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‘Build strategic business partnership for success’
• Casandra (middle) with some guests after the summit
Businessman, Prince Kofi Amoabeng, has advised entrepreneurs to inculcate the attitude of building strategic business partnership for the success of their firms.
According to him partnerships has what it takes to push one’s business to another level and advised entrepreneurs to eschew the mentality of venturing into business because they could earn excessive profit.
He noted that with collaboration, “You don’t always need people who are higher than you, you can go with people who are lower than you, but understand the value they bring on the table.”
He made these remarks w en speaking at The Money Hub Business Summit organised by Media Personality, Casandra, at the Accra City Hotel last Friday on the theme; ‘Building Strategic Business Partnerships.’
Mr Amoabeng said, “As living things all we have is time, when you are not born, you don’t have time, when you are dead, your time is finished, so when you are living time is all you have.”
The businessman added that it was not for nothing to see businesses that save time and provide quality ones thrive.
He further advised young entrepreneurs not to immediately start their businesses with loans from financial institutions but seek financial support from friends and family first, before the banks.
For this, he called for honesty, high sense of integrity in dealing with family and other partners.
Ace Ghanaian musician and entrepreneur, Nana Kweku Okyere Duah, affectionately called TiC, shared his experience on partnership, revealing that most of the higher heights he achieved in his music career was through strategic collaborations and partnerships.
He said the dream was to do music, he developed his unique style which could make him successful in Ghana and beyond.
With this, there was the need for an executive producer who would be a partner, and luckily, he got Abraham Ohene Djan to execute his dream.
He added that along the way, other partners came into the picture and by dint of strategic partnership, he was able to get other collaborations and become a top brand in Ghana and internationally.
Additionally, he started Tic reserved Night Club in Kumasi, began selling chicken wings, opened a restaurant and now has over six branches across the country at Dansoman, Weija, Suhum, Kumasi, Konongo and Nsutem among others.
The musician encouraged them that there are opportunities for everyone by getting the right people.
Financial and Investment Analyst, Harrison Ahorgba, said partnership is the decision to share a load with another person, adding that with this, one needs to think about where he or she is going and who to partner.
The Rector of Bluecrest University College, Dr Sujith Jayaprakash, said digital skills are changing the dynamics of today, and charged entrepreneurs to take advantage of technological solutions which are cost effective.
Software developer, Eugene Appertey, Business Coach, Stephen Essien championed the need for leadership and mentorship to serve as a guide to help young businesses survive the test of time. They called for the need to change from doing it alone, for more partnerships to build each other, adding that partnership helps businesses move faster and farther.
Sandra Appertey, known in the media circles as Casandra organiser of the summit, expressed her appreciation to all stakeholder and sponsors who made the event a success.
After the guest speakers, there was a panel discussion to address the various gaps in partnerships to serve as a guide to upcoming entrepreneurs.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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MoMo vendor 24 murdered at Kwadaso
A disturbing crime has shaken the Kwadaso Onion market community in Kumasi, leaving family and friends grieving the loss of a young life.
Identified only as Junior, a 24-year-old mobile money vendor, was found murdered in his room on Saturday, March 8, 2025.
According to eyewitnesses, Junior had returned home the previous day with a substantial amount of money, over Gh¢20,000.
It was suspected that the killers might have been motivated by the large sum of money in Junior’s possession.
A police source that confirmed this to The Spectator, said investigation has been launched into Junior’s murder, but so far, no arrests have been made.
The Kwadaso community is reeling in shock, calling for justice and an end to the atrocity that has claimed the life of a young and promising individual.
Junior, is believed to be a native of Ejisu Onwe, and was known to his colleagues and friends as a hardworking and diligent individual who worked at the Kumasi Race Course.
His tragic death serves as a stark reminder of the risks and challenges mobile money vendors faced.
The incident comes barely a month after Patricia Nimako, a 27-year-old Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor, was shot and killed at Krofrom, Kumasi in the Ashanti region by an unknown assailants.
The suspected armed robbers fled with the deceased cell phones and an amount of GH¢10,000 on Thursday, February 13, at approximately 3:00 p.m.
The two armed robbers reportedly stormed the kiosk where the deceased was operating and without any provocation shot her dead.
There has not been any arrest yet by the police.
From Kingsley E. Hope , Kumasi
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Former Dean, 68, in same law class with daughter Wonders, the sages say shall never end.
Some people say life is all about nursing and adding value to it to build and gain an incorporated image in society.
It is also said that age is just a number and must not serve as a barrier to people who seek to pursue their long-cherished dreams by going into new areas to acquire knowledge.
With this in mind, a former Dean of Business, Education and Law at the University for Development Studies, Wa Campus, Professor Daniel Bagah, 68, a foundation layer of UDS and former Upper West Region’s Council of State member has enrolled to venture into the legal field to study law at SDD-UBIDS this academic year.
The surprising thing about Professor Bagah going to read law is not about his age, but that he is sitting at the backline of his third daughter in the same class for lectures to the admiration of the young ones in lecture halls and some of the lecturers he handled at the university.
When Professor Emmanuel K. Derbile, Vice Chancellor of the SDD-UBIDS announced the name of Professor Bagah among the ‘freshers’ for the 2024-2025 academic year to pursue LLB, there was an uproar among the students and some lecturers alike about the news.
Talking to Professor Bagah in an interview, he said the legal field had been his long-cherished dream, which was about to elude me but time has come for him to venture into new areas to acquire new knowledge.
“I believe in getting to new areas of knowledge and throughout my studies, my first, second and third degrees, I have not been able to do law, which is a new area for me. My age is nothing to me, it is my intention to challenge the young lecturers and students to emulate me and go into the legal field to know of their human rights and the rights of other people.
“For the few days that I have been lectured, I have realised that I had trampled on so many people’s rights ignorantly, even during communication with others l wrong them,” he said.
Professor Bagah, therefore, advocated basic law to be taught at all tertiary schools in Ghana to open the mindsets of the students to know about their rights and the rights of others, as well as defend the country patriotically.
He appealed to the people of northern Ghana to take advantage of the Law School to improve their lives since the school is the first law school in the north.
Miss Portia Bagah, 24, said her degree was in Estate Management and her dad had been an inspiration in her life, encouraging her to pursue the law programme.
She said the presence of her father in class serves as motivation and challenge to her and not a setback like others might be thinking. –GNA
