The idea of Cryptocurrency can be traced back to the 1980s. The idea was to create a system that could not be traced and did not require centralised entities or government agencies to transact. Harwick (2016) defined cryptocurrency as “a virtual asset utilized as a...
The financial services industry, like many spheres of life, has evolved as a result of the massive influence of globalization. With technology advancing at galloping speed, the banking sector has managed to secure itself a very solid marriage between both disciplines in the bid to...
Our passion for games is unrivalled. If Ghana were to be divided by wars, a football match will be enough to reunite us. It has become the “ordinaire” of many Ghanaians to place bets on football and other games as they while away their weekends...
The world experienced a rather swift change in 2020. Prior to that year, concepts such as ‘lockdown’, ‘social distancing’ and ‘mask mandates’ which are now part of our lives were unknown. The change was vast and did not leave out the way we conduct business,...
Traditionally, it has been the responsibility of the State to provide public amenities with limited involvement by the private sector. Over the years, the revenue available for such projects steadily declined which called for the need to explore fiscally prudent alternative sources of funding such...
The pre-independence and post-independence era of Ghana saw many extended families living together as a household, resulting in a relatively low demand for housing. This trend has altered with modernisation, as increasingly, more nuclear families prefer to live as a separate unit. Residential housing units...
The importance of food production and supply cannot be underestimated in any economy. For many years in Ghana, agriculture has been known as a vital part of the economy. As at 2019, the sector employed 33.5% of the labor force many of whom were women,...
Private participation has been a major driving force of Renewable Energy (RE) in Ghana. This being thanks to policy reforms in the 1980s which gradually removed barriers and created a level playing field for the participation of independent power producers in the energy sector, Read...
The global workspace is fast evolving to normalize virtual work spaces. This change has prompted companies to upgrade their data protection systems to protect sensitive and personal data. More so, all who process personal data must legally recognize the right of an individual to the...
Ghana's economy is forecasted to shrink by about 5% of GDP in 2020 this being a baseline scenario impact from the challenges of the pandemic. Businesses are facing a testing time, the like of which many would never have seen before. Owner managed businesses are...