The day I made the flight I was missing
Everything in #Belfast is like 10 minutes away. From hotel to work to food to club to etc. Except the airport lol.— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) February 21, 2014I woke up on February 22nd, in Belfast,...
View ArticleRecounting 1 Night in London
The first time I was in London was in 2003. Aside it being a long time, I was quite young. I hadn't started partying more seriously. I am beginning to not party more seriously though, the clubbing...
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June is Junior Camp Ghana month
The Junior Camp Ghana program organizes career guidance and mentoring events at high schools. It started in 2013 with a focus on senior high schools with 4 events. Keta Technical Senior High School got...
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The MIghTy African becomes a mechanic
I went to drop off a friend at Legon just before #WaakyeWednesday came to a close. When I was leaving for the house, and got to the Okponglo traffic light, something caught my attention. It made me and...
View ArticleContributing to the June Accra Discourse - Adding value for dramatic results
The Global Shapers Accra Hub of which I am part of has been organizing the Accra Discourse since January 2014. For the June edition, the theme was "Adding value for dramatic results."Esi...
View ArticleEdible made-in-Ghana goods sold at Shoprite in Osu, Accra
Earlier today, I was in Osu on Oxford Street after running a number of errands. I had some time to burn and my phone was off. So I decided to go to the Oxford Street mall. I'd never entered it before....
View ArticleMade-in-Ghana goods sold at Shoprite in Osu, Accra to feature in your daily diet
This is another one. Just like the other one. :-) Earlier today, I was in Osu on Oxford Street after running a number of errands. I had some time to burn and my phone was off. So I decided to go to the...
View ArticleInedible made-in-Ghana goods sold at Shoprite in Osu, Accra
While doing some inventory checking for Shoprite items, I imagined that I'd be recording many less Made-in-Ghana goods that were not edible. We're an agri-based economy and though we produce a...
View ArticleArik Air bridges Accra and Abuja
Last month, I flew to Abuja for the first time. I'd always wanted to visit Abuja to see what a 'planned city' in Africa looked like. When I knew that the +World Economic Forum event in Africa for 2014...
View ArticleIrregular day and regular say
Today wasn't a regular Monday. I was extra pumped as the work week started. Maybe it was because the +Junior Camp Ghana team had just another event and though I wasn't present, it was successful. I was...
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Mall in Kumasi? Let's get more in #Kumasi
I was looking through some papers hiding in different places in my house the other day and came across one with some scribbles I could clearly remember. It was from September 28, 2013 at a +Barcamp...
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There are many customers in Kumasi's culture
There were some submissions from that +Barcamp Kumasi breakout session on September 28, 2013 that lend itself to a culture conversation. Kumasi, as many will tell you, is the cultural capital of Ghana....
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Charting new grounds with a Junior Camp at Armed Forces Senior High School
I've never heard of Armed Forces Senior High School (SHS) in Kumasi until +Christian Junior Worgbah announced that they had accepted to host a +Junior Camp Ghana event. It's not the school we expected...
View ArticleNow here are the reasons why the Black Stars haven't come yet and are still...
From a very reliable source, I hear the Black Stars haven't left Brazil yet. They are back to their base in Maceió in the north east of Brazil where they are based. However, I have some sound advice...
View ArticleThe #AskAto story - in conjunction with Vodafone Ghana
Director at the GhanaThink Foundation which mobilizes and organizes talent for the primary benefit of Ghana. #AskAtopic.twitter.com/yXSLI4zhh6— Vodafone Ghana (@VodafoneGhana) July 15, 2014My friend...
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First Pan-African Women in Tech Meetup on August 2nd
Ever since we started organizing our +Barcamp Ghana events, I've wanted the numbers of women attending these events to increase. We started with a huge tech focus, the theme for the first event was...
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Junior Camp Ghana: Living Tomorrow's Career Today
I've blogged about the +Junior Camp Ghana program various times on this blog. We're coming off the month of June which had 3 Junior Camps in schools in separate regions of Ghana. I'm proud of the work...
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Junior Camp Ghana Program So Far: Investing In Ghana's Future
Junior Camp Ketasco started us off on January 30, 2013. The +Junior Camp Ghana program expanded with Junior Camp Kalpohin on July 13, 2013. St. Augustine's College grew it more on July 27, 2013. JCG is...
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Building a partnership with the second Junior Camp Augusco
There have been 2 Junior Camps at St. Augustine's College and I haven't been to any of them. I will make sure to go the next one. Funny thing is, if we allow +Wilson Seyram Ameamu and his Augusco boys,...
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Apply for Tech Camp West Africa before its impending deadline
Earlier, the GhanaThink Foundation was approached by the US Embassy - State Department to collaborate and organize a Tech Camp. Sounds a lot like Barcamp right? Yeah. These Tech Camps are done and...
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