Learnt to say "Please" in 23 African languages
Africans are polite. Africans honour respect. Hence, we don't play with the word "Please". So wherever you are in Africa, you can really buy what you want for free if you throw in a "Please" word...
View ArticleGhana enjoyed the partial solar eclipse experience papa
13:22 – Peak of the hybrid #eclipse as seen from Accra, Ghana. http://t.co/8mwxniw203#solareclipsepic.twitter.com/X2k8ZusnWk— Kwabena (@Kwabena) November 3, 2013 At exactly 1.22 p.m. today, November...
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Barcamp Sunyani 2013 is here this Saturday! #bcsyi
I've started losing count of how many Barcamps we've done in Ghana. The most recent one, +Barcamp Ho was the 25th one held in 2008 as part of the +Barcamp Ghana project by the +GhanaThink Foundation....
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PayPal should offer its services to Ghana now!
In fact, I bore. See the reason someone at PayPal gave for why Ghana is not a supported country. We thank you for your interest in using PayPal as your payment processor. As of this time, we are not...
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My second Manchester United decade - 2004-2013
By the time the 2003-2004 season started, I had been at MIT for almost a year. It was hard. I couldn't watch my favorite European team's game as much as I wanted. I was in a country where soccer was...
View ArticleTwitter's gone public? I've been public with it since October 2008
Twitter went public this week. As in, they priced their IPO, at $26 a share too. A day later, it became evident that they underestimated their worth. Hey, many people underestimated Twitter too when it...
View Article#Twitter & #Barcamp - made for each other
Yesterday, my friend @EdemT alerted me about this tweet.The 7 Most Important Moments in Twitter History http://t.co/OSmZgfUrJs --> look @Abocco, seems like #barcamp was the 1st hashtag used— Edem...
View ArticleA selection of my first tweets from 2008
So, I found out a way to find my very early early tweets :-) I started tweeting in October 2008. I wanted to share some selected tweets from 2008 with you. In a blog post.We need a new leadership for...
View ArticlePost-paid phone plan pains, persistence & problem pluck- Airtel
I don't like making phone calls as much as many people do. Maybe it's because I always felt they were too expensive when I start making them. My very first SIM card was an MTN (Spacefon) one I used in...
View ArticleWorking out all wrinkles to win a #WaakyeWednesday
I had some major tasks to do at work today so I couldn't afford to go waakye before going to work. It was still going to be a #WaakyeWednesday for me though. I would leave work when a lot of heavy...
View ArticleA selection of @Abocco tweets from January 2009
What happened in my diary in January 2009? We have an idea thanks to Twitter archive :-)The campaign song by Daddy Lumba called Nana Winner is even more of a hit now even with Nana Akufo Addo losing...
View ArticleA selection of @Abocco tweets from February 2009
What happened in my diary in February 2009? We have an idea thanks to Twitter archive :-)Mighty African 25 random things about me http://tinyurl.com/crnkf3— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) February 4,...
View ArticleA selection of @Abocco tweets from March 2009
What happened in my diary in March 2009? We have an idea thanks to Twitter archive :-)Mighty African A letter to the West – Sending the right messages and signals to our African leaders...
View ArticleA selection of @Abocco tweets from April 2009
What happened in my diary in April 2009? We have an idea thanks to Twitter archive :-)@jdakorah interesting from Reggie— Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) April 5, 2009@jdakorah beautiful— Ato Ulzen-Appiah...
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The day Lira followed me on Twitter
It was today. Earlier today, one of the people I most admire in life followed me on Twitter. I've been talking about Twitter a lot eh? I was so excited that I tweeted this.You know the times you get...
View ArticleLight off, Twitter on in East Legon, Accra
Like you didn't know I lived in East Legon. Anyway, ECG struck just as I was publishing my blog post about Lira following me. The electricity went out and so did my Vodafone internet. So I took to...
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Wear Ghana and Stand Out!
I am one of the biggest proponents of wearing Ghanaian and African wear on Fridays. During Traveler John's time, the idea was pushed a lot and we see a lot of Ghanaians wear traditional fabric attires...
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Reviewing RLG's Uhuru for free
My first real encounters with RLG involved seeing its computers showcased on every other TV news presentation in Ghana. Their laptops have become the computers of choice in Ghana’s ICT education...
View ArticleTweet, tweet - Ghana qualifies for World Cup in Brazil 2014
As many of you would know by now, Ghana has just confirmed its qualification to the World Cup in Brazil next year. It was a foregone conclusion after the Black Stars spelt Egypt and walloped the...
View Article@Abocco's Twitter firsts - mention, retweet, hashtag, etc
I have loved checking out my Twitter archive these last couple of weeks. Twitter is definitely my most used website now. I have become a power user in a sense but I had to learn. I present to you my...
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