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 and New Career Platform joined forces to launch the interactive Instagram Live (IGLive) series CV Convos on navigating careers as young professionals. In CV Convos, career coach and Circumspecte founder Jemila Abdulai chats with Ghanaian and African professionals about the highs and lows of shaping careers, as well as the…
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…
In Accra this December and thinking about relocating to Ghana or Africa? Join us at the We The Culture CirqMixer on December 21 for real conversations and connections on being Ghana returnees and creating Ghana-Diaspora linkages. Make your Year of Return experience about more than just parties. We The Culture…
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…
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…
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…