Africa!! Why Exactly, Is It Behind? Do You Know?Friday, September 19, 2014
London, United Kingdom, September 18th 2014 if you are an African, work with, or have been to Africa before, have you ever wondered why Africa remains largely undeveloped, though the rest of the world seems to be moving on? In his new book IS THIS WHY AFRICA IS? UK-based African autho ...
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TO THE PRESIDENT, HIS SAINTS AND SINNERSMonday, February 24, 2014
Dear Mr President, I trust that the better Ghana agenda is bettering you. Like my fellow Ghanaian, Bukom Banku said When a vulture shake their waist, it is cover their sons. I am writing with a desperate concern for Ghana and the future of the generations after us. In case those around you ... |
LET’S GET PERSONAL WITH GHANA’S DEVELOPMENTThursday, February 20, 2014
I normally don t tend to write on this sort of topics, but following a recent article I wrote titled The Dollarization of the Better Cedi Agenda it dawned on me that it was about time we all, as citizens of Ghana do our part to move her forward. But of course we know this. So why haven t we done i ... |
MENTORING AFRICA’S ENTREPRENEURSMonday, April 22, 2013
Experience, we have been told, is the best teacher. Sadly, experience really is the teacher of fools. I have often asked the question, why go through an experience in order to learn something that somebody else has already been through, learnt from, and is willing to share? And until I find a conv ... |
YOUR NEXT JOB INTERVIEW – HOW TO EXCEL By Charles Kofi FEKPEMonday, August 20, 2012
The important thing to do with any job interview is to research the organisation thoroughly, after all, this is where you are going to be committing 8 out of 16 hours a day of your waking life, for 5 out of seven days a week for the next 1 or more years. Most importantly, try and understand what the ... |
LEARNING IS OVERRATED. TRY UNLEARNING FIRST? - By Charles Kofi FEKPEMonday, August 13, 2012
If you had to build a more modern house on a piece of land where a hut currently stands, then common sense says, you need to pull down the hut to build your new mansion. Interestingly, that is a whole lot easier in construction terms than it is mentally. Here is the tough truth: You are NOT where ... |
7 INTERVIEW QUESTIONS TO GET BEST CANDIDATESFriday, August 10, 2012
I like asking questions. It's one of only three things I am very good at, so believe me when I say there are some questions that make people think twice before they tell the truth and thrice before they lie. Asking questions got me into the audit profession, then the forensic accounting profession. ... |
THE AFRICAN GRADUATE - Should I Start My Own Business - Charles Kofi FekpeFriday, May 25, 2012
I got an email a few days ago from someone I didn't know, a young man from a west African country. To me, I considered him half successful when he said in his email I am a young graduate and I want to start my own bakery instead of chasing non-existent jobs . His email was asking me for business ad ... |
TODAY'S GLOBAL BUSINESS TRENDSTuesday, May 22, 2012
Trends are powerful. They are just like sea waves. If you swim in the same direction as the waves, you will get ashore quickly and with minimal damage. If you swim against the waves . I will leave that to your imagination In the 1980s and 1990s when the information age started, those that saw the ... |
BUSINESS UNUSUAL IN AFRICA AS USUALFriday, May 18, 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 ... |
KNOWING TODAY'S BUSINESS TRENDS – GHANA IN THE EQUATIONThursday, August 25, 2011
Trends are powerful. They are just like sea waves. If you swim in the same direction as the waves, you will get ashore quickly and with minimal effort. If you swim against the waves . well, I will leave that to your imagination Several years ago when the information age took off, those that saw t ... |
WHO SAID A “DEGREE” IS ALL YOU NEED?Thursday, August 25, 2011
The truth can often times be brutal. In fact in most cases, it tastes like a bitter pill. Yet as history has taught us, it is these often bitter pills that provide relief for our ailments. Today I will give a doze of one of such pills. I am neither criticizing nor showering praise I am merely atte ... |