Impact of the recent Eurobond issuance on financial markets in Ghana

A Eurobond is a type of bond issued in a currency which is different from that of the issuing country. In Ghana, Eurobond issuances over the years have been seen as a major tool...

PODCAST: Starr Chat With David Adjaye

Download and listen to all you missed on Starr Chat with David Adjaye. Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM

I felt proud when Akufo-Addo invited me to come home – David Adjaye

David Adjaye has told Bola Ray he was excited and proud when President Akufo-Addo personally extended an invitation to him to come home and help Ghana with his unique expertise in architecture. The extraordinary architect...

HR Today:  Achieving more with less time

You’ve got more to do than could possibly get done with your current work style. You’ve prioritized. You’ve planned. You’ve delegated. You’ve tried to focus. You’ve coached and mentored. The next frontier is increasing...
Jerry Afolabi - the Author

Towards a new equilibrium: Banking reforms and corporate governance

The financial sector crisis was predominantly caused by weakness in banking system preceded by high non-performing loans, illiquidity, weak corporate governance, undercapitalization amongst others. However, the continues insolvency in some banks due to high non-performing...

Albinism in Africa: The struggle for survival

Albinism is an inherited condition caused by the absence of melanin production in one’s body. According to Mayo Clinic, a not-for-profit organisation, “the type and amount of melanin your body produces determines the colour...

The Garden: We see the world through our eyes

“People who were raised on Love see things differently than those that were raised on survival”- Samantha Jo.  When I saw this phrase I had an epiphany and I knew right then that this...
Ken Ofori Atta - Minister of Finance

Ghana Becomes a Respected IMF Member Again as it Exits ECF

In a crisp, historical speech given yesterday, March 28, by the Minister for Finance in Parliament, Honourable Minister Ken Ofori-Atta explained Ghana’s successful completion of the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme, or bailout, of...

2 men wrongfully convicted of 1976 murder freed after 43 years

Clifford Williams Jr. was 34 and his nephew, Hubert Nathan Myers, was 18 back in May 1976. They were at a party in Jacksonville, Florida, when two women were shot in a nearby apartment, one...
Akufo-Addo and Jean Mensa during her appointment

Jean Mensa and Bossman Asare: Can’t you hide your ineptitude, arrogance?

Ever since Akufo-Addo appointed you two (Jean Mensa and Bossman Asare (PhD) as the Commissioner and deputy of Ghana’s Electoral Commission respectively, you two have been struggling to justify your shameful loyalty to the...