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“The American president was the quintessential repository of stately virtue, democracy, legitimacy, wealth, elegance, majesty and freedom! Like the women of Jerusalem who cast down their garments on the highways for Christ’s motorcade, American presidents before Trump enjoyed such audacity of praise that even the angels coveted!” Since 1788 when...

In the late eighties (80’s) there used to be a series I used to watch on VHS cassette called Knight Rider. The fascination with Knight Rider was the fact that it had a car which could speak and also move around by itself. In today’s modern world, the car would be...

‘Comrades Ahooo’… and the response: ‘Ahoyaaaa’ tells you the zone in which you are. Not a place to joke with oo! How I loved and still love the green uniform with black beret to match. Being a Soldier (adwuma) had been my childhood dream and I wasted no time...

“An unexamined life is not worth living” –Socrates Dear readers, last week I examined some operational risk symptoms that are likely to affect a bank’s bottom line if not detected early by managers. Some of these are hidden and best known only to the sufferers. The fact that WHO has...

Conflict Management may be a source of uneasiness in human relationships in the workplace. Conflicts often arise in the workplace between co-workers, as well as between employees and managers. At the workplace, disagreements are common occurrences. Often, managers may pull out the card of rank on employees especially when...

Workplace Communications in the Pandemic It is quite impressive the way human beings are able to quickly adapt to situations. It definitely has to be one of the reasons why we have survived this long as a species. Our adaptability is simply amazing. Who would have thought that wearing of...

At long last, Ghana is again taking leadership in construction industry development agenda within the West African region as a catalyst to development. Very soon the Construction Industry Development Authority (CIDA) 2020 bill will be passed by Parliament. In fact, the passing of the CIDA 2020 bill will again put...

The National Labour Commission (NLC), has directed striking workers of Ghana Community Network Service Limited (GCNet) to call off their strike with immediate effect. According to the Commission, the strike by the workers is in violation of the Labour Act, and should therefore be called off. In addition, the Commission’s directive...

Appruve, an API infrastructure used by financial services globally to verify identities, gain insights on the financial health of customers and detect fraudulent identities, has gone live in Egypt as it continues to expand across the continent. Egypt is the latest African country in the Appruve network, and in extension...

Even though the coronavirus impact has ruined many gains of the economy, leading to a contraction in the second quarter, one thing that has been able to ride through the storm is the local currency – cedi, as its rate of depreciation has been slower than what was experienced...