentleman from solving the problem was much more powerful than his desire to do something to […] The post PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY…Empowering the Front Line
…Avoiding the blame game “If you blame others for your failures, do you credit them with your success?” – Author Unknown Dear Readers, last week, I examined the blame game in risk management and it came out clearly that risk should be owned by all staff, and not just the “Responsible Persons” in charge of […] The post Best practices to reduce internal fraud
The Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC), a pioneering green business incubator, last week held an economy and ecology strategic dialogue themed: ‘The Green Recovery’ as a response to the COVID-induced economic downturn currently assailing the Ghanaian economy. Agata E. Pawolowska, the World Bank Operations Manager, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone set the ball rolling by […] The post Green
Since the first recorded case of COVID-19 in China in November 2019 and its consequent spread across the world in the first quarter of 2020, the pandemic has visited severe hardship on key industries. In Ghana, the local economy and key industries that support it suffered greatly. Particularly, the agriculture sector which is arguably the […] The post Pre-harvest
The KEK Insurance Brokers performed better than a number of brokers in the financial year 2019. According to the regulator’s report, KEK’s brokerage income increased from GH¢23.21million in 2018 to GH¢25.64million in 2019, representing a 0.24% increase. The trend for top-ten companies in Ghana’s insurance broking market changed as at year-end 2019, as broking firms […] The post KEK
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the tourism industry in Ghana, as well as globally, stakeholders must look for creative ways of ensuring that the industry gets back on its feet. The Ghana Tourism Federation took the lead when it officially signed a memorandum of understanding with Gek Media Communication to adopt the […] The post GHATOF initiates
Pandemic! COVID-19! You will agree with me that the virus was first detected in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) led by its Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus initially declared it a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January, 2020 and later, declared it pandemic on 11 March, 2020. The […] The post Externalities
Mr. Kwaku Ennin, Chief Executive Officer of Zeal Environmental Technologies Limited, has appealed to the Indian High Commissioner to Ghana for assistance in considering engineering students who want to further their education in India. “This will enable them to be exposed to different and new ways of doing things in the industry. We have some […] The post Indian
While two sectors, industry and services, were decimated by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as they experienced contraction of 5.7 percent and 2.6 percent respectively, agriculture rather saw a growth of 2.5 percent in the second quarter, according to data released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). The agriculture sector was able to withstand […] The post Editorial
If there is any sector that suffered hugely under the COVID-19 pandemic, then it is the tourism and hospitality sector. To this end, the Ghana Hotels Association (GHA) is bemoaning neglect from the government, saying that even though there were several interventions announced to support the business community, many of its members have had to […] The post Editorial 1: Hoteliers
Debt accumulation and sustainability relative to gross domestic product (GDP) in Ghana’s economy have been a major concern to a cross-section of citizens, economic, and financial analysts in recent years. The debt-to-GDP ratios recorded by Ghana in recent years are as follows: 2012 = 35.58%; 2013 = 43.22%; 2014 = 51.16%; 2015 = 54.83%; 2016 […] The post Feature:
FAO has elaborated a comprehensive Response and Recovery Programme to overcome the impacts of COVID-19 through up-scaled and robust international collaboration By QU Dongyu, Director-General of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations As the impacts of COVID-19 take their toll on human health and well-being around the world, the imperative of producing and […] The post Feature:
Not one to let disruptive circumstances slow him down, former president of Nigeria and Eminent Fellow of the African Youth and Governance Convergence (AYGC), Olusegun Obasanjo, graced what has been termed as the Biggest Convergence of Africa’s Youth with words of wisdom. As the Keynote Speaker for this year’s AYGC – an event he had […] The post Obasanjo
… who is set to deliver? Energy plays a critical role in contributing to economic growth in two ways. First, energy is globally considered as an essential sector of the economy through the process of creating jobs and value by transforming and distributing energy goods and services. Second, energy underpins the rest of the economy […] The post Feature:
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