BUSINESS UNUSUAL IN AFRICA AS USUAL By: Charles Kofi Fekpe (FCCA, CFE) Wednesday, May 16, 2012

The Zurich insurance company has an advert with a catchphrase – “because change happenz”. The truth is, in Africa, change is always happening. Actually, that may be an understatement. Change will be happening in Africa for a long time to come. By the way, I am referring to business. For the smart African business man or woman, it means that sente ... Read more

BAN ON DRUMMING, BOOK LONG AND MATTERS ARISING Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Noise making in Ghana has reached a height where uninterrupted sleep in a residential area is a luxury. Back in the days, the home was a place of sanity, refuge, privacy, and peace from the pressures of the job market and the day's activities. But woe betides you if the place you call your home is located anywhere near a church or a cluster of chur ... Read more

Please help me, help me! Wednesday, May 16, 2012

As often shouts out by my granddaughter of three whenever she needs assistance of some sort, "please help me, help me, granddad/grandma/Gloria help me" She says this whenever she doesn't want to eat but finds herself being obliged to eat to ensure she sleeps well at night without waking up intermittently or unnecessarily because she feels hungry. S ... Read more

Donations, Job Creation, Scholarship Scheme etc.: The Princewill’s Example Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Donations, Job Creation, Scholarship Scheme etc.: The Princewill's Example By Nwaorgu Faustinus Individuals of Charisma are often sincerely called to mind, eulogized, remembered and or immortalized while still alive for their colossal humanitarian disposition not only to the poor, the less privileged, the unemployed but also to persons who ... Read more

Kennedy Agyepong Declared Justice, Not War! Tuesday, May 15, 2012

The dastardly attempt by some Ghanaian-Ewe groups, such as the so-called Council of Ewe Associations of North America (CEANA), to rope in Ghanaians of Ga ethnicity vis-à-vis the Agyepong tirade will not wash (See “CEANA Responds to Kennedy Agyepong's Declaration of War” Ghanaweb.com 5/14/12). It is also interesting that thus far, no significant gro ... Read more

President Obama's Frenzied Spending Caused A Feeble Recovery Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Would you happily sign an IOU for $126,000 to allow Barack Obama to keep his Big Spender status going? In some ways, that's the bottom line on how people are going to vote on November 6th. That's what the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates Obama's proposed deficits, from 2011 through 2020, will add to a family of four's share of Am ... Read more

NPP Communications Officers Now Akufo-Addo’s Reporters Tuesday, May 15, 2012

May 14, 2012 It is an undeniable fact that reporters in Ghana easily flock to NPP events. And it is also an understatement to state that the NPP controls more than 80 percent of the media outlet in the country today. But this does not mean that the NPP is a better party than the other parties in the country. It is simply the way the NPP when in po ... Read more

If Bawumia is a ‘serial caller’, then Kwesi Pratt is a ‘kayaye’ (1) Tuesday, May 15, 2012

The 2008 electioneering campaign was characterized by insults and character assassinations from the camp of then opposition NDC.Matters bordering on bread and butter issues which are germane to the livelihood of ordinary taxpaying Ghanaian were shamefully put aside and in its place, was the flag of personal attacks and character assassinations of N ... Read more

Wipe Out Polio, Now Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Wild viruses and wildfires have two things in common. If neglected, they can spread out of control. If handled properly, they can be stamped out for good. Today, the flame of polio is near extinction — but sparks in three countries threaten to ignite a global blaze. Now is the moment to act. During the next two weeks, on two continents, two even ... Read more

E. T. Mensah Has One Up On NPP Tuesday, May 15, 2012

He is arguably at once the most mature and forthright of the key cabinet appointees of the Mills-led National Democratic Congress; and it is primarily for this reason that when he speaks, one has to pay him more than casual or glancing attention. To be certain, when Mr. E. T. Mensah returns fire over the rather gratuitous criticism by NPP communica ... Read more

President Mills Gives Former President Rawlings a double Slap in the Face Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Former President J.J. Rawlings has suffered a blinding double slap across the face under the hands of President Mills. He is left sprawled on the floor in pain, crying and pleading for mercy. Who is ready to go to his aid, fellow Ghanaians? The ball is now bouncing in your court but who is ready to bell the cat without the President's Special Force ... Read more