When I started Circumspecte in 2007 I was simply looking for an avenue to share my travels and thoughts on current issues in Ghana and Africa with my family and friends. The mere fact that we are now an award-winning platform is largely because you, dear readers, have…
In 2011, I wrote: “Chale Wote could soon be the in-thing on the GH street arts scene”. I should have written “on the non-existent Ghana street arts scene” – it was the very first edition of what would later evolve into Africa’s largest street arts festival. Then, as…
By ABDUL SATAAR It is more than just another weekend when the future of your career is in discussion in the German city of Bonn. Your life pans out before you in a movie scroll, and in the moment, you see your past reflecting itself into the future.…
Email – a simple and powerful web communication tool. And yet, it can be very confusing, especially when dealing with unknown or external mail recipients. Do you go with full name or first name? Should you acknowledge titles or seniority? And what about unisex names – do you…
By RICHARD BEMPONG Two years ago I knew nothing about co-working. Besides occasional imaginations of being a real estate investor, I did not have any intentions of being actively involved in real estate. I graduated from Ashesi University without taking a single class in real estate. However, I…
West Africa’s airline industry may be young, but it has already earned itself a reputation; it is notorious for delays, cancellation and general inefficiency. Whether you are flying business or economy, regardless of if your trip is for work or otherwise, you’re just another disgruntled passenger waiting to…
Travel. Exhilarating, eye-opening, enriching. But sometimes it can be downright annoying – especially where travel in Africa is concerned. Over the past two years I’ve taken numerous trips across the continent I call home; the majority for work, some on my own dime, each unique in its own…
“The jury is still out on whether Archbishop Duncan Williams is a misogynist or simply a shepherd who wants the best for this flock of female followers.” So goes the introduction of an article I started writing on October 30, 2014, but never finished. Almost two years later,…
They told me it would happen, I just didn’t expect it to be this soon. About two months ago I sat on a “From Day Job to Freelance-Entrepreneur” panel in Cotonou, Benin talking to women entrepreneurs and “boss ladies” about how passion keeps you going. And it does.…
For most people in Ghana who want to buy items abroad and have them delivered, the modus operandi is to call a friend, relative, or acquaintance abroad who may be coming to the country soon and ask them to get it for you. Then, you wait until they…