CV Convos (CV Conversations) is an Instagram Live (IG Live) series on navigating careers created by Circumspecte and the New Career Platform. Every week, career coach Jemila Abdulai chats with an African young professional about their career path and the lessons learned along the way. For the second episode of…
Circumspecte offers a variety of digital skills and career development courses and webinars to help you thrive with digital. With over a decade of experience working in Africa’s digital landscape, and over 1000 individuals trained, we design courses that are not only rich in insights, but also interactive and practical…
CV Convos (CV Conversations) is an Instagram Live series on navigating careers and CV writing tips created by Circumspecte and the New Career Platform. Every week, career coach and Circumspecte founder Jemila Abdulai chats with an African young professional about their career path and the lessons learned along the way.…
Whether you’re visiting Ghana for the first time, coming back for a proper visit, or simply looking at exploring and eating out in Accra during December in Ghana, you will want to indulge in Ghanaian cuisine . Being a foodie myself, I understand that food can be one of the…
In case you haven’t heard, 2019 has been dubbed the ‘Year of Return’ in Ghana; an open invitation to African-Americans and Africans in the Diaspora to ‘return home’ to Ghana. Since the call went out in late 2018, Ghana’s tourism sector has been buzzing. The country has played host to…
Ticket – check. Accommodation – check. What next? Your itinerary for an epic visit to Ghana, of course! How can you make the most out of your Year of Return Ghana experience? Well, first off, we hope you read our Year of Return logistics guide and have your yellow fever…
There comes a time in an African Diasporan’s life when you have to choose: to stay or to go. For many, relocating can be a nerve-wrecking and paradigm shifting decision – and indeed, it is. You are literally uprooting yourself and setting up shop elsewhere. It may be ‘home’, your…
It’s already Day 5 and the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan! Fridays are very special for Muslims. For one thing, Muslims believe that the very first man – Adam – was created on a Friday. Friday is also the Islamic community worship day; the Muslim equivalent of…
Africans in the Diaspora return to their home countries for various reasons: nostalgia, a sense of responsibility, opportunity, family ties, love, familiarity, curiosity, optimism, reconnecting with one’s roots, and so on. What propelled me to return to Africa in 2010 was a mix of a sense of responsibility, optimism and…
Ghana has long been a preferred African travel destination for many visiting the continent for the first time. With the Year of Return, Ghana 2019 invitation, it is becoming even more popular. A year-long initiative by the Ghanaian government, Year of Return commemorates 400 years since the arrival of the…