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Prince Amoabeng, CEO of Unique Trust. Photo: Ben Dzaka, STAR.Ghana’ s foremost Most Respected Chief Executive Officer, retired army Capt. Prince Kofi Amoabeng, says discipline to a fault is a must attitude for any entrepreneur seeking to succeed especially in the Ghanaian context of an extended family and needs.

The Unique Trust Financial Services CEO said for starters, the business idea should be people-oriented and should aim to satisfy the needs of people; improve their lives, lead to their development and make them better, but if the idea is to make you rich basically and you are skinny about the idea, I think it's a useless idea.

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Kofi Bonner. Photo: Chris Stewart / San Franciso ChronicleBy the late 1980s, city officials had chosen the ideal locations for Emeryville’s mega-stores and office complexes. They just couldn’t find many developers interested in building them.

The fruit-processing plants, porcelain factories, steel mills and train yards that made the city an industrial powerhouse in the mid-20th century meant that any new construction required a good deal of costly cleanup.

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 Sam Jonah at Ashesi University College. Photo: Ashesi UniversitySam Esson Jonah is a prominent Ghanaian business man. Samuel Jonah was born on the 19 November, 1949 in Obuasi/Adaugi in then British Gold Coast colony (Ghana).

In 1969 Sam applied for and won a trainee position with Ashanti's Ayeinm mine that included an Associateship (ACSM) in Mining Engineering at the Camborne School of Mines in Cornwall, England and subsequently completed an MSc in Mine Management at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London.

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Tema Oil Refinery at night.

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A bike rider displaying his skills on the Kanda Highway.

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Smoked Cassava fish from Kokrobite Beach.

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A serene view of Keta Beach in the Volta Region.

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Golden lobsters from Kokrobite Beach.

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An Ostrich farm in the Volta Region.

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Hot Khebabs, a popular delicacy in Ghana.

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School children from the Volta Region.

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Kwame Nkrumah Circle at night.

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