Another “Failed States Index” report from Fund For Peace was released a few weeks ago. Unsurprisingly, Nigeria was present in the list of the world’s failed states. Ranking 15th, Nigeria is listed amongst countries who are either at war or under tight military or civilian dictatorship. The first time the report was released with Nigeria [...]

With the entry of international telecoms giant Vodafone into the Ghanaian telecoms industry, things would never be the same again. Matter-of-fact, the telecoms industry is very exciting at this time because Ghana is the meeting point of some African and international telecoms giants: MTN, Tigo, Vodafone, Zain, and soon-to-launch Glo Mobile. The main thrust of [...]

Eleni Gabre-Madhin is a woman with a dream. The charismatic Ethiopian economist wants to end hunger in her famine-plagued country. But rather than relying on foreign aid or new agricultural technology, she has a truly radical plan. She has designed the nation’s first commodities exchange, which she hopes will revolutionize an ancient market system whose inefficiencies have been partly responsible for the country’s persistent food shortages.

Introductory note: To put this post into a proper perspective, you should read Multi TV Ghana, a new free digital satellite TV service first. Multi TV is at Testing Transmission phase and therefore, some of the glitches I have observed should be understandable to some extent. I got this installation since Thursday evening, my writing [...]

The following interview was originally published by bloggingfornaira.com at http://bloggingfornaira.com/2009/01/22/interview-with-a-ghana-based-nigerian-blogger-and-web-entrepreneur-oluniyi-david-ajao/ I secured this interview with another of Nigeria’s foremost bloggers and web entrepreneur in the person of Mr Oluniyi David Ajao. Currently residing in Ghana, his blog chronicles his experiences living abroad as well as his opinion on current affairs both in Ghana, Nigeria and [...]

Rodney Nkrumah-Boateng is the author of the book Abrokyir Nkomo: Reflections of a Ghanaian Immigrant which was launched in Accra Ghana recently. He has graciously shared an exclusive paragraph with me that is not included in the book and has given me the permission to publish it on this blog. It thus serves as an [...]

The Associated Press reports that the first flight for Pet Airways, the first-ever all-pet airline, took off from Republic Airport in Farmingdale, New York, USA on Tuesday. According to Wikipedia: Claimed to be the first airline designed specifically for pets, the company was founded by Dan Wiesel and Alysa Binder in Delray Beach, Florida, who [...]

An excerpt of President Obama’s speech: Now, that triumph must be won once more, and it must be won by you. And I am particularly speaking to the young people. In places like Ghana, you make up over half of the population. Here is what you must know: the world will be what you make [...]

Any regular reader of this blog would have noticed the very rapid changes in the look of this blog in the past few days. It might give some the impression of an inconsistent Oluniyi David Ajao. I am truly sorry about that. You see, I have this insatiable craving for excellence in every thing I [...]

From the moment the US government released information that President Obama was visiting Ghana between 10th and 11th July 2009, there have been a lot of grumbling from neighbouring Nigeria. Now that the US President is just a few days away, the grumbling is getting even louder with Senator Jubril Aminu (Chairman of the Foreign [...]

The shrieking SMS ringtone from a phone woke me up at 12:39am. I could not sleep thereafter. After tossing from one end of the bed to the other for another 10 minutes and still being awake, I resorted to doing the only thing natural for a geek like me; powering my laptop computer to get [...]

Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, the host of Joy FM‘s Super Morning Show has been teasing his listeners’ for some days now about a new service from Joy FM’s parent company Multimedia Group Limited. The service is essentially a free multi-channel digital satellite system available in every corner of Ghana. From the group’s website: MultiTV is a nationwide [...]