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In a few weeks time, Christmas would be upon us. In spite of what people may say about the season, it would be observed with the usual parties, lunches and dinners.
Experience should teach the teams which put together and present our national budget that the economic vocabulary and jokes mean nothing to the ordinary man.
The Chief Executive Officer of Blackwealth Consulting, Mr. Mawuko Williams has underscored the need for Ghana to have a commodity price index as a sure way of keeping inflation in check.
Christmas is an occasion many people around the world look forward to. They needn't be Christians. It's moulted over the years into a truly global festival spawning a multi-billion dollar industry.
I HAVE BEEN STUDYING THE harmonised draft constitution for the past one week as I listened to our politicians talk about it. A good number of them have made misleading statements about it, seemingly, with the intention of scuttling it.
When Drake Ssekeba asked Godfrey Binaisa about his 'big head' during a WBS television programme, the former President of Uganda put on his typically captivating smile and replied: "It is beauty, it is all beauty my friend and besides, it contains a lot of wisdom".
I will write from my heart. Not that I have ever written from my lungs. I hope you get the point. No planning. No notes. This is as plain as it will ever get. This title came to me seven minutes ago as I was walking about. And then, a thought came to me, "Yeah, everyone can create their future"
Being self employed in Uganda carries with it responsibility to sort out your own tax affairs.
"Selling" is often confused with "marketing" but whilst related, the two disciplines are absolutely different. The best analogy I can use as an example of the difference is the Arsenal Football team where by the brilliantly creative Cesc Fabregas is the "marketeer" providing the creative environment for the "salesman" i.e. Robin van Persie to close the move and strike for goal.
I have got to salute the battling qualities that have had Lawrence Mulindwa see off the challenges of Michael Okiror, Godfrey Kwizera and several others over five years.
With the benefit of hindsight, and on the evidence of our present predicament, many Nigerians would be spot-on if they thought the disgraced despot Olusegun Obasanjo was the worst individual ever privileged to lead this country.
For some years now, the Niger Delta has been literally turned to a war zone as militants held the nation to ransom.
AFRICA'S economic growth and poverty reduction are closely linked with the quality of its infrastructure - its power, transport systems, water supply and sanitation, and its ICT networks.
IN a motion to Parliament a few days ago, the minister of Local Government proposed a list of districts from 14 to 22.
WORKING together for the past 25 years, the global community is achieving many successes in the fight against HIV/AIDS that deserve recognition on this World AIDS Day.
GLOBALLY, livestock farming is fast becoming agriculture's most economically important sub-sector with demand for animal products projected to double over the next 20 years, especially in the developing countries, findings by the International Livestock Research Institute have indicated.
It has been called the next golden commodity by investment firms, and 'neocolonialism' by the now repentant director general of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Jacques Diouf.
ONE of the most significant developments regarding the Government's role of economic management has been the implementation of a budget cycle that will run from January to December of every year.
The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has announced a rebranding campaign tailored to the pursuit of its mandate of assisting every Nigerian to own a house of his or her choice. The bank believes that the exercise would create a new corporate identity for the bank.
A new report released by the African Network for Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect recently confirmed what has long been known in this country - that the tragedy of child abuse accruing from broken, dysfunctional homes or any other reason, is on the rise.
JUDGMENT day is here. The Namibian people will speak today and tomorrow on the direction in which their country should move and the captains that will take command of the ship. Their verdict will be final.
Last November 19 marked the day that a group of concerned private citizens of the world under the aegis of World Toilet Organization (WTO) decided to draw global attention to the dire consequences of neglecting man's toilet needs.
The rape, in Kano recently, of two female members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) by suspected robbers, is another in the growing number of cases of desecration of a national symbol, which must be roundly condemned.
Now that the power rationing that gripped the country forcing some areas to go without electricity for more than 10 hours is over, the government must start preparing long term strategies that would make the country insulate itself from this perennial power load shedding problem.
This week, the heads of more than 50 former British colonies will be in Trinidad and Tobago for the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
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