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Without knocking, a novel virus entered the lives of Ghanaians – and others the world over – at the beginning of the year, just as farmers were getting ready to celebrate the end of harmattan and begin their crop production plans.  Unlike other countries, the Ghana Government was proactive...

COVID-19 has swept the world of its feet and has introduced a new world order and different ways of doing things. Nobody knows when the world will be entirely out of the woods. The uncertainty has left many businesses and their employees at a fix. More than ever, many...

Since COVID-19 broke out in December 2019, it has continued to spread across the globe unabated, with countries at different phases along the curve Public health emergencies worldwide, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastation impacts, affect women and men differently, but take a disproportionate toll on women. Even more...

 For those who viewed negative interest rates as a bridge too far for central banks, it might be time to think again. Right now, in the United States, the Federal Reserve – supported both implicitly and explicitly by the Treasury – is on track to backstop virtually every private,...

Along with many other countries, the government of Ghana announced a lockdown of the economic hubs of the country as part of its measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. In expressing the government’s commitment to containing the pandemic, the President declared, “we know how to bring the economy back...

The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned new barricades at an incredible speed. Closed borders travel bans, paralysed supply chains, and export and import restrictions have prompted many to inquire whether globalisation itself might fall victim to the COVID-19 pandemic. Globalisation was already in waning well before the outbreak of the...

That COVID-19 has disrupted our way of living and economies around the world is an understatement. Every sector/industry has been affected anyhow you look at it. One such sector badly hit is aviation which employs millions of people and acts as the central nervous system of international business and leisure....

"All crises are judgments of history that call into question an existing state of affairs. They sift and sort the character and condition of a nation and its capacity to respond. The deeper the crisis, the more serious the sifting and the deeper the questions it raises. At the...

With technology becoming an integral part of today’s business, the various components of your pack can interact among themselves to achieve your objectives only via a carefully selected electronic channel. A good e-business strategy model must be carefully planned with clear-cut vision. You cannot leave the objectives vague. Most...

My last column commented on the huge changes that societies all over the world have found themselves able to make, to fend off the covid-19 virus pandemic. Until very recently, these changes would have seemed quite inconceivable (for example, who would have thought it possible to shut down every...