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Continue reading →: A Life Of Natural AbundanceYears ago, I had the most riveting conversation with a friend who was thinking about early retirement after a long career in public service and in the international development space. He talked about opening a little coffee shop in his hometown, Cape Town, and living a life of “natural abundance”.…
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Continue reading →: Spotlight on Ashesi: An African university with a differenceJust minutes from my house in Ghana, lies the most incredible picturesque university campus you will ever see. Ashesi University College, a relatively small liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees in business, computer science and engineering, sits on a stunning 100 acre campus high up on the Aburi mountains overlooking…
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Continue reading →: Places That Made Me Go Hmm Part DeuxHi readers! I hope you don’t mind if I continue my travel tales from the last blog. The last piece triggered additional memories. In this blog, I talk about other interesting stories from the Gambia, Lesotho (again), Rwanda and Mozambique. The beauty and diversity on this continent are awe inspiring…
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Continue reading →: 7 Places That Made Me Go HmmHappy belated Africa Day! Although we didn’t have the 25th of May – the day when the OAU was founded – as a public holiday here in South Africa, it was widely celebrated. Radio stations played music from all over the continent, discussions forums were held on various platforms and…
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Continue reading →: Nobody Knows The Truffles I’ve Seen: My Journey into Artisan Chocolate MakingChocolate making is easy and quite complex at the same time. In my very first blog, I promised to take on the chocolate making challenge. Why? Because my home country, Ghana, is the second largest producer of cocoa in the world but does not manufacture what is considered good quality chocolate.…
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Continue reading →: 3 Ghanaian Entrepreneurs Rocking the Kiddie IndustryKid centered businesses are great for entrepreneurs who have kids or are passionate about kids or are just kids at heart. Its a fun creative outlet that can be challenging but quite rewarding and potentially lucrative! In this blog, I feature 3 Ghanaian entrepreneurs who are making waves in the kiddie industry.…
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Continue reading →: 3 Things I’ve Learned From My Experiences with Cultural Bias against WomenI was in Abuja last week facilitating a workshop for government officials in West Africa. While there, I had an interesting conversation with some of the participants who work in the public sector about the early years of their careers when they faced some harsh discrimination because they were young and/or because they…
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Continue reading →: Pass Me The Jollof And No one Gets HurtI know what you’re thinking – a blog about Jollof Rice – really?? Yes, really! Social media has been buzzing with this West African tomato-based rice dish and fueling an intense competition especially between Ghana and Nigeria about whose Jollof rice tastes better. Honestly, it doesn’t matter. The point is,…
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Continue reading →: Still We Rise ✊🏾: 2016 Year in ReviewHappy New Year, Readers of the Afrooptimist! I hope 2017 will be an exceptionally positive year for us all because 2016 was incredibly bizarre on so many levels. We saw pain and suffering escalate in Aleppo; Black lives mattering less and less in the US; the #whiteoscars; the passing away of heavy…
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Continue reading →: Coffee, Chocolate, Plantain, Oh My! A Ghanaian in EcuadorYears ago when I wrote down my bucket list of places I wanted to visit, Ecuador was not on the list. I figured that if I ever had the opportunity to make my first visit to Latin America, it would probably be Brazil or Argentina or Peru… I was thinking…
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