'Productivity’ has become a buzzword with positive connotations – but what happens when getting things done is taken to an extreme?
Reza Jafery has been something of a workaholic since he was in first grade. Whenever he was assigned homework, he’d head straight for the library at the end of...
Renovation of the Sunyani Airport in the Bono Region is progressing steadily and the level of the project development is pegged at 85%.
Ongoing works at the Sunyani airport include expansion and upgrading of the runway construction of a 90 by 60 metre apron and fixing of fittings at the...
Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Ghana, Patricia Obo Nai, has reaffirmed the telecommunications giant’s commitment to supporting Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
In her opening address at the maiden edition of the Vodafone Business Runway, she outlined several measures that have been...
Though the COVID-19 Alleviation and Revitalisation Enterprises Support (CARES) programme is a very good initiative, the financing model raises questions about its sustainability, hence the phases must be implemented slowly, Director of the Institute of Social, Statistics and Economic Research at the University of Ghana, Professor Peter Quartey, has...
Aside from the various trends discussed in my last piece, there are many others which have happened since the arrival if COVID-19 and its constraints.
They most important lesson to note as industry players, and those hoping to get in, is that e-commerce is a demand-led industry wherein customers push...
NEW YORK – The robots are no longer coming; they are here. The COVID-19 pandemic is hastening the spread of artificial intelligence (AI), but few have fully considered the short- and long-term consequences.
In thinking about AI, it is natural to start from the perspective of welfare economics – productivity...
Welcome to another week of financial learning. I believe we are all well and staying safe in these abnormal COVID-19 times!
COVID-19 officially hit the shores on Ghana in the early part of March 2020. Events after the first announcement led to full and partial lockdowns, a ban on the...
South Africa’s Shoprite Holdings will lay off 115 staff and close another Kenyan store, less than a year after its opening as part of the supermarket’s expansion into the east African country, a letter seen by Reuters shows and the company confirmed.
In the letter, addressed to the Kenyan Union...
As you may have read, last couple of weeks, the FBI sent out an alert warning of four new DDoS attack vectors, three of which have already been exploited and resulted in several large DDoS attacks across the globe. DDoS attacks have increased by 500% as a result of...
The 3% levy charged all consumers of electricity for street lighting has generated GH¢273.9million of revenue to government in 2018 and 2019, Energy Minister John Peter Amewu said when he appeared before Parliament to answer questions from members last Thursday.
“In summary, a total amount of GH¢273,876,832 was collected by...