Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Memoirs of an iBlogger

By Oral Ofori

Here is a 20+ minute audio account of why I do what I do as a blogger, how I started and what I hope to achieve in my pursuit of #TheAfricanDream. If you have the time kindly listen to the audio on Soundcloud and please leave a comment or send me an email to let me know what your thoughts are.


Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Protecting the peace Ghana enjoys today


Kwame Ansah-Brew, (a direct lineage of Kwame Ansah Sasraku who according to Akan Oral Tradition fought the Danes in battle when they first came to the then Gold Coast--now Ghana) says he feels blessed to be a Ghanaian because Ghana stands as a beacon of hope in Africa, considering the fact that some countries in Africa are plagued by wars and all sorts of civil unrests.

Friday, March 22, 2013

Paying tribute to Chinua Achebe with Jackson M'vunganyi

By Oral Ofori
A young Achebe looks into the future
On Friday March 22 in the year 2013, the world was told that Chinua Achebe, the great Nigerian author and father of African literature, had passed away at the age of 82. The whole of that day saw me reflecting on this great Nigerian literary giant who in 1958 transformed the way all writers in and out of Africa wrote about the continent. Achebe's 1st novel--'Things Fall Apart'--slapped me into an awakening when I first encountered it at age 15 in my junior high school years in Ghana.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

3D Blending arrives in Ghana with first trainer certified

By Oral Ofori

The past few years have seen Ghana chalk remarkable successes in many facets of the Information Communication Technology world (ICT). The expansion of technological infrastructures and systems have brought with it a burning desire among young Ghanaians to exploit the positives that comes with ICT. Rexford Nkansah is one of such many Ghanaians who are specializing in areas formerly known to be dominated by people in the more advanced parts of the world. One of such areas is the 3D modeling and animation.


Friday, March 15, 2013

Ghana Ambassador to US grants first ever interview to a blogger

By Oral Ofori

I had the privilege of interviewing the Ghana Ambassador to the USA earlier in the month of March 2013 in Washington DC. His Excellency the Ambassador; Daniel Ohene Agyekum, was kind enough to grant me audience when I visited with him at his office where we talked about Ghana-USA relations, Ghanaians in the diaspora and what the current government in Ghana is doing to ensure that the discovery of oil in Ghana does not become a Dutch disease.

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Ghana to host 3rd Annual African HR Leaders Conference in Accra

By Oral Ofori

Kojo Amoasi Andoh of ILO Ghana
Ghana will be hosting the 3rd annual African Human Resource Leaders conference scheduled from 28th February to 1st March 2013 at the Accra International Conference Centre. The conference this year will focus on issues relating to employee engagement, leadership, organizational development and effectiveness as well as other key areas of human resource management like performance, reward, talent and management among others.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

US based exercise physiologist asks Africans to exercise more

By Oral Ofori

Lauretta defies winter cold to still exercise. 
Lauretta Ashu has called on Africans to take exercising more seriously owing to the obvious health benefits it has, but more importantly due to the fact that the art of keeping fit through exercising is becoming lost to some Africans. Miss Ashu is a professional with academic and work experiences in physical rehabilitation programs and research involving the use of exercise in young adults with mental disabilities. She is also a fitness coach who holds a Master Degree in Exercise Science.