Editor’s Note: A friend shared this account from Christabel Steel-Dadzie, one of Ghana’s young changemakers and founder of the Ahaspora Young Professionals network. Reading it, I was aghast, but not surprised. I have encountered similar in Ghana (in a trotro/public mini-bus no less) and heard similar stories from other ladies.…
Editor’s Note: This article is the second in a series of sponsored posts for the Barclays Savings Challenge. Missed the first? Catch up here. What do you value? A simple question, and yet it threw me off. October 2014. I was seated in an auditorium with my cousins and…
If someone had told me five years ago that I would be saving, I would have bet my last Ghana cedi to the contrary. As far as my mind and bank balance could tell, it just wasn’t possible. From the mountain of college loans, to my living expenses and “needs”,…
I cannot remember whom or what prompted me to read Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, but I am so glad I did. Ayaan Hirsi Ali is not an enigma. She is an intelligent and strong woman with one of life’s most uncanny stories. As my eyes turned the pages…
Can a Muslim man marry more than one? This seems to be a very easy enough question to answer today, and for many the answer is “Yes, a Muslim man has the right to marry up to four women”. Many are the young Muslim men who have exercised this right,…
Leila Adu is probably one of the best artists you are yet to hear, that is if you have not already experienced “Spooky Adu”. With radical, poetic lyrics, godly musical knowledge, social awareness and a wealth of experience, Leila Adu is definitely one to pay attention to. She is in…
Corruption becomes a way of life when it is perceived as a low risk, high reward venture. To make corruption a high risk, low reward venture requires strong laws and an almost draconian approach to the implementation of these laws. As mentioned in Part 1, both functions of proposing legislations…
In his annual 31st December message, former President Rawlings says “Ghana is saddled with some very negative images about corruption, some wrongly perceived, but some convincingly accurate,” while the king of Akyem Abuakwa describes the level of corruption in Ghana as “madness”. Similarly, Ghana’s catholic bishops noted in their New…
Happy New Year! It’s amazing that 2015 – the milestone for many key development objectives (think MDGs) – is here already! How quickly time flies. Anyway, as we start off the new year, I wanted to share a bit on the topic of information and knowledge-sharing – issues close to…
As part of the build up to the long-awaited networking event Re-Connect 2014, Re-Connect GH, Circumspecte and threesixtyGH held the Re-Connect Entrepreneur Spotlight Panel on December 20, 2014. It created a warm and casual atmosphere for spotlight nominees to come together and share insights on entrepreneurship and start-ups in the…