Originally Posted By This is Africa By EDDIE O’CONNOR Developing adequate power supply for Africa is one of the great challenges of our time. The climate agreement in Paris in December at COP 21 makes…
What happened to the oft-touted mantra that improving economies on the African continent will provide a paradise for consumer goods salesmen? It was the expectation that Africa’s burgeoning middle class will provide the catalyst for consumer goods and…
Newaccra.com, a “leading success and personal development brand”, yesterday named me as a young achiever in its 2015 edition of the ‘Newaccra Achievers Report’. Many thanks to the Newaccra.com team for the nomination and I…
Questions! Questions!! Questions!!! 1. What’s happened to our efforts to bring more inbound diasporan FDIs into the country? 2. Have we lost our competitive edge as the gateway to West Africa and is the golden…
Happy New Year Everyone! My first post of 2014 was sparked by another on a colleague’s Facebook wall in response to his Ghanaweb Article on Ghana’s trade liberalization policy. I produce below my commentary to…
This is how vision and strategic planning transformed Aberdeen, a once ‘sleepy’ fishing town into the oil capital of Europe and made many local entrepreneurs who actively participated in the value chain wealthy as well…
1. Introduction Only a decade ago, Africa’s socio-economic growth potential was confined to the doldrums and back alley of underdevelopment. Today, the international media continues to be abuzz with common memes such as ‘Africa Rising’ and ‘The Final…
One positive thing I came across last week was the Ghana Open Data initiative. This initiative facilitated by the Ministry of Communications and spearheaded by the National Information Technology Agency (NITA), the IT implementing…
Last week, I was astounded and inspired by the story of 15-year-old Kelvin Doe (aka DJ Focus) from Sierra Leone on YouTube. Within two weeks, the video has generated over 3 million views on the…