{
  "id": 2336320,
  "title": "Competence has no age; let’s stop punishing new businesses",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/competence-has-no-age-lets-stop-punishing-new-businesses",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T07:59:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/competence-has-no-age-lets-stop-punishing-new-businesses/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "There is a persistent and, in my view, backward notion in our public discourse that the age of a company is somehow synonymous with its competence. It is not. A company may have existed for decades, possess every conceivable certificate and have an impressive history, yet lack the equipment, personnel, financial capacity or technical competence required for a particular job. Conversely, a company…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}