Recently I’ve been involved in advocacy works to demand the rights of women and girls in Ghana. Some weeks ago, my colleague and co-lead campaigner Able Delalie sent me a message about why we should work on the luxury tax imposed on sanitary towels in Ghana. I learned about this…
The days of spending long hours in the office are gradually becoming a thing of the past. Today, businesses can be run online and offline no matter your location, thanks to the internet. Working from home or remote work is often practiced by companies that lack physical offices, offer services within the tech sphere, or have…
Why are two economists talking about babies? That’s the question we often hear when we discuss our book Pregnancy and Motherhood: Perspectives from Two Afropolitan Women. Our answer? Because when we had our babies, we realized that we were not prepared to become mothers – but who is though? We did not find…
My creative drive most often starts with a complaint. About thirteen years ago, my daughter was almost two and I used to read to her. She loved it! However the problem was that it was getting increasingly difficult to find books that she could relate to. To find characters with brown skin…
So much has been said, typed and printed about the Year of Return, Ghana 2019 initiative. The exponential volume of content corresponds with the level of popularity that the initiative has garnered within the year. As highlighted in this in-depth Circumspecte feature, the Year of Return, Ghana 2019 serves a…
Marcia Ashong’s career breakthroughs prepared her to help African women overcome barriers. She talks Sisterhood Matters with Circumspecte’s Jemila Abdulai.
Many people don’t know how to ask for the help they need. Career coach Akua Nyame-Mensah shares her experience learning how to do so through coaching.
Up until my early teen years, I dealt with confrontation by not dealing with it. My reasons for staying away from it were confirmed one day after school, when some friends urged me to “confront” another friend about a string of issues. To say it was disaster will be putting…
There are an estimated 49,000 children living and working on Lake Volta, Ghana. According to International Justice Mission, approximately 60% of these children were trafficked there illegally to work as child slaves. The work is hazardous, their living conditions deplorable, their nutrition inadequate and health care nonexistent. Needless to say,…
On March 3 2017, Tigo and Airtel announced the merger of their Ghana operations into one entity; a crucial step in a bid to overtake Vodafone as the number two player in an ultra-competitive and increasingly unprofitable telecom industry. By November, the combined entity was officially launched under the name…