ABSTRACT This paper explains how standard of living in Ghana is affected as inflation changes from time to time. The need for such understanding has become relevant considering the dramatic fluctuations of inflation in Ghana especially in 2012. Additionally, inflation happens to be one of the most keenly discussed indicators in Ghana even though it is not clear whether its meaning is not lost on those who love to talk about it. Furthermore, available literature does not only lack context-spec...
Abstract Currently, Ghana lags in the use of data for organizational and governmental decision-making (Kyeremanten-Jimoh, 2018). Unlike developed economies which are mostly data-driven because of the availability of various of technologies which allow for effective data analysis for needed insights, Ghana is still trying to find its feet within the field of technology and is assumed not to necessarily regard the importance of and role of harnessing data for every decision made towards fueling...
ABSTRACT This study explores the use of technology in five restaurants in East Legon for sustainable growth. The objective is to find out how the use of technology is bringing changes in the operations of the restaurant business and how these changes are transforming restaurant business operations. Accordingly, a qualitative approach was employed to collect data using semi structured interviews. Ten participants, made up of one manager and one employee from each restaurant, were interviewed. ...
ABSTRACT Religion is woven into the culture of the Ghanaian people, so much so that it was evidently exploited in the election campaign of the 2012 general elections. According to Dovlo (2005), “it belongs to the African tradition that we cannot easily distinguish between the secular and religious realm, even in politics”. Political elections are usually contested in a democratic state such as Ghana to determine who rules or governs the people of a state. This is the best way by which the...
ABASTRACT Purpose: This paper aims to investigate and identify the most critical infrastructure that the government of Ghana should invest in to move beyond aid. As such, it offers a clear understanding of the role the “resource for infrastructure swap” agreement between China and Ghana in the Sino-hydro deal is supposed to play in the development of Ghana’s economy. Design: This paper uses quantitative and qualitative techniques such as interviews and case studies from Ethiopia, Angola...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to understand women’s experiences with secondgeneration gender bias in the Ghanaian banking sector. Women’s rate of advancement in leadership roles is currently higher than their rate of advancement into executive management roles in the workplace. Second-generation gender biases or implicit biases are one of the poorly addressed factors explaining the low percentages of women’s advancement into executive level management roles. First-generation gender...
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between capital flight and economic development in Africa by focusing on the impact of capital flight on economic development in Nigeria and Ghana. Existing literature on the phenomenon of capital flight, has focused almost exclusively on exploring the relationship between capital flight and economic growth instead of economic development. The preponderance of that literature indicates that a negative relationship exists between capital flight and...
ABSTRACT The Ghana Textile industry was part of several industries set up in the late 1960s by Ghana‟s first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, in an attempt to make the economy self-sufficient. By the mid 1970s, there were 40 medium to large scale textile companies in Ghana. The industry‟s productivity peaked in this same period achieved a total output of 130 million yards, plant utilization capacity of 60% and employed about 25,000 people (Quartey, 2006). In the mid 1980s, however, the Ghana...
Abstract As China emerges to be a new global power, its relation with Africa is overheated with domination or collaboration debate. The pessimistic argues that China offers puny aid aimed at exploiting nature resources and creating a neo-colonialism state in Africa, while the optimistic argues that Chinese aid is aimed at creating mutual win-win collaboration that tend to lift poverty in Africa. This study will attempt to offer explanation using historical and aid/investment analysis as a foc...
Abstract In the Upper West Region of Ghana, most the people are engaged in subsistence agriculture. A major challenge that they face is a long dry season of about eight months that renders most of them jobless. This research assessed the possibility of dry season farming in improving living standards of rural farmers. The research revealed that most farmers used dams with canals and furrows, others used canals with fuel powered pumps and some used wells for irrigating their crops. An average ...
Abstract This research paper was conducted with the aim of investigating the different ways teachers; school administrators and parents contribute to a special needs child’s experience and success at school. This paper provides an insight as to the various roles each stakeholder (teachers, parents and school administrators) play. A quantitative design was used to gather data, through the use of a combination of structured, open-ended questionnaires and interviews. The research sought to det...
Abstract The small firm effect is a stock market anomaly which shows that firms with smaller market capitalization earn higher returns than firms with larger market capitalization. The objective of this study was to test whether the small firm effect exists on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). The study adopted an explanatory research design. The study used 30 listed firms that had traded consistently from 2009 to 2016 as sample. The study created quartile portfolios in ascending order for the ...
ABSTRACT The largest religion in Ghana, the world’s most religious country, is Christianity. Here, the pervading belief in God’s existence fosters religious involvement. With globalization causing a mirroring of trends, the drop in Western religious participation signifies the potential decline of religion in Ghana. Noting that religion is a major part of the lives of many Ghanaians, it is evident that ascertaining what is responsible for the popularity of Christianity in Ghana could hold...
ABSTRACT Ashesi University College is a Liberal Arts private university located in Berekuso, the Eastern Region of Ghana. Ashesi offers three undergraduate degree programs namely: Business Administration, Computer Science and Management Information System and is the only university in Ghana that operates on an Honor Code System. This is a system intended to build a hightrust community, to put students in charge of their ethical posture and the reputation of their alma mater. The main objectiv...
ABSTRACT Ghana has abundant viable land and a reasonably well educated population that can support different types of agriculture including crop production and animal husbandry. Unfortunately, in the last several years, the agricultural sector has been performing poorly and poultry production has suffered from liberal trade policies that have exposed it to competition from imported products, forcing an almost exclusive focus on egg instead of meat production. At the birth of the country, the ...