The Year of Return has become a hot topic of discussion since the initiative was rolled out in 2019 so it is no surprise we are still talking about it.
Category: People
Trash to treasure with Gutta Soles
I love the idea of recycling and re-purposing items, which is why when I came across the Gutta Soles brand, I thought the concept was excellent. Continue reading “Trash to treasure with Gutta Soles”
Travelling in Style with Ricki – Founder of Club Melanin
If you’re a Black female who loves to travel, what do you do when you need your hair doing but you’re in some far-flung part of the world where your hair needs are probably not catered for in mainstream hairdressers? Continue reading “Travelling in Style with Ricki – Founder of Club Melanin”
Fashion4Africa
The Fashion4Africa showcase is an initiative that supports emerging models and fashion designers of African origin in the UK and Africa through mentoring, training and development projects funded by fundraising events. Continue reading “Fashion4Africa”
AKADi teams up with ethical designer for giveaway
To mark the launch of the AKADi Magazine, we are teaming up with amazing small and medium-sized businesses each month to bring you some gifts. Continue reading “AKADi teams up with ethical designer for giveaway”
Sports icon Akwasi Frimpong bags special MTN Award
Sports icon and former sprinter and bobsledder Akwasi Frimpong is pictured with his publicist Oral Ofori after bagging the Special Award at the 44th MTN SWAG Awards. Continue reading “Sports icon Akwasi Frimpong bags special MTN Award”
Relocating to the Motherland? What to consider…
Considering relocating to Ghana but unsure of where to start? Toying with the idea of doing business out there or looking for some adventure? If you didn’t make it to the panel discussion on the topic, organised by Ghanaian Londoners Founder Adwoa Agyemang on 16 May 2019, this post aims to furnish you with tips, tricks and some points to consider when decide to make that move.
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Challenging stereotypes from the skies
Gliding over the Kwahu Hills with the wind under his feet and surrounded by a panoramic view of Ghana’s Eastern Region is a Ghanaian who is the only certified African paragliding pilot operating in West Africa. Continue reading “Challenging stereotypes from the skies”
Ghana’s narrative in pictures
Ghana is a melting pot of cultures, languages and traditions and nowhere is this most obvious than in Accra where there’s an array of activities city dwellers can get involved in. Continue reading “Ghana’s narrative in pictures”
…Do You Know Your Culture….?
…The world marked National Folklore Day by celebrating cultures across the globe but Ghana went one better and had a week-long set of events dedicated to exploring our cultures and dispelling some myths surround them. That is when I learnt that the hill that the University of Ghana is built on was a sacred grove (Ga aklabatsa) of the La people.
Digital painter uses people power to grow business
A chance encounter with a Ghanaian actress changed one jobless digital artist’s passion for creating, into a full-time job. His name is Danny Arthur-Baidoo and hers Ama K Abebrese – best known for her award-winning performance in the Sinking Sands. Danny was doing his National Service (work experience required of all students in Ghana after tertiary education) back in 2015 and took a break to visit his home town of Takoradi where he randomly saw Ama K buying waakye in the market. Continue reading “Digital painter uses people power to grow business”
Year of Return 2019 – Year of Events
The first enslaved Africans to set foot on American soil did so 400 years ago and it is claimed that happened in Jamestown, Virginia. The Year of Return – 2019 – seeks to commemorate this by calling on Africans of the diaspora to come home to visit, settle and/or do business in Ghana.
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