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Sunday, May 31st, 2009on the motherland. Stay tuned for yet more news with that abg slant.
British woman could face Laos death penalty – CNN.com
Monday, May 4th, 2009British woman could face Laos death penalty – CNN.com. Note the Nigeria connection. Hmmm….
The Future of the WWW
Monday, April 27th, 2009Two articles I read recently throw up some possible scenarios for the WWW as we know it and fly in the face of the conventional wisdom that the Web is only going to get more global, faster and an essential part of our lives. The first article looks at the possible slowdowning of the Web [...]
Beyond Aid
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009Inspired by the hullabaloo surrounding Dambisa Moyo’s book and determined to put some tangible thoughts on the table regarding development in Ghana and Africa, I will be working on a Beyond Aid Manifesto which will contain principles that African societies should sign on to as they attempt to transform their societies.
To Aid or Not?
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009The debate on the Aid conundrum continues unabated. See my comments over at the ONE blog. All of this kicked off by Dambisa Moyo!
Close-up
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009Hmmm. Is this is what we should be looking forward to as China “discovers” Africa?
Mental Retardation – Exhibt A
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009See this story about the massive deployment of witch doctors in a state sponsored effort to neutralize witches! With attitudes like this trickling down from the highest offices in the land, how will it be possible to engage in rational approaches towards national development?
PS If our leaders really believe in the efficacy of witch doctors, [...]
What happens when the oil runs out?
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Interesting article about Gabon’s strategy (if you want it to term it that) to survive the rapidly approaching day when oil runs out. It appears the goal now is to jump onto other extractive industries such as minerals mining and timber logging. After all these years of oil, why wasn’t the human capital of Gabon [...]
Drug Wars
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009A doomsday scenario that looks more and more possible if we don’t address the issue of hard drug trafficking in Ghana. Do we want the sort of quality of life (not) found in Mexico or Columbia? Then we need to come up with a well-thought strategy and execute!
Coke Issues
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009Take a 7 year old, a mug of Coke and an open laptop and what is bound to happen? Yup, I haven’t been able to blog as much as I wanted due to my laptop being drenched in sugar water. I am finally getting serious about backing up my data! In the meantime I have [...]
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