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  • FCC's Mignon Clyburn Visited Ghana and Met With Journalists & Bloggers

    FCC’s Mignon Clyburn visited Ghana and met with Journalists and New Media Activists to learn more about how the internet is changing our media landscape. Gradually, Ghanaian bloggers and freelance journalists in Ghana are getting the necessary attention and recognition they deserve to keep on impacting their communities positively...
  • TEDxHarambe, Accra. Ghana – New Capitalism

    On November 04, 2010; there will be an independent TEDx event; TEDxHarambe for young Tech & Social Entrepreneurs and Corporate Executives in Accra, Ghana. The theme for the one-day event is on; “New Capitalism”. The programme will run from 12 pm – 7 pm at the College of Physicians...
  • Re-blog: BarCamp Kumasi #bcksi – A Huge Success!

    Barcamp Kumasi came off successfully on Sept 18, 2010 at the College of Engineering auditorium at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi and was under the theme; Collaboration: The key for Opportunity and Development. Over 80 people attended, mostly students from KNUST. The program...
  • Maker Faire Africa 2010: Nairobi, Kenya!

    In two weeks time, I’ll be traveling to Nairobi, Kenya to attend Maker Faire Africa. This is an event which is bringing together inventors, ingenious craftsmen/women, artisans and innovators under one roof to showcase their latest inventions & products, dialogue between experts and non-experts and also network in promoting...
  • Sandi Owusu's Diva Delicious Line….

    Have you come across any lady in Ghana using a hand-bag by Diva Delicious? Did you care to know, who was the brain behind those ideas? Well; yours truly is about to bring more information about the bag and the brain behind it to your eyes and ears. Stay...
  • My TEDxYouthInspire Talk on Social Media Impact on African Youth

    Growing up in a small trading-town of Keta in the Volta Region, my grand-mother; Madam Doris Degadjor-Deha; a Cereal/Grains Seller in the Keta Market paid so much attention to Education as the only key to eradicating poverty in our family. Back in the day, she always makes me write...
  • #DearFutureWife Trending…

    Whiles sited on the rear-seat of the rickety-newly-painted State Transport coach from Accra-to-Takoradi yesterday, I kept reading funny and silly tweets from around twitterdom on the trending topics; #DearFutureWife & #DearFutureHusband. In my opinion, I saw those trending topics as; “Single men and women  expressing their...
  • Making The Most of Twitter

    On July 23, 2009; I did a blog-post on my new found social media platform; Twitter and how it’s positively influencing my social life. Just this morning, I caught a post on my tweet radar on; “Making the most of...
  • Why Do Ghanaian Employers Require University Education?

    Image by AdamCohn via Flickr Yesterday, I had a call from a friend who’s been job-hunting from the middle of last year till now. He’s been lucky to be short-listed for a few interviews but none ever worked out due to the “university degree” menace rocking the nation. This...