The post of yesterday talking about National budgeting for reasons had a lot of attention and am still being engaged about it up to now. That post was shared in very many forums so am told, including some circles in the ministry of Finance which is good. That piece got me engaged with one of the top 10 guys in…
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I don’t know how many of you take time to analyse our national budgets but I do. Last week, our parliament passed a 45.5 Trillion budget for the year 2020/2021. I think as a country we need to take money management/growth as a serious part of our lives. We need to make sure our children learn about budgeting at a…
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As many of you on this platform know, I have been at the forefront, for several weeks, in asking for Debt Relief and Economic Impact Stimulus, on behalf of the African continent. In making these appeals, those of us who have called for these measures have used as our benchmarking, those measures that have been taken in the US, Europe,…
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_Let’s get practical, now! So far no one has asked me yet exactly what I mean by the word “pivot” in the title of this series. You might think you know, and you may, but let’s get practical now. Pivoting takes preparation. To pivot is not simply to jump into the #Digital Age without proper research, learning and very often, upskilling. If…
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Generation Africa: Celebrating Africa’s young agripreneurs __Case studies: Moving from pitches, to prizes, to profits! Today I wanted to share this video from Davos in January and also to update you on some of the exciting achievements of our young finalist #agripreneurs since the GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Finale Pitch contest last year in September in Ghana. These young entrepreneurs are the future of our…
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__How to develop a product for @DiasporaNation. As I wrote last week, there are an estimated 50m+ Africans working and living outside their home countries today. We generally refer to this collection of communities as the “Diaspora,” so I coined the phrase “@DiasporaNation”. According to official statistics, these guys send home about $65bn per year. If this is 10% of…
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Meanwhile, thank you all for the overwhelming birthday wishes on the 22nd April. I tried to read all but eh, I failed…Mwebale! Well, that’s not the main reason am posting something on my timeline today, Nedda! Something has been making me very mad. In the last 2 months, I have been engaged in very many meetings mainly on Zoom. These…
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The deal gives Warner Music’s ADA division access to Africa’s largest catalogue and A&R network, as well as enabling WMG to establish a presence in many African markets for the first time. ADA will work closely with Africori to distribute and promote its artists internationally through Warner Music’s global network. It will support Africori’s distribution activities on its existing catalogue…
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A Multi-year contract using Eutelsat’s dynamic 7° East neighbourhood means RCS Ghana can provide capacity for the broadcast of quantitative quality viewing. RCS will use Ku-Band band capacity on EUTELSAT 7B to broadcast its fast growing free-to-air DTH bouquet comprising SD and HD channels to the Ghanaian market and over 40 other countries in Africa. The Chairman and CEO of…
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Current fintech surge to further disrupt traditional bank sector Traditional banks will fall even further behind in market share and customer experience due to the global coronavirus pandemic, warns the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations. The comments from Nigel Green, founder and chief executive of deVere Group, follow research that the use of financial…
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