Money really moves fast and before you say jack, all that money you had surprisingly would have disappeared. With the economy so weak, being concerned about your financial future is rather expected. Cutting down on the things which are not so important would be a prudent thing to do. Did I hear you ...
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So you want to create wealth? Get seriously rich? Probably be a billionaire? What a noble ambition! Anyway, while you’re at it, I thought you might find it interesting to see those who have been there and done that. Here is a list of the wealthiest people in the world as of February 13, 2009 — based on each person’s total net worth.
Please note that ...
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Accra, Nov. 14, GNA - Utilities providers shortchange Africans as they pay more for basic services compared to people elsewhere in the world. Africans pay 12 dollars monthly compared to two dollars by South Asians for mobile telephone services.
This was contained in a report, "Africa's Infrastructure: A Time For Transformation", a release from the Accra Office ...
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What About Yours? Do you love your bank? Really? What do you love most about your bank anyway? What bugs you, if any?
What factor(s) did you consider before choosing your bank? Is there any service you're dying for your bank to provide?
If you have ever banked in another country before, how do the banking services in the said country compare with Ghana's?
These are the questions ...
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A week after successfully holding our very first teleseminar, CediWISE community members gathered around our computers and telephones for once again for our weekly virtual personal finance seminar.
Episode #2 - Open Your Financial Toolbox was all about sharing: audience members share their favorite books, websites, software, and any other resource that helps them manage their personal and small business finances.
Once again, please do forgive ...
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Ok, we did it... and we managed to survive! On Tuesday the 15th of September 2009, we successfully hosted the first episode of CediWISE MoneyTalks Teleseminar.
In this episode titled Knowing You, Knowing Us, two guests Michael Nyarku and Christopher Bennett joined all three
founders of CediWISE on the phone for a great conversation.
We began the teleseminar with a few house keeping announcements, after ...
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It's 5 in the morning and a loud noise wakes my good friend Lilian up from her sweet dreams. That's her trusty old alarm clock once again waking her up: time to get up and get ready for work. Lilian wishes she could sleep a little longer, but quickly remembers she can't afford to slumber one more time or she might be late for work ...
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What would you do as a cheese producer with economic pressure? Just like Giovanni, a cheese producer who has a herd of cattle to feed and staff to pay as he waits for his cheese to be ready, you would need a loan to keep you going won't ...
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I'm hoping by now you have read my article on
the secret formula for creating wealth. If you haven't read it, please go and read it now. If you have read it but find my argument too simplistic, here is a story that, I'm very confident, will convince you of the potency of my formula.
Trent Hamm is the author of personal finance website called ...
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The way we apply for jobs is changing. More and more savvy Ghanaian employers are turning to the world wide web (www) these days to do their recruitment.
The benefits to these savvy recruiters who use the Internet to find candidates are enormous: it's cheaper and sometimes even free for them, they can have shorter recruitment cycles, and online recruitment services like
JobsInGhana.com give ...
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