When Ami Yomekpe of MOD, formerly AfroMod Trends, reached out after reading my article on how to support Muslims observing Ramadan, I least expected it would result in Hidden Pearls – a full-blown modest style capsule and collaboration between herself, modest fashion stylist and blogger Shiella Yakubu, and…
On June 3, 2016, the winners of the 2016 African Blogger Awards were announced via Twitter – and Circumspecte was recognized as a top Africa blog with “world class content” for not one, but two categories: business, finance and entrepreneurship and social issues and citizenship! The African…
Today’s woman wears multiple hats – she’s a daughter, she’s a sister, she’s a citizen, she’s an entrepreneur, she’s a changemaker, she’s a mother, she’s a professional, the list goes on. While the roles women occupy in society have evolved and expanded over the years, the role…
Are you one of Viber’s 664 million unique users globally? Go behind the scenes with Circumspecte! Viber – one of the world’s leading messaging and calling apps – recently launched its Public Chats feature in Africa and the Middle East. The social channel which has been available…
All it takes is a word like Motherfuckitude to give a whiff of what to expect – discomfort, candor, truth, courage. Delve deeper and you’ll find that ‘unapologetic’ might be the most appropriate word in the English dictionary to describe Poetra Asantewa’s debut. Doused in cleverly strung words,…
Recent events in the United States and across the globe – notably #BlackLivesMatter – have brought focus to one very essential question: Is race and racial injustice truly a thing of the past? That’s what makes ‘Bus Nut’ timely.
You didn’t think I’d let the World Cup season start without at least one entry on it, did you? I mean how! Forget the fact that I played football from primary school until high school, Ghana’s Black Stars are playing!! Anyway, you’re forgiven, and in that spirit,…
Ladies and gentlemen, Entrepreneurship is IN!Not just because entrepreneurs are some of the coolest peeps ever, but because we Africans have a very real challenge on our hands. The dilemma presented by Africa’s youth bulge: to either sink or swim in the face of youth unemployment and other…
Hi everyone, I’m writing to you from the Ivorian capital Abidjan! Just wanted to share a personal feature with all of you. In August 2013, mere days after I returned home to Ghana after completing my graduate degree at Johns Hopkins SAIS, I was approached by Hassan Salih.…
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”Oprah Winfrey said that. She should know, she kept a gratitude journal for sixteen years! So here’s the deal: as part of Circumspecte’s “Behind the…