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By Lilly Adjorkor ADJEI/Isaac Ato MENSAH Tema – 13 February, 2019 HE: Twenty years ago in my undergrad days, there was an ad in a magazine with a lady on one page and a gentleman on another, each leaning on a mountain bike. They were both wearing designer sun glasses and smiling. In the foreground was mountain scenery. The text was simple: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SHARED THE SAME PERSPECTIVE? It was a great concept. When you like each other’s company, great productive creativity is born. SHE: In the wake of the #MeToo campaign, many men are shying away from cross gender relationshipsRead More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Kyebi – 11 February, 2019 We have been conducting social science research on the Atewa Range Forest Reserve. This article is to draw attention to some of the important issues at stake. “The Nana has not hidden his intentions that he does not want the mining of bauxite in the Atewa Forest but he is so powerless to stop Nana” – Deep Throat. But DM Ofori-Atta, the Okyenhene’s spokesperson spoke on the record with a recorder in full view on the table and with academics present who also spoke their minds freely. Ofori-Atta spoke in his personal capacity at a focusRead More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAHKyebi – 8 February, 2019 “Follow the crowd” was a common derogatory cliché when we were growing up. There is nothing wrong with following the crowd save that you must know where it is headed and the values of the one herding that crowd. Trending on social media are issues surrounding Menzgold. Many allegations have reportedly been being made by the father of Nana Appiah Mensah, the Menzgold founder and CEO. What is Menzgold? This question should under normal circumstances be answered by the company itself. But now, it is clear they have a serious problem with respect to moral and intellectualRead More →

By Engr. Kwame OFORI-ADDO/Isaac Ato MENSAH Nsawam – 6 February, 2019 It can be very annoying and frustrating working with Ghanaian contractors; they often lack basic project communication skills. This happens because anybody at all who has money thinks (s)he can jump into construction forgetting that it is a sector that deals with professionals. The perception out there is that there is so much money in construction. ‘Please exercise patience, we are mobilising funds,’ is the typical irritating Ghanaian response. And such responses only come when you get annoyed and fire off a strongly-worded email or WhatsApp message seeking a rational explanation for inordinate delaysRead More →

By Engr. Kwame OFORI-ADDO/Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra – 4 February, 2019   The pergola cover is an open roof designed for climbing plants; to provide sunlight, shade and some greenery. You may have seen it before; it is a trendy roof cover around South La Estates, Airport Residential Area, Dzorwulu and East Legon, all suburbs of Accra, but most of what you saw were bare – seemingly meaningless. But it has a function. The concept is that the homeowner will place some flower pots with climbing plants in it that will ascend the wood and eventually form a leafy shade over the open roof. ItRead More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra – 1 February, 2019 The UN General Assembly will today formally launch the International Year of Indigenous Languages (IYIL 2019). The day’s event will start at 10am and end at 6pm New York Time; the plenary segment will be from 11-1pm and continue from 3pm-5-45pm. The event will be addressed by the president of the 73rd session of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General and the president of Bolivia. Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces, the president of the 73rd General Assembly, issued a statement on the day’s event. ‘The list of speakers will rotate between Member States and Observers of the GeneralRead More →

  By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra – 30 January, 2019 POTROG will deliver his State of the Nation’s address (SON’s address) to Ghana’s parliament soon – time for action. No; not time for action as in speech writing, but time to show he is serious. ‘I will build one factory in each district….I will give each constituency one million dollars….I will establish a Zongo Development Fund…..I will build Day secondary schools in each district…..Try me also…..’ The above quotes are mine – my own paraphrase of what POTROG said. Politics is for those who are ready; those who can punch and take punches, and takeRead More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra – 28 January, 2019 The Grand Lodge of Ghana (GLOG) is exactly 10 years old. Congratulations to all Freemasons in Ghana. To mark the occasion, the media was invited to the press launch at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City Accra on January 24. The moral imperative of public relations excellence requires of us to subject that meeting to the same standards and intellectual analysis that we give to all public relations events. ‘What do you understand by ritual?,’ the Grand Master (GM) asked a questioner for clarification. ‘Sacrifices….blood sacrifices,’ came the reply. It was an excellent question from theRead More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra – 25 January, 2019 Let’s make this simple – POTROG is head of state and head of government of the Republic of Ghana. Shall we add ‘…as by law established’? On Monday 16 July, 2018, the Bank of Ghana (BOG) announced the cancellation of the purchase of ADB Bank by some fraudsters wearing corporate masks. They are all those professionals hiding behind Belstar Capital Ltd., Starmount Development Co., EDC Investments Ltd., and SIC Financial Services Ltd. In the Ghana Football Association (GFA) scandal, Amanda Clinton, lawyer for the GFA rightfully argued that GFA should not be dissolved. Her argument wasRead More →

  By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra – 23 January, 2019 In public relations management, anniversary gifts are very important; they mark out your organisation for its heritage and tradition. If you do not know how to do it, just ask from those who do know; never do something – anything, to represent something; it will damage your reputation and brand image or at the very least, not enhance it. Gifts show generosity, an upwelling of gratitude from the human heart. They do not have to be expensive. The word token has come to represent the intention behind your gift, BUT does not mean buy somethingRead More →