Your favorite mobile money vendor is probably going to try to scam you
Stay woke! People are trying to rob you
Sena Quashie
UvA suggests “fake PhD” holder Sebastian Osumanu gets mental health checked as they squash his…
Sebastian had maintained his claims about winning 5 PhD awards despite extensive investigations proving that false There have been interesting twists in the curious story of Sebastian Roy Osumanu as juxtaposed against that of the University of Amsterdam on the issue of the supposed 5 PhD awards won by the Ghanaian student during his graduation ceremony. […]
How one Ghanaian used Photoshop to create fake PhD awards and fooled almost everyone
“Fraudster” Sebastian Osumanu’s supposed PhD awards are fake
6 crucial questions to understanding Kenya”s General Election and why everyone is on the edge
…or why Uhuru vs Odinga is at an all time high On Tuesday, 8th August, there will be a general elections in Kenya. Some 19 million Kenyans are expected to go to the polls to elect their next president, alongside their deputies, senators, governors and representatives of local assemblies. Ten years after the post-election violence of […]
China moves to block VPN access, a service used by millions including Africans to connect to social…
An African man uses a laptop (AFP / BBC.co.uk) A report by Bloomberg says the government has given a deadline of February 2018 to telecommunications carriers in the country to block access to virtual private networks (VPN). The new directive will block global access to free internet in the country. China has one of the […]
New WhatsApp feature will let you recall that embarrassing message you regretted sending
The Facebook-owned messaging platform will giving users the chance to recall messages after they have been sent out. Several online publications have alluded that the feature, which has been dubbed “Recall”, should be available for devices in the coming weeks. In it’s current state, WhatsApp only lets users delete messages on the device level and […]
I saved the moon
…a poem by Sena Quashie Tonight the moon dances with laziness; As well as beautyOn the cushions of many who dream. With its dull light like a distracted handIt caresses the outlines of ourselves as we fall asleep. On the satin back of the soft avalanches, Dying, she surrenders to the long swoon, And walks in our eyes, a white […]
Maybe we need to stop praying
…the modern Christian prays too much and acts too little
I heard clear silence
…a poem by Sena Quashie Clear Silence | by j.crasselt Listening to my alter ego I forget my wishes It is not niceWhen the choking gray blueOf that life sentenceUnder the yoke of the windIs not a choice But he must be wise in praying He, who relies on the Grace of God Be my last friend standing Though […]
In Africa, drones are in the business of precision farming
In its characteristic buzz, the drone starts up its four propellers and takes off. In seconds, it is above the terrain and has already filmed several hectares of pineapple fields and returns to land in the middle of a small compact crowd. The scene is from early October 2016 in a suburb of Accra, Ghana, an […]