… Health, education and religious bodies worst culprits
Out of 6,000 private and public businesses registered at the Registrar Generals’ Department, only 2,000 have registered with the Data Protection Commission (DPC), which means more than 65 percent of business in the country are not data protection compliant.
The act sets out...
...says delays deny state of much-needed revenue
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has urged government to review exploration contracts of companies that have failed to invest in their oil blocks.
In all, about 12 oil agreements, awarded prior to 2016, are said to be idle. The delay in exploring...
Dear readers, after reading various hidden signs of burnout and stress, I am sure most of them are familiar to you. After recognizing such signs, they should not be swept under the carpet. People risk is one of the four factors that impact on operational risks leading to losses...
Standard Bank’s inaugural African Wealth Report 2020 brings to light a highly relevant segment of the global wealth market, which to date has been largely left out of international studies.
With the help of leading research house, Intellidex, we have produced a profound body of insights that will go a...
The world has experienced several outbreaks of diseases in the past century. All these pandemics had their positive and adverse effects on the world, as well as the lives of individuals. The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is no exception.
This pandemic has brought about a total disruption in various activities....
Fifty years ago, Milton Friedman published an article in the New York Times that articulated what has come to be known as the Friedman doctrine: “the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits.” It was a theme he had developed in his 1962 book Capitalism and Freedom,...
The competition seeks to inspire team-building and innovative ideas to transform current utilities into Advanced, Futuristic, SMART, Sustainable and Agile African Power Utilities
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and EnergyNet, organisers of the Africa Energy Forum (AEF) have created the ‘African Utility of Future’ competition enabling teams to compete for...
…Workplace communications in the pandemic
Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Samsung and Norwegian telecommunications giant Telenor are but a few of the organisations that ensure that the office spaces are designed in such a way that employees get to “bump” into each other a lot more. In March 2015, Facebook opened the...
Agrihouse foundation, a non-governmental agricultural capacity building, innovation and project management organization, has been allocated plots of land for the construction of an agricultural training and demonstration center in Tamale, the Northern regional capital.
The land allocated by the Bamvum Lana, Chief Mahamadu Abdulai is to help train more youth...
Airtel Africa is expanding its strategic partnership with Ericsson to enable 4G coverage in Kenya. With Ericsson’s Radio Access Network (RAN) and packet core products for 4G, Airtel subscribers will experience enhanced quality of voice and data.
The network modernization deal, signed in August 2020, is in line with the...