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Reviewing Nairobi Half-Life (Kenyan movie)
Before I get into this blog post proper, let me declare that South African Airways is my favorite airline. I really looked forward to flying it earlier this month from Accra to Johannesburg because I...
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Being on the #WEFAfrica Forward Leadership panel
It was extremely cool to be a panelist at the prestiguous World Economic Forum event on Africa this year. This was my first WEF as well and this event brings together many dignitaries and industry...
View ArticleThe good, the bad.... and the unbelievable!
While at the Accra Global Shapers meeting earlier tonight, the idea of doing things everyday and now to create impact came up. I remembered the #IMGBT - "I Made Ghana Better Today" campaign. I haven't...
View ArticleLeti Games named amongst Ghana's Innovation Heroes
I have written onetwo many times about Eyram Akofa Tawia and Leti Games Since the last time I did, Eyram has added a full blown comics section to his business and Leti Comics has been born. His team...
View ArticleRoots By Naa named amongst Ghana's Innovation Heroes
I've known Naa Oyoo Quartey for more than a year now. She's phenomenal. I remember one time, we organized a session at her church (ICGC) in Osu on social media use. We pretty much winged it but it was...
View ArticleDreamOval named amongst Ghana's Innovation Heroes
I first met Derrydean Dadzie in 2004 while I was in Ghana during my summer vacation. I had come to Ghana with the MIT-AITI team to teach computer programming (Java & JSP) as well as...
View ArticleFashionistaGH named amongst Ghana's Innovation Heroes
I was quite late to the Fashionista GH party. It must be because I am not so much into the fashion space. I do remember that when I asked some of my Global Shaper friends that night in Cape Town about...
View ArticleGhana Decides named amongst Ghana's Innovation Heroes
Before 2012, a lot of Ghana's digital natives had been discussing the use of social media and technology for Ghana's election in 2012. Some came together and decided that the central message will be...
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Recapping the first TEDxOsu - Envisioning Ghana's Future
Sometime in May, I received a call from my friend Marc. TEDxOsu is coming on June 1st and we'll like you to speak. I didn't see that coming at all. Interestingly enough, we had just started talking...
View ArticleMy TEDxOsu Talk - Technology for Social Change
Yesterday, I gave a talk at TEDxOsu on "Envisioning the Use of Technology for Social Change". This was my third one. I first gave a TEDxTalk at TEDxAccra 2012 about "Why I do what I do and why I am so...
View ArticleRecapping TEDxOsu via Twitter - #TEDxOsu
Yesterday, TEDxOsu happened. You can read a recap here. But if social media (especially Twitter) is your thing, you can read a recap right here. I had made some notes on what I was going to talk about...
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How to type Ghanaian language characters on your Android phone
Before I begin to share this excellent news, big ups to Kasahorow! It's a project that came out of the GhanaThink Foundation that is doing big things! Earlier today, I was looking to type something in...
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Some Mzansi memories - people I met, things I saw
I met so many interesting people in South Africa and have a lot of stories to share. So I tried to capture some in this blog post, and shared some tweets I used to capture some of those moments. These...
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Various versions of Umqombothi lyrics from around Africa
One of most popular music videos we used to watch when growing up in Ghana was that of Yvonne Chaka Chaka's Umqombothi. Here's a story about the song itself from Szavanna. We remember the words...
View ArticleMy South African alter-ego
This has been a long time coming. I have known a lot about South Africa for a while now, but it took 3 separate trips into the Rainbow Nation to finally introduce my South African alter-ego. I have...
View ArticleVim visiting the Presec National Science & Maths Quiz team
Last week, we heard news of our alma mater Presby Boys' Secondary School (Legon) Presec losing to Mfantsiman (Mansite) in the National Science and Maths quiz (NSMQ). The 5-time champs had suffered an...
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Presec of my day, Presec of today
When I used to have my mailing address in the US and I was in Ghana, I would almost always go to Presec. But my surprise, since I moved to Ghana on August 17, 2011, I had never been to Presec. Tonight,...
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Watching Presec at the National Science & Maths quiz competition
Earlier today, I attended my first ever National Science & Maths quiz (NSMQ) contest viewing. I was not a part of the Presec team when I was there and when my mates were repping Presby Boys...
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#Winning a What Do You Know quiz contest on #blooddonation
Earlier this month, I was nominated by my buddy +Edward Amartey-Tagoe to represent Blogging Ghana in a special What Do You Know Quiz to celebrate World Blood Donor Day. I donated blood for the first...
View ArticleRecapping my What Do You Know quiz win via Twitter
Since I had to turn my off phone during today's What Do You Know quiz or have it in airplane mode because I am so fly, I couldn't tweet or post updates. Trust my tweeps to do so though. So here's their...
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