Just a few months shy of my first anniversary as a freelancer and solopreneur in Accra, I realised I was doing to myself what my 9-to-5 and AC-to-AC lifestyle in Tunis had done to me. I attributed it to a slower metabolism and body changes as I hit 30. It was soon clear I needed to make a change – to really take my personal health, wellbeing and fitness seriously. But you know how we humans do: we waver, false-start, and make excuses.
Looking for something unique to make an impression? Our 2018 ‘Made in Ghana’ gift guide offers some great ideas and options from beauty steals and yummy treats to memorable experiences. Did we mention those discounts?
When it comes to obtaining visas, I’ve generally had a good run (knock on wood) as a Ghanaian passport holder. I’ve never been denied a visa and perhaps due to my track record of leaving x country before visa expiration, I’ve generally had a pleasant visa application and/or…
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Up until my early teen years, I dealt with confrontation by not dealing with it. My reasons for staying away from it were confirmed one day after school, when some friends urged me to “confront” another friend about a string of issues. To say it was disaster will…
World-renowned CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour has embarked on a new project – to explore sex and love experiences by women and girls across the world from an angle of “satisfaction and personal pleasure” in a documentary series called “Love and Sex Around The World”. She visited Ghana and…
It creeps up on you. Your monthly meet-ups become weekly phone calls that eventually dwindle down to occasional likes and birthday messages on each other’s Facebook walls. Just like that, the relationships that were once so essential to your existence become yet another phone notification. The greatest irony…
Gosh, who knew time could fly this fast? It’s been almost two and a half years since I started freelancing and living this solo-preneur life. Two and a half years since I pulled the rug out from under me and dove head-first into the murky world that is…