Scale of Preference: Water Vs. Oil?The idea of economics being a social science is no novelty and even though the notion dates back as far as the era of Adam Smith and the other fathers of economics, it still holds true today. It would seem that every being, society or…
NB: This post is part of a GhanaBlogging event to commemorate World Water Day (March 22) –The word floating around in Ghanaian circles these days is oil. Since ‘the great find’ the hopes of numerous Ghanaians have been buoyed and politicians are having quite the field day using the ‘expected oil…
Thought I was done blogging for the day — until I came across this BBC photo feature on Ghana’s market girls or “kayayo”. When I was back in Ghana, I would occasionally go to the Madina market in Accra with my mum and I remember seeing them every time.…
In Ghana, the first Friday of December is set aside to acknowledge the hard work of some of the country’s most important individuals – farmers and agricultural workers. So that would mean today! Happy Farmers’ Day!!For a while now I’ve wondered about the future of agriculture in Ghana. It has…
I said I was going to take a break from writing on development stuff for a while, and technically I have. But this is highly important, and people need to be aware of this, so here goes. I woke up this morning and went online to get my daily doze…
The month of Ramadan is here and over 1 billion Muslims in Ghana and around the world are participating in what is regarded as the holiest month of Islam. Each year I get about the same questions from non-Muslims: How many days do you fast for? Can you drink water?…
“So-so and so sent you a Ramadan-Mubarak/Ramadan Kareem card! Send one back!” Even facebook heralds the Holy month of Ramadan. In the past, I’ve written about what Ramadan represents to me as an individual and the difference between observing Ramadan here in the U.S. (in college) and back home in…
I have wanted to write about intellectual property rights ever since I took an international trade seminar in my final year in college. It was a pretty eye-opening experience, but like just about everything on the international front, there were no clear cut solutions or resolutions, especially where Africa is…
A lot of people have asked me what I think about Obama’s visit to Ghana, and specifically, his speech to Ghanaian parliamentarians. It’s undoubted that his presence in Ghana was a historic one – mainly because he is the first black US president, and Ghana is the first sub-Saharan African…
Okay, here we go with module 1. If you wanna develop your writing skills, there’s another skill that you should probably think about developing at the same time: reading skills. You don’t have to love reading, and you’re not even expected to read an entire novel or two a day,…