Young Ghanaian entrepreneur Bright Simons has been named one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders by Fortune®. The 34-year old Simons made the list, published in Fortune® Magazine (online), 24th March 2016, alongside eminent persons including Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon; Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor; Pope Francis, and Christine Largarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders are men and women selected from business, government, philanthropy and the arts and all over the globe who are transforming the world and inspiring others to do the same. The 2016 edition is the third publication of … Continue reading Bright Simons Named Among World’s 50 Greatest Leaders

Here are some exciting, profitable home business ideas anyone with sufficient training, expertise or experience can startup. A viable home business provides opportunities for us to turn our expertise and passion into profits. Starting up a home business is also a way of starting a dream business. For persons who are employees, it is a means to earn more income, and the beginning of becoming your own boss. For a young person looking for employment, a home business may be just what you need to launch an exciting career or business. A startup demands hard work and lots of sacrifices. … Continue reading 10 Profitable Home Business Ideas For Ghana

Ghana’s small businesses are currently reeling under the difficult outcomes of a prolonged electric power crisis and high cost of borrowing in a worsening economic climate. The story of Francis, a business owner, describes the harsh realities of the present electric power crisis that many manufacturers have to contend with. Francis owns a small business that produces purified water in Accra. A few days ago, I hitched a ride on his truck home, after we attended a social event in Kanda together. The truck we rode on is one of eight that transport the products (bottled drinking water and sachet water or … Continue reading Ghana: Small Businesses Totter Under Severe Energy Crisis, High Cost of Credit

Property owners in Accra will pay more in property rates this year, 2014. Rate imposts for all the rating zones in the city have been raised about 13.33% over last years’. The rate for Residential Class 1A, which includes Airport Residential Area, East Legon, Ridge and Roman Ridge, has been raised from 0.0015 for 2013 to 0.0017, and the minimum amount owners of property in the zone can pay has been raised also, from GHC100.00 to GHC115.00. The new rates are announced in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly’s Imposition of Rates and Fee-fixing Resolution, made at a general meeting of the Assembly on 31st October … Continue reading Property rates go up for 2014 in Accra

The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Seth Tekper, has presented the 2014 budget statement and government’s economic policy to Parliament. Highlights of the budget include:   1. President, Vice President and the Executive takes a 10% salary cut 2. Establishment of Infrastructure Fund Will change fundamentally the funding and delivery of infrastructure in the country; Will reduced cost, enhance timely payments, and promote more efficient delivery of capital projects. Considering that lack of infrastructure remains a major hindrance to the transformation of the country in terms of the road, rail and energy to facilitate trade and expansion of businesses. … Continue reading Get highlights of the 2014 Budget for Ghana

“As a CEO, you should realize that your greatest contribution is the behavior you cause or allow to thrive in the organization’s upper ranks,”  says Kevin Sharer, teacher in the Strategy unit at Harvard Business School. In his article, “How Should Your Leaders Behave?”, published in the Harvard Business Review, Sharer advises that when choosing leaders for your organisation, evaluating candidates on behaviour rather than must-have character traits can lead to better results. By emphasising behaviour, managers or candidates who fall short of what the best leaders can learn behaviours that they need to exhibit.  It offers the organisation also advantages of diversity. Define the behaviours … Continue reading How Should Leaders Behave?