Voter apathy and neutrality might get the wrong person elected President of Ghana
Whatever you do, whoever your choice is, just vote.
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It’s My Birthday — on new experiences, nostalgia, growing old
Right now, it’s 10:19pm and I am still 20 something years old. I am hanging on to these last moments of this age because I still have the opportunity to say I’ll be twenty something some more times. In about three years, well — that is certainly going to change. I am growing old. Birthday Image via Pexel Everybody is, […]
The Great Awakening in living a thoughtful life
Live life bearing in mind that one day you will leave. Leave life knowing that you are off to live. The train of life might move slow; because that is what mostly does. It will pass over rocky hills, bumpy fields and, occasionally, smooth plains. And you might be seated in a cabin with the most […]
African technopreneurs just need to look around themselves
We can not be born under the same star. Unlike their Western and Asian counterparts, African technopreneurs (technology entrepreneurs) must at all times cope with the lack of infrastructure, lack of means and lack of concise examples. And all these also add to the general the unstable political situations in most of our countries. But human […]
Why a Sarkodie vs Manifest beef is all Ghana music needs right now
Why a Sarkodie vs Manifest beef is all Ghana music needs right now Popular opinion has it that Sarkodie is the best rapper in the Ghanaian music industry. But opinion is cheap, everyone owns one. To hell with it, I even used to think that Wanlov should win musician of the year every year at the […]
7 reasons why Africa bloggers could become stars
Originally published at senaquashie.com on April 28, 2016. Because of the (very) fast changes to the ecosystem of technology in Africa, I avoid making predictions. But in terms of the online publications, I am convinced that the bloggers who decide to put it in a professional effort will take over many local publications. And thus […]
Why most African companies are not on the web
Originally published at senaquashie.com on April 27, 2016. Today, a website is very important for a company. This is a factual statement. I don’t even need to back it up with statistics. Many successful business have been built online; an yes many are undoubtedly extreme cases of usages of websites (and web-apps), but most African institutions […]
Remembering Komla Dumor
In life and even in death, Dumor was an inspiration to many, a clear example that there is no such thing as overnight success, but success was a sure thing with hard work and perseverance Exactly two years ago today, Ghanaian born UK based broadcaster and journalist with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Komla Dumor […]
Why Moscow is banking on Africa to counter America’s global dominance
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni The setting was the 2007 Munich Security Conference, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has just about enough of what he called “the United States [overstepping] its…borders”. He was trying to ease up to the West anymore when he took a stance; “We are seeing a greater and […]