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I got to work: SCRAP SHORT TERM TOURIST VISAS TO GHANA for jobs!
On May 1 Workers’ Day, I started a FB Group and a Change.Org petition called SCRAP SHORT TERM TOURIST VISAS TO GHANA. Here’s the blog post! I chickened out sending the group link to the G.I.S., but they know…as I’ve heard from two independent sources that it has caused a stir to put it mildly. […]
A QUICKIE PIXER PHOTO POST COMMENT
April 28, 2013
Why, oh why, would a ‘friend’ take a picture of a receipt for electrical goods and like it!? And, by the way, it is NOT ME! Is the person so proud of his purchases that he/she wants to show off? Is the person aghast at how much the purchases cost in comparison to,let’s say, last […]
KUMASI: OUR NEW MAYOR MEANS BUSINESS!
April 27, 2013
….who cares how he gained office…but that’s the subject of another post A perennial subject of this blog is local governance and the issue usually is the proliferation of signs in this once beautiful city and the charging for signboards to locate your business on your property saying that its advertising. Yes, how Kumasi has […]
GHANA REALLY WANTS TO RISE
April 1, 2013
GHANA REALLY WANTS TO RISE. and read an article by James Traub in Foreign Policy magazine called The African Century that concludes “It’s not very heroic. “We”–the West–cannot make poverty history; only “they” can do that. The good news is that they’re doing it. ….the good news? really?…after all he wrote…google the article and give […]
ACCRA IS A COUNTRY!
March 11, 2013
This article “Which African cities will see the most growth over the next five years?” appeared on the How we made it in Africa Insight into doing business in Africa website out of South Africa no less. The article is subtitled “Companies looking to expand into Africa should seriously consider setting up shop in Accra, […]
INDEPENDENCE DAY AT THE INN
March 7, 2013
Last night was special. Two guests staying at the inn held a dinner party for six of their colleagues based here in Kumasi working on a sanitation project turning human waste into biogas. Now this is important to the future of Ghana addressing both energy needs and health issues. Near the end of the meal, […]
GIVE ME NANA OYE LITHUR FOR MY BIRTHDAY!
January 26, 2013
Background: Nana Oye Lithur is a high-profile, gutsy Ghanaian human rights lawyer who champions all human rights including those of homosexuals here in Ghana where it is a crime. She has been nominated by President Mahama for the cabinet position of the Gender, Children and Social Protection ministry. I think her nomination is a stroke […]
ACCRA NO. 4 ON NY TIMES TRAVEL 46 PLACES TO GO IN 2013 LIST
January 13, 2013
Wonderful that Accra appeared on The 46 Places to Go in 2013 list. Scroll down and read the item for yourself….But… I guess none of the editors at the NY Times Travel Section reads FOREIGN POLICY magazine where the 5 star Movenpick was slammed in a recent article for receiving funding through the World Bank’s […]
LAKE BOSUMTWE: PUBLIC SECTOR VICTIM
December 30, 2012
Yesterday December 29th, I drove guests to Lake Bosumtwe. They wanted to ride horses at the wonderful Green Ranch. And here’s another post on the Four Villages Inn WordPress blog. So we get to the district assembly’s barrier at the cusp of the crater where the road descends to the lake and the village of […]
THE KIND OF M.P. I WOULD BE LOOKING FOR
October 19, 2012
Actually the title of this post is the title of Daily Graphic writer Vicky Wireko’s Reality Zone latest weekly column that appeared on Wednesday, October 17, and I want to comment on Vicky’s perceptive observations. First, unfortunately, the title does NOT read “The Kind of M.P. I am looking for” Second the title might have […]
May 25, 2013
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