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MAYOR VOWS TO REBRAND KUMASI
Yes, Kumasi is in need of rebranding. This article appeared on the good ole Ghanaweb news site. Here’s my comment following the article: “oh good, a million trees covered up by a million more signs! here’s the rule in Kumasi-see a patch of green, cover it with a sign!” Check out this blog on how […]
madinghana makes THE best 10 list for GHANA!
May 27, 2013
I posted the above poster on the SCRAP SHORT TERM TOURIST VISAS TO GHANA Facebook group page. Join the group and sign the Change.Org petition of the same name. Needless to say my contribution read: “Christopher Scott: I would invite Chris Scott to attend a meeting along with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the […]
I got to work: SCRAP SHORT TERM TOURIST VISAS TO GHANA for jobs!
May 25, 2013
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. […]
DESTINATION GHANA?
May 13, 2013
This is a guest post by Festus Tumi, an experienced, perceptive, highly dedicated Ghanaian tourism professional. The article was first posted on the SCRAP SHORT TERM TOURIST VISAS FACEBOOK GROUP PAGE. Festus is also the author of the continuation of Mahama-Zuma conversation…see the comments for the last post (scroll down). FOOD FOR THOUGHT-PERSPECTIVE FROM FESTUS […]
AN IMAGINARY CONVERSATION; PRESIDENTS MAHAMA AND ZUMA
May 7, 2013
This is fiction. It was only written with the intent to promote thinking and discussion on the scrap short term tourist visas to Ghana issue. Join comment and share the FB group and sign the petition. President Mahama (PM): Hello, Jacob, thank you for hosting me and my delegation here in Pretoria. President Zuma (PZ): […]
SCRAP SHORT TERM TOURIST VISAS TO GHANA: CHANGE.ORG PETITION
May 7, 2013
Chris Scott, a.k.a. Madinghana & Four Villages, has started a petition to the Ghana Ministry of Tourism, Ghana Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ghana Immigration Service and the Ghana Tourism Authority to SCRAP SHORT TERM TOURIST VISAS TO GHANA. Sign the petition and share. To date, and it was only started yesterday, we have 25 signatories. […]
GHANA: HAPPY INTERNATIONAL PRESS FREEDOM DAY
May 3, 2013
Yes, today is the day…I didn’t know it, not until I saw the US Embassy Ghana Facebook Page. There staring me in the face was this map entitled Press Freedom Map. Now if you call up the map using this link and click on Ghana, you will read why Ghana is rated Free-green! Now read […]
THE CASE FOR KUMASI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
May 2, 2013
Picking up from the last comment on the madinghana blog, Ian’s comment, on this blog: “When a yam doesn’t grow well, we don’t blame it; it is because of the soil.” This comment was made in response to my observation on how Ghanaians overseas “shine, shine shine”. Anyways to continue, I share here a wonderful […]
SCRAP SHORT TERM TOURIST VISAS TO GHANA: FACEBOOK GROUP
May 1, 2013
HAPPY MAY DAY! It’s morning and it’s raining here in Kumasi. Decided to do some real work on Worker’s Day, like create a Facebook group to advocate for something I am passionate about….TOURISTS COMING IN THEIR NUMBERS TO GHANA! Here’s my inspiration. Yesterday our son Frank told me he had been talking to a friend […]
MADinGhana's Blog 
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