Ghana
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Ghana’s Sikasem Africa Banks on Financial Inclusion for MSMEs in Rural Africa
Mar 17, 2018GHANA – While working in the banking industry, Charles Mensah who worked as a customer support personnel and Kojo Nkrumah Quainoo, a retail banking professional, witnessed the problem of financial illiteracy in Ghana’s informal sector from... -
Patrick Sakyi: Building a Generation of Tech-Savvy Farmers
Nov 19, 2016How do we ensure that people living in rural settlements are carried along in the global revolution of mobile technology? How can we ensure greater efficiency in the use of technology for agricultural development? To answer... -
Photo Story: Food For All Africa
Aug 3, 2016Dolapo Ogundiran Julius @d4dolapo, Ghana A few weeks ago in the beautiful city of Accra, I participated in a community service project focused on food donation, with the team from Food For All Africa. Here... -
COMMUNITY CHAMPION: How Diana Agbenyo is Building Student’s Leadership Capacity in Ashaiman Community
Jun 28, 2016Diana Setsofia Agbenyo lives in Ashaiman, a community (suburb of Tema, Ghana) which has a low rate of education coupled with increasingly low performance in most public schools in the community. Her passion for education... -
#YouthDay2015: One-on-One with Community Champion, Wilson Amooro
Aug 12, 2015Young people are the future hence the need to actively involve them in the development process from the early stage. Today, Africa and the world all-over celebrates the annual United Nation’s International Youth Day under the... -
Leveraging Communication Technology To Boost Healthcare In Rural Africa
Jul 13, 2015By Charles Mensah I came across an article by Ruth Aine on innovative healthcare platforms like the TMCG in Uganda that one can take advantage of irrespective of the person’s location. With the use of the... -
Road Trip: Traveling From Lagos To Ghana By Road [Part 1]
May 17, 2015The plan to travel to Ghana by road is one we have nursed since 2011. Each time we came close to achieving the dream, something else popped up—one of the people on the team relocates or... -
GHANA: THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS ENDS IN 2015, WHERE DO WE STAND?
Jan 27, 2015The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) comprise of the eight (8) international developmental goals set by the United Nations and the world’s leading institutions to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS, end global poverty and achieve universal education... -
AFRICAN FEMINIST DIALOGUE-YOUNG AFRICAN WOMEN MEET TO ARTICULATE THEIR ISSUES & STRATEGIZE
Jan 22, 2015The Harmattan winds are said to be dry blowing across the Gold Coast. Upon landing at Kotoka international airport, my friend and I quickly noted the air looked misty and one could not see very far.... -
Community Champion: Christabel Ofori’s IHAV Empowers Young People In Ghana To Envision Change And Act On It
Oct 2, 2014Christabel Ofori is a Ghanaian social entrepreneur who has a knack helping young people achieve their dreams. A graduate of Chemical Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, 26 years old Christabel is the...