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Continue reading →: Meet Bouba Dieme: An Inspirational Social Entrepreneur!There is something inherently powerful and astonishing about individuals who are change makers; who are driven by ideas; who brilliantly execute these ideas and succeed at dramatically changing people’s lives. See for example, a list of Africa’s top social entrepreneurs. Social entrepreneurs are crucial to Africa’s development. In this blog, I feature…
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Continue reading →: The Perfect Home: My Dream Home“Architecture is the constant fight between man and nature, the fight to overwhelm nature, to possess it. The first act of architecture is to put a stone on the ground. That act transforms a condition of nature into a condition of culture; it’s a holy act.” – Mario Botta I…
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Continue reading →: 12 Treasured Moments from my 12 Years in South Africa25 September 2016 will mark my 12 year anniversary living and working in South Africa. This was never the plan. When I arrived with my two suitcases 12 years ago, the plan was to complete my one year contract, pay off the rest of my student loans and make my…
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Continue reading →: Redefining Afro Chic In Interior DesignIf you could choose any profession other than what you currently have, what would it be? If I weren’t an economist and a wanna-be documentary filmmaker, photographer, chocolate-maker and writer (yes, all combined), I’d probably choose architecture or interior design. So much can be done with African fabrics beyond fashion. Very…
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Continue reading →: 5 Reasons Why Ghana Is Bringing Sexy BackGhana, particularly its capital city, Accra, is multifaceted. It embodies the characteristics of a trendy middle class metropolis but at the same time struggles with substantive urban development problems. Despite these challenges, Ghana is culturally rich and its capital city is rapidly modernising with a distinctly Ghanaian flair. Accra is becoming exciting…
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Continue reading →: Meet Africa’s Emerging Chocolate EntrepreneursThe chocolate industry is deliciously lucrative. We are talking about a global revenue of 100 billion dollars each year! The appetite for chocolate keeps growing especially in emerging countries. This is great news for chocolate manufacturers. Leading the pack are USA, Switzerland, Belgium, Mexico and Germany – the top 5 chocolate…
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Continue reading →: When Mothers of Africa meet for Brunch…The month of May has three important days that essentially recognize blood, sweat and tears: Workers Day, Mother’s Day and Africa Day. I salute the hardest workers of them all: mothers and mother figures everywhere but especially those on this great continent, who persevere against all odds. In this blog, I…
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Continue reading →: I Am Raising My Son to be Great!Since I can remember, my goal in life has been to be successful. It meant having a good university education, a good job and financial stability. While I am proud of my accomplishments, I have come to realize that my goal was misguided and that success is overrated. So, I…
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Continue reading →: The Sobering Truth About Africa’s “Resource Wealth”“Africa is a continent that is rich in natural resources“. This is not exactly true, as I have come to realize. Wealth is relative so the question is: rich compared to whom? I came across a top ten list for resource-rich countries and not a single African country featured on this…
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Continue reading →: Suburban Living in the City of GoldI ushered in 2016 by packing up my little family and moving from the “city” to the “burbs” in search of better security, nearby preschools and more communal/family-style living. I must say the distinction between city-living and suburban-living, while clearer in the Western context, is often blurred in the African context, where rural versus urban…
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